Charles William Myers
# Charles William Myers

Charles William Myers (4 de marzo de 1936) es un herpetólogo estadounidense, sus estudios se centran en sistemática de anfibios y reptiles neotropicales.

Se retiró en 1999, mas continua sus investigaciones, siendo Curator Emeritus del Departamento de Herpetología del American Museum of Natural History, que el dirigió entre 1980 a 1987 y de 1993 a 1998.

## Obra

### Algunas publicaciones

* A history of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History. Bull. of the Am. Museum of Natural History, 2000
* Herpetofauna of the Yutajé-Corocoro massif, Venezuela: Second report from the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition to the northwestern tepuis. Bull. of the Am. Museum of Natural History, 2001
* The Summit Herpetofauna Of Auyantepui, Venezuela: Report From The Robert G. Goelet American Museum–Terramar Expedition. Bull. of the Am. Museum of Natural History, 2008
* New Taxa and Cryptic Species of Neotropical Snakes (Xenodontinae), with Commentary on Hemipenes as Generic and Specific Characters. Bull. of the Am. Museum of Natural History, 2014
* The herpetological collection of Maximilian, Prince of Wied (1782-1867), with special reference to Brazilian materials. Bull. of the Am. Museum of Natural History, 2015

### Algunos taxones descritos

* Anolis fungosus
* Aromobates
* Aromobates nocturnus
* Atractus darienensis
* Atractus depressiocellus
* Atractus hostilitractus
* Atractus imperfectus
* Colostethus atopoglossus
* Colostethus lacrimosus
* Colostethus tamacuarensis
* Colostethus undulatus
* Coniophanes joanae
* Craugastor opimus
* Ctenophryne minor
* Dendrobates abditus
* Dendrobates arboreus
* Dendrobates bombetes
* Dendrobates captivus
* Dendrobates castaneoticus
* Dendrobates lehmanni
* Dendrobates mysteriosus
* Dendrobates occultator
* Dendrobates vanzolinii
* Dendrobates viridis
* Diploglossus montisilvestris
* Epipedobates
* Epipedobates andinus
* Epipedobates macero
* Epipedobates silverstonei
* Epipedobates simulans
* Geophis bellus
* Hyalinobatrachium crurifasciatum
* Hyalinobatrachium eccentricum
* Hypsiboas angelicus
* Imantodes phantasma
* Isthmohyla graceae
* Liophis problematicus
* Phyllobates terribilis
* Pristimantis auricarens
* Pristimantis avius
* Pristimantis cantitans
* Pristimantis cavernibardus
* Pristimantis memorans
* Pristimantis pruinatus
* Pristimantis yaviensis
* Rhadinaea bogertorum
* Rhadinaea cuneata
* Saphenophis sneiderni
* Stefania tamacuarina
* Strabomantis anatipes
* Strabomantis laticorpus
* Strabomantis zygodactylus

## Honores

### Eponimia

* Allobates myersi (Pyburn, 1981)
* Pipa myersi Trueb, 1984
* Amphisbaena myersi Hoogmoed, 1988
* Leptodactylus myersi Heyer, 1995
* Bothrocophias myersi Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001
* Myersiohyla Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell & Wheeler, 2005
