Biologist interested in the systematics and evolution of species.
He is currently postulating to his PhD. His research program deal with the taxonomy, systematics and phylogeography of some species groups of the neotropical anuran genus Eleutherodactylus. Moreover, he works on the faunistic and taxonomy of the Northwest African herpetofauna.

José Manuel Padial
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC
C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2
28006 – Madrid (Spain)

Email: jmpadial@yahoo.com
Web Personal: www.herpetology-bolivia.com/herpetologists/josepadial.htm