| Specimen collection: An essential tool LA Rocha, A Aleixo, G Allen, F Almeda, CC Baldwin, MVL Barclay, ... Science 344 (6186), 814-815, 2014 | 332 | 2014 |
| Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation SA Thomson, RL Pyle, ST Ahyong, M Alonso-Zarazaga, J Ammirati, ... PLoS biology 16 (3), e2005075, 2018 | 277 | 2018 |
| The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches MS Engel, LMP Ceríaco, GM Daniel, PM Dellapé, I Löbl, M Marinov, ... Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (2), 381-387, 2021 | 261 | 2021 |
| Human attitudes towards herpetofauna: The influence of folklore and negative values on the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Portugal LMP Ceríaco Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 8, 1-13, 2012 | 250 | 2012 |
| 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 |
| Diversity and distribution of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles of Angola: atlas of historical and bibliographic records (1840-2017) MP Marques, LMP Ceríaco, DC Blackburn, AM Bauer California Academy of Sciences, 2018 | 113 | 2018 |
| Folklore and traditional ecological knowledge of geckos in Southern Portugal: implications for conservation and science LMP Ceriaco, MP Marques, NC Madeira, CM Vila-Vicosa, P Mendes Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 7, 1-10, 2011 | 81 | 2011 |
| Renaming taxa on ethical grounds threatens nomenclatural stability and scientific communication: communication from the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature LMP Ceríaco, E Aescht, ST Ahyong, A Ballerio, P Bouchard, T Bourgoin, ... Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (2), 283-286, 2023 | 54 | 2023 |
| Global change in microcosms: Environmental and societal predictors of land cover change on the Atlantic Ocean Islands SJ Norder, RF de Lima, L de Nascimento, JY Lim, JM Fernández-Palacios, ... Anthropocene 30, 100242, 2020 | 53 | 2020 |
| The Linz Zoocode project: a set of new proposals regarding the terminology, the Principles and Rules of zoological nomenclature. First report of activities (2014 … A Dubois, AM BAUER, LMP Ceríaco, F Dusoulier, T Frétey, I Löbl, ... Bionomina 17 (1), 1–111-1–111, 2019 | 52 | 2019 |
| A review of Cordylus machadoi (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southwestern Angola, with the description of a new species from the Pro-Namib desert EL Stanley, LMP Ceriaco, S Bandeira, H Valerio, MF Bates, WR Branch Zootaxa 4061 (3), 201–226-201–226, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
| Herpetological survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a synoptic list of the amphibians and reptiles of Namibe Province, southwestern Angola LMP Ceríaco, SAC de Sá, S Bandeira, H Valério, EL Stanley, AL Kuhn, ... Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (2), 15-61, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species LMP Ceriaco, I Agarwal, MP Marques, AM Bauer Zootaxa 4746 (1), 1–71-1–71, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| How the African house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) conquered the world I Agarwal, LMP Ceríaco, M Metallinou, TR Jackman, AM Bauer Royal Society Open Science 8 (8), 210749, 2021 | 41 | 2021 |
| A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854)(Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon … J Hallermann, LMP Ceríaco, A Schmitz, R Ernst, W Conradie, L Verburgt, ... African Journal of Herpetology 69 (1), 29-78, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
| A new earless species of Poyntonophrynus (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Serra da Neve inselberg, Namibe province, Angola LMP Ceríaco, MP Marques, S Bandeira, I Agarwal, EL Stanley, AM Bauer, ... ZooKeys, 109, 2018 | 40 | 2018 |
| A new species of girdled lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, southwestern Angola MP Marques, LMP Ceriaco, EL Stanley, S Bandeira, I Agarwal, AM Bauer Zootaxa 4668 (4), 503-524, 2019 | 36 | 2019 |
| The “cobra-preta” of São Tomé island, gulf of Guinea, is a new species of Naja Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Elapidae) LMP Ceriaco, MP Marques, A Schmitz, AM Bauer Zootaxa 4324 (1), 121-141, 2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species AM BAUER Zootaxa 4747 (1), 077-112, 2020 | 35 | 2020 |
| The herpetofauna of the Capanda Dam region, Malanje, Angola. LMP Ceríaco, AM Bauer, DC Blackburn, ACFC Lavres Herpetological Review 45 (4), 2014 | 34 | 2014 |