Rafael A. Lara‐Reséndiz

Sonora Institute of Technology — Mexico

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(41), Species Distribution and Climate Change(32), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(13), Turtle Biology and Conservation(13), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(8)

Publications56 total

Biochemical responses in tail tissue of the insectivorous lizard Uta stansburiana in agricultural areas
Ecotoxicology·2026
Ecophysiological vulnerability and thermal niche shifts of an extremophile lizard under climate change in the Sonoran desert using hybrid mechanistic–correlative SDM
Journal of Thermal Biology·2026
Anole´s frozen thrones in peril: Climate change vulnerability in eight species of the Phenacosaurus clade of Anolis lizards from an ecophysiological perspective
SSRN Electronic Journal·2026Open Access
High mountains are more than cold peaks: Diverse thermal availability for an endemic lizard
Journal of Thermal Biology·2025Open Access
The Southwestern Pond Turtle (Actinemys pallida) in Baja California, Mexico: New Localities and Persistent Threats
Bulletin Southern California Academy of Sciences·2025
Hot, dry, and salty: The present and future of an Extremophile model lizard from Argentina
Journal of Thermal Biology·2024· 4 cited
Explorando la riqueza biológica de Sinaloa: los anfibios y reptiles de la reserva “El Mineral de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria”
Herpetología Mexicana.·2024Open Access
ÍNDICE DE ERRADICACIÓN DE LA RANA TORO (<i>Lithobates catesbeianus</i>) EN LA REGIÓN MEDITERRÁNEA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MÉXICO
Acta Biológica Colombiana·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
ÍNDICE DE ERRADICACIÓN DE LA RANA TORO (Lithobates catesbeianus) EN LA REGIÓN MEDITERRÁNEA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MÉXICO
Magazine Portal Bibliotech Digital (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)·2024Open Access
Climate change and reduced shading restrict the activity period of a threatened tortoise in tropical dry forest
Global Ecology and Conservation·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
First record of Anolis sagrei Dumeril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Anolidae) in Sonora, northwestern Mexico
Check List·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
HERPETOFAUNA OF THE “EL MINERAL DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA CANDELARIA” RESERVE: A BIOLOGICAL TREASURE IN SINALOA, MEXICO
Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Climate change and collapsing thermal niches of desert reptiles and amphibians: Assisted migration and acclimation rescue from extirpation
The Science of The Total Environment·2023· 24 cited
RESUMEN Y PERSPECTIVAS DEL SIMPOSIO SOBRE TORTUGAS DULCEACUÍCOLAS Y TERRESTRES DE MÉXICO EN LA XVI REUNIÓN NACIONAL DE HERPETOLOGÍA EN ENSENADA, BAJA CALIFORNIA
Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
WESTERNMOST RECORD OF THE SHORT-NOSED ROCK LIZARD (Petrosaurus repens; SQUAMATA: PHRYNOSOMATIDAE) AND COMMENTS ON ITS DISTRIBUTION
Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología·2023Open Access
NEW RECORD OF Crotalus pricei (SQUAMATA: VIPERIDAE) FROM SINALOA, MÉXICO
Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Seasonal and elevational variation in thermal ecology of the crevice-dwelling knob-scaled lizard Xenosaurus fractus from central-eastern Mexico
Journal of Thermal Biology·2022· 2 cited
Ecología térmica de la lagartija de lava de Santa Cruz (Microlophus indefatigabilis) de Gálapagos, Ecuador: implicaciones del fenómeno de El Niño
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad·2022Open Access
NEW HIGHEST ELEVATION RECORDS OF TWO MEXICAN ENDEMIC SPINY LIZARDS: Sceloporus megAlepidurus AND Sceloporus spinosus (SQUAMATA: PHRYNOSOMATIDAE)
Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
Micro and macroclimatic constraints on the activity of a vulnerable tortoise: A mechanistic approach under a thermal niche view
Functional Ecology·2022· 8 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Fausto R. Méndez‐de la Cruz(20), Barry Sinervo(11), Héctor Gadsden(11), Donald B. Miles(10), Diego M. Arenas‐Moreno(10), Jorge H. Valdéz-Villavicencio(9), Philip C. Rosen(8), Patricia Galina‐Tessaro(7), Aníbal H. Díaz de la Vega‐Pérez(6), Ana Gisel Pérez-Delgadillo(6), Norberto Martínez‐Méndez(5), Guillermo A. Woolrich‐Piña(5), Saúl F. Domínguez‐Guerrero(5), Jack W. Sites(4), Francisco Javier Muñoz-Nolasco(4), Víctor H. Jiménez‐Arcos(4), José David Jacobo González(4), Víctor H. Luja(3), Raymond B. Huey(3), Gabriel Henrique de Oliveira Caetano(3)