Juan G. Abarca

African Wildlife Foundation — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

9h-index358citations29works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(13), Plant and animal studies(9), Animal and Plant Science Education(9), Species Distribution and Climate Change(6), Mosquito-borne diseases and control(3)

Publications29 total

DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR AND RANGE EXPANSION OF BERLIN’S FLAT-HEADED SALAMANDER Oedipina berlini KUBICKI 2016 (CAUDATA: PLETHODONTIDAE)
Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología·2024Open Access
Diagnosis and Surgical Removal of a Corneal Dermoid in a Red-Eyed Tree Frog, Agalychnis callidryas (Anura, Hylidae), from the Tenorio Volcano, Costa Rica
Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery·2024
OOPHAGY IN THE TREE-HOLE DWELLING TADPOLES OF Ecnomiohyla sukia (HYLIDAE) IN COSTA RICA
Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
A new species of brilliant green frog of the genus Tlalocohyla (Anura, Hylidae) hiding between two volcanoes of northern Costa Rica
Zootaxa·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
Application of integrated artificial intelligence systems (IAIs) for the identification and study of prognostic and predictive variables of patients with localized rectal cancer treated at HM hospitals.
Journal of Clinical Oncology·2022· 2 cited
Prevalencia del hongo quitridio en la “especie abanderada” Atelopus varius (Anura, Bufonidae), Zona Protectora las Tablas, Costa Rica
UNED Research Journal·2021Open Access
Anfibios en peligro: amenazas y estrategias efectivas de conservación
Biocenosis·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
First Record of Neuwied’s False Boa, Pseudoboa neuwiedii (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril 1854), in Costa Rica
Reptiles & Amphibians·2021Open Access
Genotyping and differential bacterial inhibition of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in threatened amphibians in Costa Rica
Microbiology·2021· 5 cited
Defensive behavior in Stejneger’s Snail Sucker, Sibon longifrenis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)Defensive behavior in Stejneger’s Snail Sucker, Sibon longifrenis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)
Reptiles & Amphibians·2020Open Access
Range extension of the Checkered Gartersnake, Thamnophis marcianus (Baird and Girard 1853), from Costa Rica
Reptiles & Amphibians·2020Open Access
Ranas amenazadas en Costa Rica y su estado de conservación. Parte 3 (de 3): especies en peligro, especies vulnerables, y vacíos de investigación y conservación
Revista de Biología Tropical·2019Open Access
Ranas amenazadas en Costa Rica y su estado de conservación. Parte 2 (de 3): especies en peligro crítico
Revista de Biología Tropical·2019Open Access
Ranas amenazadas en Costa Rica y su estado de conservación. Parte 1 (de 3): especies desaparecidas
Revista de Biología Tropical·2019Open Access
Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2019· 112 citedOpen Access
Assessment of Bacterial Communities Associated With the Skin of Costa Rican Amphibians at La Selva Biological Station
Frontiers in Microbiology·2018· 26 citedOpen Access
Anuran inventory in a locality of the buffer area of La Amistad International Park, Costa Rica: pilot study for Citizen Science application
Anales de Biología·2018· 11 citedOpen Access
Characterization of the Skin Microbiota of the Cane Toad Rhinella cf. marina in Puerto Rico and Costa Rica
Frontiers in Microbiology·2018· 30 citedOpen Access
Percepción social y encuentros con serpientes en Costa Rica: un análisis a través de la red social Facebook
Revista de Ciencias Ambientales·2017· 2 citedOpen Access
Differential patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in relict amphibian populations following severe disease-associated declines
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms·2017· 33 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Jacob L. Kerby(5), Steven M. Whitfield(5), Adrián A. Pinto‐Tomás(4), Ibrahim Zuñiga(3), Catalina Murillo‐Cruz(3), Diego A. Gómez-Hoyos(3), Valeria Aspinall(3), Valerie J. McKenzie(2), Douglas C. Woodhams(2), Gilbert Alvarado(2), Gerardo Cháves(2), Adrián García‐Rodríguez(2), Randall R. Jiménez(2), Rocío Seisdedos-de-Vergara(2), José F. González‐Maya(2), Jordan G. Kueneman(1), Molly C. Bletz(1), C. Guilherme Becker(1), Maxwell B. Joseph(1), Holly Archer(1)