| The conservation status of the world’s reptiles M Böhm, B Collen, JEM Baillie, P Bowles, J Chanson, N Cox, ... Biological conservation 157, 372-385, 2013 | 1211 | 2013 |
| Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna CC Nogueira, AJS Argôlo, V Arzamendia, JA Azevedo, FE Barbo, ... South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (sp1), 1-274, 2019 | 379 | 2019 |
| Best practices: in the 21st century, taxonomic decisions in herpetology are acceptable only when supported by a body of evidence and published via peer-review H Kaiser, BI Crother, CMR Kelly, L Luiselli, M O'Shea, H Ota, P Passos, ... | 217 | 2013 |
| Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences LMP Ceríaco, EE Gutiérrez, A Dubois, M Carr Zootaxa 4196 (3), 435-445, 2016 | 122 | 2016 |
| Patterns, biases and prospects in the distribution and diversity of Neotropical snakes TB Guedes, RJ Sawaya, A Zizka, S Laffan, S Faurby, RA Pyron, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography 27 (1), 14-21, 2018 | 106 | 2018 |
| Revision of the Epicrates cenchria Complex (Serpentes: Boidae) P Passos, R Fernandes Herpetological Monographs 22 (1), 1-30, 2008 | 105 | 2008 |
| Taxonomic revision of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Atractus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Dipsadidae) P Passos, R Fernandes, RS Bernils, JC Moura-Leite Zootaxa 2364 (1), 1-63, 2010 | 91 | 2010 |
| A new species of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadinae) from a relictual forest in northeastern Brazil P Passos, DS Fernandes, DM Borges-Nojosa Copeia 2007 (4), 788-797, 2007 | 63 | 2007 |
| Three New Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Colombia P Passos, JC Arredondo, R Fernandes, JD Lynch Copeia 2009 (3), 425-436, 2009 | 57 | 2009 |
| A NEW SPECIES OF ATRACTUS (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN BRAZIL P Passos, R Fernandes, N Zanella Herpetologica 61 (2), 209-218, 2005 | 56 | 2005 |
| Brazilian legislation on genetic heritage harms Biodiversity Convention goals and threatens basic biology research and education RJV Alves, M Weksler, JA Oliveira, PA Buckup, HRG SANTANA, ... Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 90, 1279-1284, 2018 | 52 | 2018 |
| Museums and cradles of diversity are geographically coincident for narrowly distributed Neotropical snakes JAR Azevedo, TB Guedes, CC Nogueira, P Passos, RJ Sawaya, ... Ecography 43 (2), 328-339, 2020 | 49 | 2020 |
| New Cryptic Species of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Brazilian Amazonia ALC Prudente, P Passos Copeia 2010 (3), 397-404, 2010 | 48 | 2010 |
| Redescription of Leptotyphlops koppesi Amaral, 1954, and description of a new species of the Leptotyphlops dulcis group from Central Brazil (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) P Passos, U Caramaschi, R Pinto Amphibia-Reptilia 27 (3), 347-357, 2006 | 45 | 2006 |
| Pacific lowland snakes of the genus Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), with description of three new species P Passos, JJ Mueses-Cisneros, JD Lynch, R Fernandes Zootaxa 2293 (1), 1-34, 2009 | 44 | 2009 |
| Geographic variation in the emerald treeboa, Corallus caninus (Squamata: Boidae) RW Henderson, P Passos, D Feitosa Copeia 2009 (3), 572-582, 2009 | 44 | 2009 |
| New species of Atractus Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Dipsadinae) from Guyana Plateau in northern Brazil ALC Prudente, P Passos Journal of Herpetology 42 (4), 723-732, 2008 | 43 | 2008 |
| Revision of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Middle and Upper Magdalena Drainage of Colombia P Passos, JD Lynch Herpetological Monographs 24 (1), 149-173, 2010 | 42 | 2010 |
| Rediscovery and redescription of the Andean earth-snake Atractus wagleri (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) P Passos, JC Arredondo Zootaxa 1969 (1), 59–68-59–68, 2009 | 42 | 2009 |
| A new species of the colubrid snake genus Atractus (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the central Amazon of Brazil P Passos, R Fernandes Zootaxa 1849 (1), 59–66-59–66, 2008 | 40 | 2008 |
Ronaldo FernandesProfessor Associado, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroVerified email at mn.ufrj.br