Personal presentation

Bachelor in Biological Sciences, Masters and PhD in Zoology at UNESP. Currently Full Professor at Unicamp, teaching Vertebrates for future Biologists and general Biology fot future Geologists and Geographers. Main research topics are: Herpetology, Amphibians, Conservation, Animal Behavior, Wildlife Diseases, Taxonomy, Neotropical Biodiversity.

Research activities

Amphibians - Conservation, Taxonomy, Natural History, Behavior, Bioacoustics, Diseases

Teaching activities

Vertebrates

Extension activities

Field guides and books production

Selected Publications

toledo, L. F.; Sazima, I.; Haddad, C. F. B.; Behavioural defenses of anurans: an overview. Ethology Ecology & Evolution (Testo stampato), v.23, p. 1-25, 2011 [ doi:10.1080/03949370.2010.534321 ]

O?hanlon, Simon J.; Rieux, Adrien; Farrer, Rhys A.; Rosa, Gonçalo M.; Waldman, Bruce; Bataille, Arnaud; Kosch, Tiffany A.; Murray, Kris A.; Brankovics, Balázs; Fumagalli, Matteo; Martin, Michael D.; Wales, Nathan; Alvarado-rybak, Mario; Bates, Kieran A.; Berger, Lee; Böll, Susanne; Brookes, Lola; Clare, Frances; Courtois, Elodie A.; toledo, L. F.; Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines. SCIENCE, v.360, p. 621-627, 2018 [ doi:10.1126/science.aar1965 ]

Scheele, Ben C.; Pasmans, Frank; Skerratt, Lee F.; Berger, Lee; Martel, An; Beukema, Wouter; Acevedo, Aldemar A.; Burrowes, Patricia A.; Carvalho, Tamilie; Catenazzi, Alessandro; De La Riva, Ignacio; Fisher, Matthew C.; Flechas, Sandra V.; Foster, Claire N.; Frías-álvarez, Patricia; Garner, Trenton W. J.; Gratwicke, Brian; Guayasamin, Juan M.; Hirschfeld, Mareike; toledo, L. F.; Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity. SCIENCE, v.363, p. 1459-1463, 2019 [ doi:10.1126/science.aav0379 ]

toledo, L. F.; Carvalho-e-silva, Sergio Potsch De; Carvalho-e-silva, A. M. P. T.; Gasparini, João Luiz; Baeta, D.; Rebouças, R; Haddad, Célio F. B.; Becker, C. Guilherme; Carvalho, Tamilie; A retrospective overview of amphibian declines in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, v.277, p. 109845-, 2023 [ doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109845 ]