Fernando Rojas Runjaic

Fernando José María Rojas Runjaić (born May 28, 1979) is a Venezuelan-Brazilian herpetologist and arachnologist. He is curator of the collections of amphibians, reptiles, and arachnids at the La Salle Natural History Museum of the Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales in Caracas.

In 2004 he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Zulia (Venezuela), in 2012 his master's in Biodiversity in Tropical Areas and its Conservation from the Menéndez Pelayo International University (Spain), and in 2019 his PhD in Zoology from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil).

He is the author of more than 200 scientific publications and has discovered and described three genera and 33 new species to science (17 amphibian anurans, three lizards, three snakes, and 10 scorpions).

Described taxa

Genera Chactopsoides Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013 Kataphraktosaurus Rojas-Runjaic, Barrio-Amorós, Señaris, De la Riva & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2021 Megachactops Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013

Species Adenomera glauciae Carvalho, Simões, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Rojas-Runjaic, Haddad & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2020 Allobates juami Simões, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Rojas-Runjaic & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2018 Allobates sieggreenae Gagliardi-Urrutia, Castroviejo-Fisher, Rojas-Runjaic, Jaramillo, Solís & Simões, 2021 Allobates liniaureum Jaramillo-Martinez, Vilà, Guayasamin, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Rojas-Runjaic, Simões, Chaparro, Aguilar-Manihuari & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2025 Ananteris diegorojasi Rojas-Runjaic, 2005 Ananteris riomachensis Rojas-Runjaic, Portillo-Quintero & Borges, 2008 Aromobates tokuko Rojas-Runjaic, Infante-Rivero & Barrio-Amorós, 2011 Atractus nemosophis Esqueda, Rojas-Runjaic, Prudente, Bazó, Navarrete, Camargo-Sillet, Ortiz, Correa, Guerrero & Urra, 2025 Atractus xaxi Esqueda, Rojas-Runjaic, Prudente, Bazó, Navarrete, Camargo-Sillet, Ortiz, Correa, Guerrero & Urra, 2025 Boana platanera La Marca, Escalona, Castellanos, Rojas-Runjaic, Crawford, Señaris, Fouquet, Giaretta & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2021 Chactas viloriai Rojas-Runjaic, 2004 Chactopsis chullachaqui Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013 Chactopsis curupira Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013 Chactopsoides gonzalezspongai Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013 Cryptobatrachus remotus Infante-Rivero, Rojas-Runjaic, & Barrio-Amorós, 2009 "2008" Gonatodes lichenosus Rojas-Runjaic, Infante-Rivero, Cabello & Velozo, 2010 Hyloscirtus japreria Rojas-Runjaic, Infante-Rivero, Salerno & Meza-Joya, 2018 Kataphraktosaurus ungerhamiltoni Rojas-Runjaic, Barrio-Amorós, Señaris, De la Riva & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2021 Mannophryne molinai Rojas-Runjaic, Matta-Pereira & La Marca, 2018 Megachactops kuemoi Ochoa, Rojas-Runjaic, Pinto-da-Rocha & Prendini, 2013 Opisthacanthus brevicauda Rojas-Runjaic, Borges & De Armas, 2008 Phyzelaphryne nimio Simões, Costa, Rojas-Runjaic, Gagliardi-Urrutia, Sturaro, Peloso & Castroviejo-Fisher, 2018 Pristimantis abakapa Rojas-Runjaic, Salerno, Señaris & Pauly, 2013 Pristimantis fasciatus Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic & Infante-Rivero, 2008 "2007" Pristimantis lassoalcalai Barrio Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic & Barros, 2010 Pristimantis munozi Rojas-Runjaic, Delgado & Guayasamin, 2014 Pristimantis rivasi Barrio Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic & Barros, 2010 Pristimantis turik Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic & Infante-Rivero, 2008 "2007" Pristimantis yukpa Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic & Infante-Rivero, 2008 "2007" Pseudogonatodes quihuai Rojas-Runjaic, Koch, Castroviejo-Fisher & Prudente, 2024 Tantilla palamala Esqueda, Rojas-Runjaic, Correa, Ortiz, Guerrero, Jiménez, Bazó, Moreno-Pérez, Aguilar & Urra, 2025 Tityus rondonorum Rojas-Runjaic & De Armas, 2007 Tityus wayuu Rojas-Runjaic & De Armas, 2007