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Raquel Campos Soares de Vasconcelos. Is Researcher in Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares. Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Systematics; Taxonomy; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Conservation ; Reserve design; Ecological Modelling; Island systems; Herpetology; Phylogenetics; Geographical Information Systems ; .
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Raquel Campos Soares de Vasconcelos

Citation names

  • Vasconcelos, Raquel

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7E1E-6F2E-4B7E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4717-9429
Researcher Id
H-5524-2012
Scopus Author Id
36909326200

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
Catalan Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2011
Concluded
 Biologia (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Integrative Approaches to the Systematics and Conservation of the Reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado por unanimidade com distinção
2003
Concluded
 Biologia Aplicada aos Recursos Animais - Variante Recursos Terrestres (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"A Influência de Factores Ambientais no Padrão de Actividade e Comportamentos do Texugo (Meles meles) na Serra de Grândola" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 valores
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2015/07/31 - 2020/07/31 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Science and Technology Management Universidade do Porto Reitoria, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Ciência de Computadores, Portugal
2012/01/01 - 2017/12/31 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
2012 - 2017 Postdoc (Research) Instituto de Biología Evolutiva, Spain
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Campus del Mar, Spain
2011/02/01 - 2011/08/01 Science and Technology Management Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
2010/01/15 - 2010/07/15 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
2005/02/01 - 2005/11/01 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal
2004/05/01 - 2004/11/30 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2010/01 - 2010/12 Ph.D. student with FCT grant (SFRH/BD/25012/2005) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Campus del Mar, Spain
2006/01/01 - 2009/12/31 Ph.D. student with FCT grant (SFRH/BD/25012/2005) Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
2006/01 - 2009/12 Ph.D. student with FCT grant (SFRH/BD/25012/2005) Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2001 - 2002 graduation student Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021 - 2023 Tropibio - Expanding potential in TROPIcal BIOdiversity and ecosystem research towards sustainable life on land
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000046
Research Fellow
European Regional Development Fund
2016/01 - 2018/12 Next Generation Conservation: preserving the continuum of life in space and time
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 142174
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Foundation for Science and Technology
2016 - 2018 Los reptiles de Arabia como modelo para investigar el origen y mantenimiento de la biodiversidad en zonas aridas
CGL2015-70390-P
Post-doc Fellow
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad

Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
2016 - 2018 identificación de especies cripticas mediante análisis filogeográficos y filogenias multigénicas: una revisión de la diversidad real en grupos taxonómicamente complejos
CGL2015-66571-P
collaborator
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Concluded
2016 - 2017 Unraveling the ecology of the Endangered giant Cabo Verde wall gecko (Tarentola gigas), an endemic species of the Integral Nature Reserves of Raso and Branco islets
MP/EAM/2016/06
Principal investigator
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
 Fondation Ensemble
2015/03 - 2016/03 Dragon’s blood tree's gecko – a flagship for Socotra fauna
14259910
Principal investigator
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
2014 - 2016 Animal Biology and Evolution
2014SGR1532
Post-doc Fellow
Generalidad de Cataluña
2013 - 2015 Forgotten in the ocean: the reptiles from Socotra archipelago as model studies for the Biogeography, Evolution and Conservation on islands
CGL2012-36970
Post-doc Fellow
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
2013/10 - 2014/10 Ecology and conservation of the emblematic dragon-blood-tree's gecko (Hemidactylus dracaenacolus) and Grant's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus granti) of Socotra Island
13055714
Principal investigator
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
2011 - 2013 Compilação Científica (Almanaque) sobre a Diversidade Biológica de “As ilhas Desertas – Santa Luzia, Branco e Raso” em Cabo Verde
CPV/SGP/OP5/CORE/BD/11/13
 Rufford Foundation
2009 - 2013 Zoological Systematics and Evolution - ZOOSYSEVO
2009 SGR1462
2009SGR1462
PhD Student Fellow
Generalidad de Cataluña
2008/04 - 2011/09 Modelling terrestrial biodiversity in the Cape Verde islands: combining ecogeographical information with molecular markers
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 74288
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (InBIO)
LA/P/0048/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0048/2020
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023 - 2024 Monitoring food availability for reptiles in the São Vicente wind farm’
SV2023
Principal investigator
Cabeólica, S.A. , Cape Verde
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDB/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UIDP/50027/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50027/2020
Researcher
Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2023/12/31 Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva
LA InBIO funding CIBIO
InBIO CIBIO core funding
InBIO CIBIO programme funding
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2023/05 - 2023/12 Monitoring herpetofauna and quiropterofauna on Santiago and Sal windfarms
Cabeólica, S.A. 2023
Principal investigator
Cabeólica, S.A.
2021/01 - 2023/07 Big and small – How do we fit all? An integrative framework for investigating character displacement
EXPL/BIA-EVL/0470/2021
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019 - 2020 Medição do impacto do rato-doméstico nas plantas de Cabo Verde usando sequenciação de nova geração
1
Principal investigator
Ministério da Educação, Gabinete de Educação Superior, Ciência e Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology
UID/BIA/50027/2019
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal

Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal

Universidade dos Açores, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018 - 2019 Projecto de Monitorização do Lagarto Ameaçado Chinnel na Ilha do Fogo
70.01.02.02.80 rubrica 02.08.04
Research Fellow
Ministério da Agricultura e Ambiente, delegação do Fogo, Fundo do Ambiente
Concluded
2017 - 2018 In the footsteps of the Cabo Verdean giant lizards
Monaco Explorations 2017-2020
Principal investigator
Monaco Exlorations
Ongoing
2017/10 - 2017/12 Proposta de estudo sobre a osga-de-parede de S. Vicente, Tarentola substituta – a vida secreta das osgas
Cabeólica, S.A. 2017
Principal investigator
Cabeólica, S.A.
2015/11 - 2016/01 Monitoring the environmental impact of the wind farm in S. Vicente Island on the Cape Verdean wall gecko, Tarentola substituta
Cabeólica S.A. 2015
Principal investigator
Cabeólica, S.A.
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 329 - 2011-2012
PEst-OE/BIA/UI0329/2011
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - UI 609 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/BIA/UI0609/2011
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Tecnologias e Agroambiente, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/03 - 2012/04 Monitoring the environmental impact of the wind farm in S. Vicente island on the Cape Verdean wall gecko, Tarentola substituta
Cabeólica, S.A. 2012
Principal investigator
Cabeólica, S.A.
2011/02 - 2011/03 Implementation of the mitigation measures of the construction of the S. Vicente wind farm on the Tarentola caboverdiana substituta gecko
Infraco 2011
Principal investigator
EleQtra (Infraco) limited
2010/04 - 2010/06 Environmental Impact Assessment of proposed Wind Farm in S. Vicente Island on the Tarentola Caboverdiana substituta gecko
Infraco 2010
Principal investigator
EleQtra (Infraco) limited
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Raquel Vasconcelos; Vasco Batista. Animais do teu país. Os mamíferos trocados em miúdos.. Portugal. 2024.
  2. Vieira, E; Mesquita, J; Silva, J; Raquel Vasconcelos; Torres, J; Bugla, S; Silva, F; Serrão, E; Ferrand, N. A evolução da ciência em Portugal (1987-2016). Portugal. 2019.
  3. Cabo Verde – História Natural das ilhas Desertas/ The Natural History of the Desertas Islands – Santa Luzia, Branco and Raso. , pp. 42-79. Sociedade Caboverdiana de Zoologia (ISBN: 978-84-606-5793-4). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2371.3362. Sociedade Caboverdiana de Zoologia. 2015.
Book chapter
  1. Raquel Vasconcelos. "The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder". 2023.
  2. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Dinis, H.. "Répteis endémicos da Ilha do Fogo/ Endemic reptiles of Fogo Island". In : Ilha do Fogo – Guia de Espécies – Aves Répteis Plantas/ Fogo Island – Species Guide – Birds Reptiles Plants, edited by Marques, D.. Portugal: ESDIME - Agência para o Desenvolvimento local do Alentejo Sudeste, 2017.
  3. Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Cape Verde Giant Skink (Cocteaus’s Lizard). A Giant loss". In Joseph Gregory Rossano: Vanity, 104-109. Washington, United States: Museum of Glass, 2015.
    Published
  4. Freitas, Rui; Hazevoet, Cornelis; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Geografia e geologia/ Geography and geology". In Cabo Verde – História Natural das ilhas Desertas/ The Natural History of the Desertas Islands – Santa Luzia, Branco and Raso, edited by Vasconcelos, Raquel; Freitas, Rui, 14-36. Porto, Portugal: Sociedade Caboverdiana de Zoologia, 2015.
    Published
  5. Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Répteis Terrestres/ Terrestrial Reptiles". In Cabo Verde – História Natural das ilhas Desertas/ The Natural History of the Desertas Islands – Santa Luzia, Branco and Raso, edited by Vasconcelos, Raquel; Freitas, Rui; Hazevoet, Cornelis, 140-177. Porto, Portugal: Sociedade Caboverdiana de Zoologia, 2015.
    Published
  6. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Harris, D. James; Carretero, Miguel A.; Pinho, C.; Corti, C.; Capula, M.; Bassu L.; Spano, G.; Delauguerre, M.. "Genetic diversity within Corsican and Sardinian specimens of the Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard, Podarcis tiliguerta, estimated using mtDNA sequences". In Mainland and Insular Lacertid Lizards: A Mediterranean Perspective., edited by Corti, C; Lo Cascio, P.; Biaggini, M., 199-207. Italy: Firenze University Press, 2006.
Conference poster
  1. Pinho, Catarina J.; Lopes, Evandro Pires; Paupério, Joana; Gomes, Isildo; Romeiras, Maria; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Trust your guts? The effect of gut section on diet composition and impact of Mus musculus on islands using metabarcoding". Paper presented in Portuguese Science Summit, Ciência2024, ‘+Science for Health and global well-being, 2024.
  2. Sousa, Sofia Cardoso; Pinho, Catarina J.; Goutte, S.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Big and Small: How do we fit all? Studying island species evolution via geometric morphometrics.". Paper presented in MEE Conference: Modeling in Ecology and Evolution, 2023.
  3. Almeida, Lara; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "First record of the Hemidactylus mabouia gecko for the island of Sal, Cabo Verde.". Paper presented in XIX Annual Meeting of Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology, 2023.
  4. Jurado-Angulo, Pilar; García-París, Mario; Evandro Pires Lopes; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Colonisation and phylogeographic structure of Oxycara (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Boavista (Cabo Verde).". Paper presented in XIX Annual Meeting of Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology, 2023.
  5. Pinho, Catarina J.; Lopes, Evandro Pires; Paupério, Joana; Gomes, Isildo; Romeiras, Maria; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Trust your guts? The effect of gut section on diet composition and impact of Mus musculus on islands using metabarcoding". Paper presented in XIX Annual Meeting of Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology, 2023.
  6. Roxo, Guilherme; Brilhante, Miguel; Moura, M.; Sequeira, MM; Costa, JJ; Silva, L; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Talhinhas, P.; Romeiras, Maria. "Genome size variation and strategies to colonize insular habitats.". Paper presented in XIX Annual Meeting of Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology, 2023.
  7. Sousa, Sofia Castro; Pinho, Catarina J.; Goutte, S.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Big and small: how do we fit all? Morphological evolution of sympatric and allopatric populations of small and giant Cabo Verde geckos". Paper presented in XIX Annual Meeting of Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology, 2023.
  8. Pinho, Catarina J.; Santos, Bárbara; Mata, Vanessa A.; Romeiras, Maria; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Genética da conservação para guiar a gestão de reservas em Cabo Verde: Caso de estudo com a emblemática osga gigante". Paper presented in Flora and Natural Resources of the Cabo Verde Islands Symposium, 2023.
  9. Almeida, Lara; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "First record of the Hemidactylus mabouia gecko for the island of Sal, Cabo Verde.". Paper presented in TiBE2023, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Invaders on the Horizon. Advancing Invasion Science from Genes to Ecosystems and Society, 2023.
  10. Jurado-Angulo, Pilar; García-París, Mario; Lopes, Evandro Pires; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Colonisation and phylogeographic structure of Oxycara (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Boavista (Cabo Verde)". Paper presented in TiBE2023, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Invaders on the Horizon. Advancing Invasion Science from Genes to Ecosystems and Society, 2023.
  11. Soares, Nádia; Gonçalves, JF; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Ribeiro Rita. "Combining Multiple Data Sources to Predict IUCN Conservation Status of Reptiles.". Paper presented in IDA2022 Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis 2022, 2022.
  12. Soares, N.; Gonçalves, J.F.; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Ribeiro, R.. "Predicting the conservation status of species". Paper presented in Computer Science Department, 2021.
  13. Tomé, B; Maia, J; Perera, A; Carranza, S; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Parasites in a hotspot: diversity and specificity patterns of apicomplexans infecting reptiles from the Socotra Archipelago". Paper presented in International Soqotra Symposium 2020, 19th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Soqotra, 2020.
  14. Pinho, Catarina J.; Lopes, Evandro Pires; Paupério, J; Almeida, L; Romeiras, Maria; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Trust your guts? Diet composition differences of Mus musculus gastrointestinal tract sections using metabarcoding". Paper presented in TiBE2020, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: metabarcoding and metagenomics, 2020.
  15. Pinho, Catarina J.; Lopes, Evandro Pires; Paupério, J; Almeida, Lara; Romeiras, Maria; Gomes, Isildo; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Trust your guts? Diet composition differences of Mus musculus gastrointestinal tract sections using metabarcoding". Paper presented in Festival of Ecology, British Ecological Society, 2020.
  16. Delgado, K.; Lopes, E. P.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Cabo Verde giant gecko: how many units for conservation?". Paper presented in TiBE2019, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution in Mediterranean ecosystems, 2019.
  17. Roca, V.; Sousa, A.; Miralles, A.; Perera, Ana; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "What can we learn from the parasitic nematode fauna of the Extinct giant skink of Cabo Verde?". Paper presented in XV Congresso Luso-Español de Herpetologia, 2018.
  18. Roca, V.; Sousa, A.; Miralles, A.; Perera, A.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "What can we learn from the parasitic nematode fauna of the Extinct giant skink of Cabo Verde?". Paper presented in TiBE2018, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution, Host-Parasite interactions, 2018.
  19. Borloti, I.; Dinis, H. A.; Montrond, G.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Rebelo, Hugo; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Bats out of Africa: disentangling the systematic positions of bats in Cabo Verde". Paper presented in 7th SECEMU Conference, 2018.
  20. Pena, Ana R; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Paulo, Octavio; Romeiras, Maria. "Phylogeny of Cabo Verde reptiles: implications for evolution and biogeography". Paper presented in Frontiers in E3, 2017.
  21. Santos, B.; Mata, Vanessa A.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Metabarcoding reveals trophic relations between the giant wall gecko, Tarentola gigas and other endemic species in an Integral Reserve in the Atlantic Ocean (Raso islet, Cape Verde)". Paper presented in Congenomics 2016 – Conference on Conservation Genomics, 2016.
  22. Freitas, R.; Duarte, E. H.; Lopes, E.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Promoting scientific research in West Africa: Challenges and future perspectives of Zoological Society of Cabo Verde". Paper presented in 1st Meeting of the Post-graduation students of the Graduate Program Science for Development, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, 2016.
  23. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Lopes, E.; Carretero, Miguel A.. "An ecophysiological background for the dissimilar biogeographic patterns of two insular lizards?". Paper presented in Island Biology 2016: International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology and Conservation, 2016.
  24. García, C.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Endemic mutualistic interactions between geckos and the dragon blood’s tree in Socotra Island (Yemen)". Paper presented in Island Biology 2016: International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology and Conservation, 2016.
  25. Arsovki, D.; Simó-Riudalbas, M.; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Santos, X.; Llorente, G.; Carranza, S.. "Genetic variability in Pristurus insignis (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae) from Socotra Island (Yemen)". Paper presented in XIV Congresso Luso-Español de Herpetologia, 2016.
  26. Maia, J.; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Santos, X.; Llorente, G.; Carranza, S.. "Molecular survey of Apicomplexan parasites in reptiles from Socotra (Yemen)". Paper presented in XIV Congresso Luso-Español de Herpetologia, 2016.
  27. Santos, M. L.; Lopes, E. P.; Carretero, Miguel A.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "How intraspecific interactions affect thermoregulation in geckos – the case study of Tarentola substituta Joger, 1984, endemic to São Vicente, Cabo Verde.". Paper presented in TiBE2016, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Tropical Biodiversity, 2016.
  28. Sousa, A.; Jorge, F.; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Perera, Ana. "Hitching a ride to Cabo Verde: understanding evolutionary and biogeographic patterns of pinworms infecting endemic reptiles". Paper presented in TiBE2016, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Tropical Biodiversity, 2016.
  29. Moraes-Barros, N.; Lopes, Ricardo Jorge; Gonçalves, David; Álvares, Francisco; Martins, F.; Rebelo, Hugo; Paupério, J.; et al. "The importance of Portugal as a main route for wildlife traffic between neotropics and Europe". Paper presented in TiBE2016, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Tropical Biodiversity, 2016.
  30. Romeiras, Maria; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Integrating molecular and conservation approaches to fill gaps in the knowledge of the Cabo Verde Terrestrial Biodiversity". Paper presented in TiBE2016, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Tropical Biodiversity, 2016.
  31. Pujol-Buxó, E.; Martín, N.; Martinéz, S.; Viñolas, A.; Llorente, G.; Sanpera, C.; Carranza, S.; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Santos, X.. "Diet and stable isotopes uncover trophic diversification processes among Socotran endemic reptiles". Paper presented in 14th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Socotra and Symposium “Conservation of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of Socotra”, 2015.
  32. Arsovki, D.; Simó-Riudalbas, M.; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Carranza, S.. "The case of high intra-specific genetic divergence on a small island: is Pristurus insignis a sound species?". Paper presented in 14th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Socotra and Symposium “Conservation of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of Socotra”, 2015.
  33. Martinéz-Esquerda, S.; Santos, X.; Llorente, G.; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Sanpera, C.. "Mechanisms associated with speciation: Description of stable isotopes of Socotran reptiles". Paper presented in XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia, 2014.
  34. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Rocha, S.; Santos, X.. "Sharing a room? Yes, but with benefits – the case of an arid island gecko". Paper presented in XI Congresso de Sociedade Portuguesa de Etologia, 2014.
  35. Carranza, S.; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Arnold, E.N.; Harris, D. J.; Mateo, J.A.. "Biodiversity and evolution of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos from the Cape Verde archipelago". Paper presented in International Symposium on Islands and Evolution, 2009.
  36. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Arnold, E.N.; Harris, D. J.; Mateo, J.A.; Carranza, S.. "Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos of the Cape Verde Islands based on morphology and DNA sequences". Paper presented in book International Symposium “Evolutionary Islands, 150 years after Darwin”, 2009.
  37. Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni; Barata, M.; Barbosa, D.; Batista, V.; Brito, José Carlos; Carretero, Miguel A.; Carvalho, S.; et al. "New data on the distribution of reptiles and amphibian in Morocco records from a six years’ survey". Paper presented in 1st Mediterranean Herpetological Congress, 2007.
Journal article
  1. Catarina J. Pinho; Herculano A. Dinis; Brent C. Emerson; Raquel Vasconcelos. "Smaller islands, bigger appetites: evolutionary strategies of insular endemic skinks". Royal Society Open Science (2024): https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240870.
    10.1098/rsos.240870
  2. Jordi Janssen; Ivan Ineich; Boaz Shacham; Raquel Vasconcelos; Hinrich Kaiser. "Ethnozoological Review on the Trade, Human Alimentation, and Cultural Use of Skinks (Reptilia, Scincidae)". Journal of Ethnobiology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/02780771241261224.
    10.1177/02780771241261224
  3. Catarina J Pinho; Michael J jowers; Stephane Caut; Raquel Vasconcelos. "Caught in the web: spider diets as a window into arthropod diversity in remote areas". Zoologia Caboverdiana (2024): http://www.scvz.org/zoolcv/vol12no1/ZoolCV2023_12_1_%20Pinho_etal_dieta_aranhas.pdf.
  4. Pilar Jurado-Angulo; Mario García-París; Raquel Vasconcelos. "Presence of Evania appendigaster, a cockroach parasite, on the island of Boavista, Cabo Verde". Zoologia Caboverdiana (2024): http://www.scvz.org/zoolcv/vol12no1/ZoolCV2023_12_1_%20Jurado-Angulo%20et%20al_Evania%20appendigaster%20on%20Boavista%20Island.pdf.
  5. Lara Almeida; Ivo Colmonero-Costeira; Maria J. Ferreira da Silva; Cecilia Veracini; Raquel Vasconcelos. "Insights into the Geographical Origins of the Cabo Verde Green Monkey". Genes (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15040504.
    10.3390/genes15040504
  6. Moreno-Borges S; Arranz, V; Fernández-Martín S; Clemente, S.; Xavier, Raquel; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Moreno-Borges, S.; et al. "Assessing diets of marine fauna associated with emerging zoantharian habitats in the Canary Islands.". Marine Biology 171 5 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04420-7.
    In press • 10.1007/s00227-024-04420-7
  7. Catarina J. Pinho; Mohammed Darwish; Jirí Šmíd; Salvador Carranza; Raquel Vasconcelos. "Green matters: Dietary assessment of a reptile community using DNA metabarcoding". Global Ecology and Conservation 47 (2023): e02667-e02667. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02667.
    10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02667
  8. Guilherme Roxo; Miguel Brilhante; Mónica Moura; Miguel Sequeira; Silva, L.; J. C. Costa; Raquel Vasconcelos; Pedro Talhinhas; Maria M. Romeiras. "Genome size variation within Crithmum maritimum: Clues on the colonization of insular environments". Ecology and Evolution 13 4 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10009.
    10.1002/ece3.10009
  9. Catarina J. Pinho; Luís Cardoso; Sara Rocha; Raquel Vasconcelos. "Aliens on Boats? The Eastern and Western Expansion of the African House Gecko". Genes (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/2/381.
    10.3390/genes14020381
  10. Lara Almeida; Raquel Vasconcelos. "First record of the house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia for the island of Sal, Cabo Verde". Zoologia Caboverdiana (2023): http://www.scvz.org/zoolcv/vol11no2/ZoolCV2023_11_2_Almeida_&_Vasconcelos_Hemidactylus%20mabouia.pdf.
  11. Catarina J. Pinho; Vicente Roca; Ana Perera; Amanda Sousa; Michèle Bruni; Aurélien Miralles; Raquel Vasconcelos. "Digging in a 120 years-old lunch: What can we learn from collection specimens of extinct species?". PLOS ONE 17 7 (2022): e0270032-e0270032. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270032.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0270032
  12. V. C. Neves; Dorothee Rund; Catarina J. Pinho; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Paco Bustamante; Petra Quillfeldt. "¿Diet of the exotic Madeiran wall lizard: first insights into trophic interactions in an Atlantic seabird sanctuary". Herpetozoa 35 (2022): 107-113. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.35.e82096.
    10.3897/herpetozoa.35.e82096
  13. Pinho, Catarina J.; Lopes, Evandro P.; Paupério, Joana; Gomes, Isildo; Romeiras, Maria M.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Trust your guts? The effect of gut section on diet composition and impact of Mus musculus on islands using metabarcoding". Ecology and Evolution 12 3 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8638.
    10.1002/ece3.8638
  14. Florencio, Margarita; Patiño, Jairo; Nogué, Sandra; Traveset, Anna; Borges, Paulo A. V.; Schaefer, Hanno; Amorim, Isabel R.; et al. "Macaronesia as a Fruitful Arena for Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.718169.
    10.3389/fevo.2021.718169
  15. Fonseca, Carlos A.; Sá-Pinto, Xana; Dinis, Herculano A.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Shooting skinks for good: Producing a movie improves attitudes towards a threatened species". Science of The Total Environment 791 (2021): 148356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148356.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148356
  16. Guilherme Roxo; Mónica Moura; Pedro Talhinhas; José Carlos Costa; Silva, L.; Raquel Vasconcelos; Miguel Sequeira; Maria M. Romeiras. "Diversity and Cytogenomic Characterization of Wild Carrots in the Macaronesian Islands". Plants (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/9/1954.
    10.3390/plants10091954
  17. Delgado, Katelene; Lopes, Evandro P.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Cabo Verde giant gecko: how many units for conservation?". Amphibia-Reptilia (2021): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10061.
    10.1163/15685381-bja10061
  18. Chapple, David G.; Roll, Uri; Böhm, Monika; Aguilar, Rocío; Amey, Andrew P.; Austin, Chris C.; Baling, Marleen; et al. "Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk". Biological Conservation 257 (2021): 109101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109101.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109101
  19. Bárbara Santos; Catarina J. Pinho; František Štáhlavský; Vanessa A. Mata; Ricardo J. Lopes; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Diet study of geckos reveals the first records of pseudoscorpions on Desertas Islands (Cabo Verde)". Journal of Arachnology (2021):
    Accepted • 10.1636/joa-s-20-085
  20. Tomé, Beatriz; Maia, João; Perera, Ana; Carranza, Salvador; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Parasites in a hotspot: diversity and specificity patterns of apicomplexans infecting reptiles from the Socotra Archipelago". Parasitology 148 1 (2020): 42-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182020002000.
    10.1017/s0031182020002000
  21. Rey-Iglesia, Alba; Gaubert, Philippe; Espregueira Themudo, Gonçalo; Pires, Rosa; de la Fuente, Constanza; Freitas, Luís; Aguilar, Alex; et al. "Mitogenomics of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) reveals dramatic loss of diversity and supports historical gene-flow between Atlantic and eastern Mediterranean populations". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191 4 (2020): 1147-1159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa084.
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa084
  22. Ianna Borloti; Herculano Dinis; Raquel Vasconcelos. "Bats Out of Africa: Disentangling the Systematic Position and Biogeography of Bats in Cabo Verde". Genes (2020): https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/8/877.
    10.3390/genes11080877
  23. Fasola, Mauro; Razzetti, Edoardo; Sindaco, Roberto; Ziliani, Ugo; Delle Monache, Daniele; Pellitteri-Rosa, Daniele; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Carranza, Salvador. "Ecological preferences of the endemic reptile community of Socotra". Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 31 3 (2020): 687-701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12210-020-00922-w.
    10.1007/s12210-020-00922-w
  24. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Pujol-Buxó, Eudald; Llorente, Gustavo A.; Saeed, Ahmed; Carranza, Salvador. "Micro-Hotspots for Conservation: An Umbrella Tree Species for the Unique Socotran Reptile Fauna". Forests 11 3 (2020): 353. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11030353.
    10.3390/f11030353
  25. VASCONCELOS, RAQUEL; KÖHLER, GUNTHER; GENIEZ, PHILIPPE; CROCHET, PIERRE-ANDRÉ. "A new endemic species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from São Nicolau Island, Cabo Verde". Zootaxa 4878 3 (2020): 501-522. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.4.
    10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.4
  26. Gil, V.; Pinho, C.J.; Aguiar, C.A.S.; Jardim, C.; Rebelo, R.; Vasconcelos, R.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Questioning the proverb 'more haste, less speed': Classic versus metabarcoding approaches for the diet study of a remote island endemic gecko". PeerJ 2020 1 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077308749&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7717/peerj.8084
  27. Pereira, José João; Lopes, Evandro P.; Carretero, Miguel Á.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Insular geckos provide experimental evidence on refuge selection priorities by ectotherms". Behavioural Processes 164 (2019): 260-267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2019.03.008.
    10.1016/j.beproc.2019.03.008
  28. Maria M. Romeiras; Ana Rita Pena; Tiago Menezes; Raquel Vasconcelos; Filipa Monteiro; Octávio S. Paulo; Mónica Moura. "Shortcomings of Phylogenetic Studies on Recent Radiated Insular Groups: A Meta-Analysis Using Cabo Verde Biodiversity". International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2019): https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/11/2782.
    10.3390/ijms20112782
  29. Tamar, Karin; Simó-Riudalbas, Marc; Garcia-Porta, Joan; Santos, Xavier; Llorente, Gustavo; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Carranza, Salvador. "An integrative study of island diversification: Insights from the endemic Haemodracon geckos of the Socotra Archipelago". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 133 (2019): 166-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.009.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.009
  30. Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Mohamed, Toqa; Abdel-Fattah Ahmed, Talaat; Alatalo, Juha Mikael; Barnett, Ross. "Toads in Qatar: The species present and their probable original source". Journal of Arid Environments 160 (2019): 91-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.09.012.
    10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.09.012
  31. Lopes, R.J.; Pinho, C.J.; Santos, B.; Seguro, M.; Mata, V.A.; Egeter, B.; Vasconcelos, R.. "Intricate trophic links between threatened vertebrates confined to a small island in the Atlantic Ocean". Ecology and Evolution 9 8 (2019): 4994-5002. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064844724&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ece3.5105
  32. Pinho, Catarina; Santos, Bárbara; Mata, Vanessa; Seguro, Mariana; Romeiras, Maria; Lopes, Ricardo; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "What Is the Giant Wall Gecko Having for Dinner? Conservation Genetics for Guiding Reserve Management in Cabo Verde". Genes 9 12 (2018): 599. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes9120599.
    10.3390/genes9120599
  33. Carranza, S.; Xipell, M.; Tarroso, P.; Gardner, A.; Arnold, E. N.; Robinson, M. D.; Simó-Riudalbas, M.; et al. "Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman (Sauropsida, Squamata)". PLoS One 13 2 (2018): e0190389-e0190389. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29414999.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0190389
  34. Vasconcelos, R.; Razgour, O.; Tarroso, P.; Fasola, M.; Carranza, S.; Alves, P. C.. "Combining molecular and landscape tools for targeting evolutionary processes in reserve design: An approach for islands". PLoS One 13 7 (2018): e0200830-e0200830. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30040840.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0200830
  35. Vasconcelos, Raquel. "Bibliographic revision and new records of bats (Chiroptera) for Cabo Verde Archipelago". (2018): http://www.scvz.org/zoolcv/vol7no1/ZoolCV2018_7_1_Vasconc.
  36. Martín, Natalia; Martínez, Sergi; Pujol-Buxó, Eudald; Viñolas, Amador; Llorente, Gustavo A.; Sanpera, Carola; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Carranza, Salvador; Santos, Xavier. "Stable isotopes and diet uncover trophic-niche divergence and ecological diversification processes of endemic reptiles on Socotra Island". Zoologischer Anzeiger 267 (2017): 69-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.01.005.
    10.1016/j.jcz.2017.01.005
  37. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Rocha, Sara; Santos, Xavier. "Sharing refuges on arid islands: ecological and social influence on aggregation behaviour of wall geckos". PeerJ 5 (2017): e2802. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2802.
    10.7717/peerj.2802
  38. Al-Araimi, N.A.; Al-Atiyat, R.M.; Gaafar, O.M.; Vasconcelos, R.; Luzuriaga-Neira, A.; Eisa, M.O.; Amir, N.; et al. "Maternal genetic diversity and phylogeography of native Arabian goats". Livestock Science 206 (2017): 88-94. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85031823260&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.livsci.2017.09.017
  39. Sancho, Vicent; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Llorente, Gustavo; Santos, Xavier. "Morphological differentiation of the complex Pristurus sokotranus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Socotra (Yemen)". Zootaxa 4324 1 (2017): 63-84. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000411668200004&KeyUID=WOS:000411668200004.
    10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.4
  40. García, C.; Vasconcelos, R.. "The beauty and the beast: Endemic mutualistic interactions promote community-based conservation on Socotra Island (Yemen)". Journal for Nature Conservation 35 (2017): 20-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84997159460&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jnc.2016.11.005
  41. Carretero, M.A.; Lopes, E.P.; Vasconcelos, R.. "Erratum to: An ecophysiological background for biogeographic patterns of two island lizards?". Die Naturwissenschaften 104 1-2 (2017): 5-5. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063713753&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00114-016-1428-2
  42. Raquel Vasconcelos. "First record of Thelandros sp. Wedl, 1862 pinworms (Nematoda: Oxyurida: Pharyngodonidae) on São Vicente Island, Cabo Verde". (2017):
  43. Carretero, Miguel A.; Lopes, Evandro P.; Vasconcelos, Raquel. "An ecophysiological background for biogeographic patterns of two island lizards?". The Science of Nature 103 11-12 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-016-1422-8.
    10.1007/s00114-016-1422-8
  44. Vasconcelos, R.; Montero-Mendieta, S.; Simó-Riudalbas, M.; Sindaco, R.; Santos, X.; Fasola, M.; Llorente, G.; Razzetti, E.; Carranza, S.. "Unexpectedly high levels of cryptic diversity uncovered by a complete DNA barcoding of reptiles of the socotra archipelago". PLoS ONE 11 3 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961958188&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0149985
  45. Gaubert, P.; Patel, R.; Veron, G.; Goodman, S. M.; Willsch, M.; Vasconcelos, R.; Lourenço, A.; et al. "Phylogeography of the small Indian civet and origin of introductions to western Indian Ocean islands". J Hered (2016):
    10.1093/jhered/esw085
  46. Pleguezuelos et al.; Raquel Vasconcelos; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; AYLLÓN, E; Bertolero, A; BOSCH, J; CABIDO, C; et al. "Conclusiones y propuesta de gestión de las poblaciones y especies de anfibios y reptiles alóctonos en España". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 26 2 (2015): 113-115.
    Accepted
  47. Raquel Vasconcelos; Pleguezuelos JM. "La culebra de cogulla argelina (Macroprotodon cucullatus) en las islas Baleares". Bolet´in de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 26 2 (2015): 81-84. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YDbqtUxgAXMJ:digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/133089/1/BAHE26(2)_%255B240%255D_14_Speci24.pdf+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pt&client=firefox-b-ab.
  48. Santos et al.. "Síntesis de las introducciones de anfibios y reptiles en España". Bolet´in de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 26 2 (2015): 98-108. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:OhmcN2hIbWkJ:digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/133092/1/BAHE26(2)_%255B240%255D_15_Conclus01.pdf+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pt&client=firefox-b-ab.
  49. AYLLÓN, E; Santos, Xavier; Bertolero, A; BOSCH, J; CABIDO, C; Carranza, Salvador; Carretero, Miguel A.; et al. "Propuesta de revisión de los listados y catálogos nacionales y autonómicos de especies amenazadas y protegidas, y del catálogo nacional de especies invasoras.". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 26 2 (2015): 108-112. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:B2KxQq-miCEJ:digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/133095/1/BAHE26(2)_%255B240%255D_15_Conclus02.pdf+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pt&client=firefox-b-ab.
    Accepted
  50. VASCONCELOS, RAQUEL; CARRANZA, SALVADOR. "Systematics and biogeography of Hemidactylus homoeolepis Blanford, 1881 (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of a new species from Arabia". Zootaxa 3835 4 (2014): 501. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.4.
    10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.4
  51. Metallinou, M.; Vasconcelos, R.; Šmíd, J.; Sindaco, R.; Carranza, S.. "Filling in the gap: Two new records and an updated distribution map for the Gulf Sand gecko Pseudoceramodactylus khobarensis Haas, 1957". Biodiversity Data Journal 2 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018535115&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3897/BDJ.2.e4011
  52. Vasconcelos, R.; Lopes, E.; Martins, B.H.. "Agama agama: A charter tourist in the Cape Verde Islands?". African Journal of Herpetology 63 1 (2014): 34-46. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84897078551&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/21564574.2013.877988
  53. Pujol-Buxó E; Raquel Vasconcelos; Suleiman AS; Santos X; Llorente GA. "Predation on Trachylepis socotrana by Lanius meridionalis". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española (2014):
  54. Vasconcelos, R.; Brito, J.C.; Carranza, S.; Harris, D.J.. "Review of the distribution and conservation status of the terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands". ORYX 47 1 (2013): 77-87. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872168329&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S0030605311001438
  55. Vasconcelos, R.; Perera, A.; Geniez, P.; Harris, D.J.; Carranza, S.. "An integrative taxonomic revision of the Tarentola geckos (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) of the Cape Verde Islands". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 2 (2012): 328-360. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856348647&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00768.x
  56. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Brito, Jose Carlos; Carvalho, Silvia B.; Carranza, Salvador; Harris, D. James. "Identifying priority areas for island endemics using genetic versus specific diversity - The case of terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands". Biological Conservation 153 (2012): 276-286.
    10.1016/j.biocon.2012.04.020
  57. Vasconcelos, R.; Santos, X.; Carretero, M. A.. "High temperatures constrain microhabitat selection and activity patterns of the insular Cape Verde wall gecko". Journal of Arid Environments 81 (2012): 18-25.
    10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.01.013
  58. Miralles, A.; Vasconcelos, R.; Perera, A.; Harris, D.J.; Carranza, S.. "An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae)". Zoologica Scripta 40 1 (2011): 16-44. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650247932&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00453.x
  59. Vasconcelos, R.; Carranza, S.; James Harris, D.. "Insight into an island radiation: The Tarentola geckos of the Cape Verde archipelago". Journal of Biogeography 37 6 (2010): 1047-1060. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77954067278&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02254.x
  60. Vasconcelos, R.; Froufe, E.; Brito, J. C.; Carranza, S.; Harris, D. J.. "Phylogeography of the African common toad, Amietophrynus regularis, based on mitochondrial DNA sequences: inferences regarding the Cape Verde population and biogeographical patterns". African Zoology 45 2 (2010): 291-298.
    10.3377/004.045.0207
  61. Rocha, S.; Harris, D.J.; Perera, A.; Silva, A.; Vasconcelos, R.; Carretero, M.A.. "Recent data on the distribution of lizards and snakes of the Seychelles". Herpetological Bulletin 110 (2009): 20-32. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955383588&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  62. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Rocha, Sara; Brito, JC; Carranza, S; Harris, D.J.. "First report of introduced African Rainbow Lizard Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Cape Verde Islands". Herpetozoa 21 (2009): 1-4. http://molevol.cmima.csic.es/carranza/pdf/agamacapeverde.pdf.
  63. Arnold, E.N.; Vasconcelos, R.; Harris, D.J.; Mateo, J.A.; Carranza, S.. "Systematics, biogeography and evolution of the endemic Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) of the Cape Verde Islands: Based on morphology and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences". Zoologica Scripta 37 6 (2008): 619-636. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-53949093459&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00351.x
  64. Harris, D.J.; Carretero, M.A.; Brito, J.C.; Kaliontzopoulou, A.; Pinho, C.; Perera, A.; Vasconcelos, R.; et al. "Data on the distribution of the terrestrial herpetofauna of Morocco: Records from 2001-2006". Herpetological Bulletin 103 (2008): 19-28. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-50249128248&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  65. Perera, Ana; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Harris, D. James; Brown, Richard P.; Angel Carretero, Miguel; Perez-Mellado, Valentin. "Complex patterns of morphological and mtDNA variation in Lacerta perspicillata (Reptilia; Lacertidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90 3 (2007): 479-490.
    10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00736.x
  66. Harris, D. James; Vaconcelos, Raquel; Brito, Jose C.. "Genetic variation within African spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae : Uromastyx) estimated using mitochondrial DNA sequences". Amphibia-Reptilia 28 1 (2007): 1-6.
    10.1163/156853807779799144
  67. Fahd et al.. "Presencia de la víbora hocicuda Vipera latastei en el Atlas Medio (Marruecos) y otras citas herpetológicas para la región". Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española (2007):
  68. Vaconcelos, R.; Carretero, M.A.; Harris, D.J.. "Phylogeography of the genus Blanus (worm lizards) in Iberia and Morocco based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers - Preliminary analysis". Amphibia Reptilia 27 3 (2006): 339-346. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33748581959&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1163/156853806778190033
  69. Carretero, Miguel A.; Vasconcelos, Raquel; Fonseca, Miguel; Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni; Brito, Jose C.; Harris, D. James; Perera, Anna. "Escape tactics of two syntopic forms of the Lacerta perspicillata complex with different colour patterns". Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne De Zoologie 84 11 (2006): 1594-1603.
    10.1139/Z06-154
  70. Vasconcelos, Raquel; Harris, D.J.; Harris, D. James. "Phylogeography of the false smooth snakes, Macroprotodon – mtDNA sequences from Portugal confirm European populations arrived recently from Northwest Africa". Herpetozoa 19 (2006): 77-81. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236173529_Phylogeography_of_the_false_smooth_snakes_Macroprotodon_-_mtDNA_sequences_from_Portugal_confirm_European_populations_arrived_recently_from_Northwest_Africa.
    Published
Preprint
  1. Richard Brown; Luca Bianco; Paolo Fontana; peter Shum; Raquel Vasconcelos; Yuanting Jin. "Delimitation of evolutionary significant units under introgression". 2024. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.172735208.80238096/v1.
    10.22541/au.172735208.80238096/v1

Other

Other output
  1. Culebra de cogulla argelina--Macroprotodon cucullatus (Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, 1827). 2015. Pleguezuelos JM; Raquel Vasconcelos. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/reptiles/maccuc.html.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024 Insights into the geographical origins of the Cabo Verde green monkey BIODIV Anual meeting 2024
BIOPOLIS (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2024 Big and small – How do we fit all? An integrative framework for investigating character displacement BIODIV Anual meeting 2024
BIOPOLIS (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2024 Colonization and evolutionary history of Mus musculus in Cabo Verde VII International Mouse Meeting
BIOPOLIS (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2024 Patrones de colonización y estructura filogeográfica de Oxycara (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) en Cabo Verde VII Jornadas Entomológicas de Castilla-La Mancha
Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Ciudad Real, Spain)
2024 BIGFIT: Big and small, how do we fit all? An integrative framework for investigating character displacement
Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Immunology, University of Vigo (Vigo, Spain)
2023 DNA metabarcoding to infer the ecological/economic impact of invaders on an island ecosystem Flora and Natural Resources of the Cabo Verde Islands Symposium
University of Cabo Verde (Praia, Cape Verde)
2023 Green matters: dietary reptile community assessment using DNA metabarcoding BIODIV Annual Meeting 2023
FCUL (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023 Oxycara (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of the Ilhéu de Sal Rei (Boavista, Cabo Verde) 4th Symposium for Mediterranean Small Islands
PIMA (Lipari, Italy)
2023 Evolutionary history of Mus musculus in Cabo Verde TiBE2023, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Invaders on the Horizon. Advancing Invasion Science from Genes to Ecosystems and Society
BIOPOLIS (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2023 Table for two: diet composition differences of allopatric and sympatric populations of island geckos XIX Annual Meeting of Portuguese Association for Evolutionary Biology
Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022 Répteis de ilhas: descobrindo novas espécies Festival Pint of Science
bar Menina e Moça (Portugal)
2022 Biodiversity Science Week 2022
basic school of Mindelo (Portugal)
2022 Ferramentas genómicas para a conservação: o caso dos répteis da Macaronésia Webinar
Universidade Federal do Pará (Bragança, Brazil)
2022 Biogeography and evolution of reptiles in a biodiversity hotspot. Young Systematists' Forum
Natural History Museum (London, United Kingdom)
2022 Digging in a 120 years-old lunch: what can we learn from collection specimens of extinct species? European Conservation Genetics Meeting, CG22
University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2022 Green matters: dietary reptile community assessment using DNA metabarcoding. European Conservation Genetics Meeting, CG22
University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2022 Table for two: diet composition differences of the threatened geckos Tarentola gigas and Tarentola raziana in allopatry vs sympatry BES Annual Meeting
British Ecological Society (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2022 Trophic interactions on expanding zoantharian zones in the Canary Islands. 25th New Zealand Molecular Ecology Meeting
University of Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)
2021/11 Produção de um filme melhora a atitude de alunos perante uma espécie ameaçada VI Congresso Internacional de Educação Ambiental dos Países e Comunidades de Língua Portuguesa
Universiadade Lusófona (Mindelo, Cape Verde)
2021 Cabo Verde giant gecko: how many units for conservation? XVI Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (online, Portugal)
2021 Shooting skinks for good: producing a film improves attitudes towards a threatened species. XVI Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (online, Portugal)
2021 Digging in a 120 years-old lunch: what can we learn from collection specimens of extinct species? XVI Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (online, Portugal)
2020 Shooting skinks for good: producing a film improves attitudes towards a threatened species SCE:NE - Science Communication Eclosion: Narrative Edition
(Porto, Portugal)
2020 Shooting skinks for good: producing a film improves attitudes towards a threatened species SciComPt2020 Online, Rede de Comunicação de Ciência e Tecnologia de Portugal
SciCom (Portugal)
2020 Shooting skinks for good: producing a film improves attitudes towards a threatened species? V Fórum CIDTFF
Centro de Investigação em Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores (online, Portugal)
2019 Metabarcoding analysis of endemic lizards’ diet for guiding reserve management in Macaronesian Islands Invited talk
Universidad La Laguna, Canary Islands (Spain)
2019 Reptile community living on the dragon’s blood tree Invited talk presented at the 1st World Conference Focused on Dragon Trees: Dragon Trees, Tertiary relicts in the current reality
Mendel University, Brno (Brno, Czech Republic)
2019 Metabarcoding analysis of endemic lizards' diet for guiding reserve management in the Macaronesian islands Third International Conference on Island Ecology, Evolution & Conservation
University of La Réunion (Saint Denis, France)
2019 Insights on island diversification from the endemic Haemodracon geckos of the Socotra Archipelago. International Soqotra Symposium 2019, 18th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Soqotra
(Palermo, Italy)
2019 Hot is worst if dry: an ecophysiological message from Cabo Verde lizards. TiBE2019, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution in Mediterranean ecosystems
CIBIO-InBio (Vairão, Portugal)
2018 Conservation genetics: redesigning the sanctuaries of Socotra to protect the biodiversity Invited talk presented at conference-debate: “L’île de Socotra Joyau de la biodiversité mondiale entre importance startéguique, violation du droit international et convoitise regionale
International Alliance for the Defence of Rights and Freedoms, Paris (France)
2018 “Estudo da biodiversidade e conservação dos répteis de Cabo Verde” Invited talk at IV meet.Eco
University of Coimbra Life Sciences Department (Portugal)
2018 Metabarcoding analysis of endemic lizards’ diet for guiding reserve management in Macaronesia Islands Invited talk
University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah of Tétouan (Morocco)
2018 What is the giant wall gecko having for dinner? Conservation genetics for guiding reserve management in Cabo Verde? XV Congresso Luso-Español de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (APH) & Associação Herpetológica Espanhola (AHE) (Salamanca, Spain)
2018 Social life or comfortable home? Factors involved in refuge selection in Cape Verde geckos. XV Congresso Luso?Español de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (APH) & Associação Herpetológica Espanhola (AHE) (Salamanca, Spain)
2017 “10 anos de estudo da biodiversidade e conservação dos répteis do arquipélago de Cabo Verde” Invited talk presented at 'Herpetologia além fronteiras: África, Ilhas e Herpetofauna'
University of Aveiro Departament of Biology and Portuguese Association of Herpetology (Portugal)
2017 How genetics can be useful for conservation: the case of the giant wall gecko of Cabo Verde Invited talk presented at the 6th Astrophysics Summer Camp from University of Porto
CEIA, Centre of Environmental Education and Interpretation of the Protected Landscape of Corno de Bico, Paredes de Coura (Portugal)
2017 “O que janta a osga gigante de Cabo Verde” Invited talk
University of Cabo Verde, Mindelo, S. Vicente, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
2017 Morphological differentiation of the complex Pristurus sokotranus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Socotra (Yemen). II Congreso de Biodiversidad y Conservación de la Naturaleza: Divulgación del conocimiento entre los distintos sectores de la sociedad.
Universidad de Almería (Spain)
2016/03 Disentangling the isotopic map of the Socotran reptiles: from island-wide samples to biological conclusions. Advanced Course: An Introduction to Stable Isotopes and their Application to Ecological and Conservation Questions
(Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2016 “Biogeography and Conservation of the reptiles of the Cabo Verde Archipelago” Invited talk for the workshop 'Patterns of evolution and diversification within the Macaronesian biodiversity hotspot'
University of Lisbon Faculty of Sciences (FCUL) (Portugal)
2016 “Biodiversidade e Conservação dos répteis do arquipélago de Cabo Verde” Invited talk
University of Cabo Verde, Mindelo, S. Vicente, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
2016 “Biodiversidade e Conservação dos répteis do arquipélago de Cabo Verde” Invited talk
University of Cabo Verde, Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
2016 “Biogeography and conservation of the reptiles of the Cabo Verde Archipelago: Insights from diversity and distribution patterns” Invited talk presented at a seminar of the Island Biology 2016: International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology and Conservation. 2nd Meeting
University of Azores (Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal)
2016 Combining genetic and landscape tools for reserve design on islands: The reptiles of Socotra as a model study Invited talk presented at a seminar of the Island Biology 2016: International Conference on Island Evolution, Ecology and Conservation. 2nd Meeting
University of Azores (Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal)
2016 Biogeography and conservation of the reptiles of the Cabo Verde Archipelago: Insights from diversity and distribution patterns Invited talk presented on the “Weihenstephaner Colloquium on Applied Ecology and Planning”
Technical University of Munich, Freising (Freising, Germany)
2016 Combining genetic and landscape tools for reserve design on islands: The reptiles of Socotra as a model study International Soqotra Symposium 2016, 15th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Soqotra
(Tübingen, Germany)
2016 The magnifying glass of genetics when assessing the diversity and host-specificity of mites of endemic lizards from Socotra Island. XIV Congresso Luso-Español de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (APH) & Associação Herpetológica Espanhola (AHE) (Lleida, Spain)
2016 Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman. XIV Congresso Luso-Español de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (APH) & Associação Herpetológica Espanhola (AHE) (Lleida, Spain)
2016 Disentangling host-specificity of mites of endemic lizards from Socotra Island using microscopy and genetics. TiBE2016, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Tropical Biodiversity
CIBIO-InBIO (Vairão, Portugal)
2016 Metabarcoding reveals trophic relations between the giant wall gecko, Tarentola gigas and other endemic species in an Integral Reserve in the Atlantic Ocean (Raso islet, Cabo Verde) TiBE2016, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution: Tropical Biodiversity
CIBIO-InBIO (Vairão, Portugal)
2015 “Desvendando uma diversidade extraordinária – o código de barras de ADN dos répteis de Socotra” Invited talk
University of Cabo Verde, Mindelo, S. Vicente, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
2015 Os pardais de Darwin: medindo a evolução no pátio da escola. SciCom pt 2015
(Faro, Portugal)
2015 Uncovering ecological diversification processes in islands: the case study of endemic reptiles in Socotra XV Jornada de Biologia Evolutiva
(Barcelona, Spain)
2015 Diet and stable isotopes uncover trophic-niche divergence and ecological diversification processes for endemic reptiles in Socotra. Congreso Europeo de Herpetología
(Wroclaw, Poland)
2014 Hemidactylus homoeolepis - one more endemic species for Socotra Invited talk
Socotra University (Yemen)
2014 Répteis de ilhas: conhecê-los, descrevê-los e conservá-los com a ajuda do ADN Invited talk presented at 'Coffee with science'
Serralves Museum, Porto (Portugal)
2014 Systematics and conservation of the Cape Verde reptiles Invited talk at 'Conservation of reptiles of Macaronesia' course , Museo de Ia Naturaleza y el Hombre Universidad de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands
Real Academia Canaria de Ciencias and Asociación Herpetológica Espanola (Spain)
2014 Mais criolo di qui bô – estratégias para aproximar os cabo-verdianos dos répteis. SciCom2014 – comunicação de ciência para o desenvolvimento
(Porto, Portugal)
2014 Unveiling extraordinary diversity – DNA Barcoding of Socotra reptiles nternational Soqotra Symposium 2014, 13th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Soqotra
(Rome, Italy)
2014 The conservation of biodiversity in Socotra, a study case on reptiles. International Soqotra Symposium 2014, 13th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Soqotra
(Rome, Italy)
2014 Unveiling extraordinary diversity – DNA Barcoding of Socotra reptiles. XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia,
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (APH) & Associação Herpetológica Espanhola (AHE) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014 The mechanisms associated with speciation: diet description of Socotra reptiles. XIII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (APH) & Associação Herpetológica Espanhola (AHE) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014 Biodiversity and conservation of the reptiles of Oman. Jornades de la Societat Catalana d’Herpetologia
(Barcelona, Spain)
2014 DNA Barcoding of the Reptiles of the Socotra Archipelago Jornades de la Societat Catalana d’Herpetologia
(Barcelona, Spain)
2013 Combining molecular markers and GIS tools for conservation planning Invited talk at PhD course “Drivers of changes in the ecosystems"
University of Pavia (Italy)
2013 Hemidactylus homoeolepis - one more endemic species for Socotra. 12th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Soqotra
Department of Forest Botany (Lednice, Czech Republic)
2012 High temperatures constrain microhabitat selection and activity patterns of the insular Cape Verde wall gecko Invited talk
University of Cabo Verde, Mindelo, S. Vicente, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
2012 Integrative Approaches to the Systematics and Conservation of the Reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands Invited talk at course of Biogeography of the Master on Biodiversity, Genetics e Evolution, Vairão, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências (Portugal)
2012 Identifying priority areas for island endemics using genetic versus specific diversity – The case of terrestrial reptiles of the Cape Verde Islands. XII Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (APH) & Associação Herpetológica Espanhola (AHE) (Murcia, Spain)
2011 An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae) 16th European Congress of Herpetology
SEH ( Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
2010 Reserve design for the conservation of biodiversity: combining genetic and GIS tools for the Cape Verde reptiles Invited talk
University of Cabo Verde, Mindelo, S. Vicente, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
2009 Biodiversity of herpetofauna from Cape Verde: is genetic diversity well protected in Sotavento Invited talk
University of Cabo Verde, Mindelo, S. Vicente, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)
2008 Biodiversidade da herpetofauna de Cabo Verde: a diversidade genética está bem protegida? X Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (APH) & Associação Herpetológica Espanhola (AHE) (Coimbra, Portugal)
2007 Phylogeography of the endemic Hemidactylus bouvieri (Bocourt, 1870) geckos of Cape Verde islands based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes 14th European Congress of Herpetology
CIBIO and SEH (Porto, Portugal)
2006 Phylogeography of the lacertid lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus in North Africa and the Middle East. IX Congresso Luso-Espanhol de Herpetologia
A Associação Portuguesa de Herpetologia (APH) e Associação Herpetológica Espanhola (AHE) (Donostia, Spain)
2005 Escape tactics in two syntopic forms of the Lacerta perspicillata complex 13th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica
Societas Europaea Herpetologica (Bonn, Germany)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Lessons from the invasion of Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus in Cabo Verde
Supervisor
 MSc in Biodiversity, Genetics & Evolution (Master)
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2024 - Current “Caracterização da morfologia e microhabitat de populações da osga endémica da ilha do Maio Tarentola maioensis”
Co-supervisor
University of Cabo Verde , Cape Verde
2024 - Current “Selecção de micro-habitat por duas espécies de répteis endémicos da ilha do Maio”
Co-supervisor
University of Cabo Verde , Cape Verde
2016 - Current Termorregulação de répteis de São Vicente – aspectos ecológicos
Supervisor of Maya dos Santos
 Biological Sciences (Degree)
Faculdade de Engenharia e Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2023 - 2033 ‘Colonization history and diversification patterns of invasive mammals in the Cabo Verde Archipelago’. BSc trainee internship from the Cornell University.
Co-supervisor of Joseph Liu:
Cornell University, United States
2022 - 2026 História evolutiva e impacto de mamíferos invasores na biodiversidade de Cabo Verde
Supervisor of Lara Almeida
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022 - 2026 Are historical drivers of speciation determining morphological change in oceanic island radiations? A study of morphological disparity in darkling beetles from Cabo Verde
Supervisor of Pilar Jurado
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/10 - 2022/09 Aliens on boats. Where are invasive reptiles found in Cabo Verde coming from?
Supervisor of Luís Cardoso
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/02 - 2022 “Grandes e pequenos - Como todos cabemos? Integração de métodos morfológicos, ecológicos e genómicos para investigar processos evolutivos em ilhas
Supervisor of Sofia Sousa
 Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019 - 2022 Big and small – How do we fit all? An integrative framework for investigating character displacement
Supervisor of Catarina J. Pinho
 Biologia (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Patterns of colonization and diversification within Macaronesian Apiaceae lineages: Ecological and cytogenomic approaches
Co-supervisor of Guillherme Roxo
 Master thesis in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Predicting IUCN conservation status through machinelearning: a case study on reptiles
Co-supervisor of Nádia Soares
 Computer Sciences (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Contributions to the study of the ecology of an endemic reptile of Cabo Verde
Co-supervisor of Carlos Fonseca
 Ecology (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Bats out of Africa: disentangling the systematic position of bats in Cabo Verde
Supervisor of Ianna Borloti
 Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017 - 2019 A osga gigante de Cabo Verde. Diferenças e semelhanças entre as duas subespécies de Tarentola gigas
Supervisor of Katelene Delgado
 Biological Sciences (Degree)
Faculdade de Engenharia e Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2017 - 2018 Metabarcoding analysis of endemic lizards’ diet for guiding reserve management in Macaronesia Islands
Supervisor of Catarina Pinho
 Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017 - 2018 Social life or comfortable home? Spatial priorities in refuge site selection by geckos from Cabo Verde
Co-supervisor of José Pereira
 Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016 - 2017 Unraveling the ecology of Raso wall gecko (Tarentola raziana) trough metabarcoding
Supervisor of Mariana Pereira
 Biological Sciences (Degree)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Morphological differentiation of the complex Pristurus sokotranus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Socotra (Yemen)
Co-supervisor of Vicent Sancho Perez
 Biodiversity (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia, Spain
2014 - 2015 Phylogenetic relationships of the endemic Semaphore geckos (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae: Pristurus) of the Socotra Archipelago
Co-supervisor of Dragan Arsovski
 Evolutionary Biology (Master)
University of Groninguen, Netherlands
2013 - 2014 DNA Barcoding of the Reptiles of the Socotra Archipelago". Biodiversity Master thesis from the University of Barcelona, Spain
Co-supervisor of Santiago Montero
 Biodiversity (Master)
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
2011 - 2012 Ecological study on the giant (Tarentola gigas) and dwarf (Tarentola raziana) geckos of Raso Islet, Cape Verde archipelago
Supervisor of Nídia Silvia
 Marine Biology and Fishery (Degree)
Faculdade de Engenharia e Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/20 - Current First launch of the book ‘Animais do teu país. Os mamíferos trocados em miúdos’
Other
 Municipal Library of Mértola; Mértola
Estaçáo Biológica de Mértola, Portugal

Câmara Municipal de Mértola, Portugal
2024/05/10 - Current Second launch of the book ‘Animais do teu país. Os mamíferos trocados em miúdos’
Other
 Ciência Viva Center, Vila do Conde
Centro Ciência Viva de Vila do Conde, Portugal

Estaçáo Biológica de Mértola, Portugal
2023 - Current Invited speaker for the Wildlife Day by Ciência Viva “Répteis de ilhas, animais selvagens únicos” at the elementary school in Póvoa do Varzim (March 03) Wildlife Day
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2023 - Current Invited speaker for the Scientist National Day celebration by Ciência Viva at the basic school in Mindelo (May, 25)
Seminar
Centro Ciência Viva de Vila do Conde, Portugal
2023 - Current Tutor of the activity ‘Ciência Viva nos Pátios’ organised by Ciência Viva at the basic school in Labruge (May, 29) Ciência Viva nos Pátios
Centro Ciência Viva de Vila do Conde, Portugal
2023 - Current Invited speaker for the Science & Technology Week 2023 by Ciência Viva ‘The Scientific Method’ at the basic school in Mindelo (November, 22)
Workshop
 Science & Technology Week 2023
Centro Ciência Viva de Vila do Conde, Portugal
2022 - Current Invited speaker for the Festival Pint of Science “Répteis de ilhas: descobrindo novas espécies” (May 10) at the bar Menina e Moça
Festival
 Festival Pint of Science
2022 - Current Invited speaker for the Science & Technology Week 2022 by Ciência Viva 'The Biodiversity Crisis' at the basic school in Mindelo (Nov 25) Science & Technology Week
Ciência Viva, Portugal
2021/10/07 - Current Invited speaker for the discussion about biodiversity and environmental sustainability “Diversidades: problema escondido com o rabo de fora: os gatos e a biodiversidade” Diversidades. Ciclo de conversas sobre biodiversidade e sustentabilidade ambiental
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/07/10 - Current Invited researcher to comment the documentary “As novas viagens philosophicas – À Procura dos Répteis de Cabo Verde” Noites no Pátio do Museu
Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2019 - Current Focal point of the UNESCO-FoS campaign ¿Connect 2 Socotra¿ and commenter of the Movie Session "Socotra, La Isla de los Genios" by Jordi Esteva. UNESCO-FoS campaign ¿Connect 2 Socotra
UNESCO World Heritage Centre, France
2015 - Current Personal account about “Cape Verde Giant Skink Cocteau’s Lizard”
Exhibition
 “Joseph Gregory Rossano: Vanity.” By Rossano, J, Berrios-Torres, S.
Museum of Glass , United States
2018/06 - 2018/09 Participation in the exhibition «Monaco et l’Océan – de exploration à la protection»
Exhibition
Musée Océanographique de Monaco, Monaco
2018/04/17 - 2018/04/19 Tutor of the 3-day boot camp course of the Conservation Genetics course of the Master on Biodiversity, Genetics e Evolution, Corno de Bico, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2018/04 - 2018/04 Tutor in ‘BioBlitz’, a 72h-inventory of life event in Serralves Park, Porto BioBlitz
Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Tutor in M’Diq’ National Initiative for Human Development, Morroco
2017/05/17 - 2017/05/21 Tutor and team-coordinator for reptiles in in ‘BioBlitz’, a week-inventory of life event in Serralves Park, Porto
Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2017/04/19 - 2017/04/21 Tutor of the 3-day boot camp course of the Conservation Genetics course of the Master on Biodiversity, Genetics e Evolution, Corno de Bico, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Producer of leaflets about the Cabo Verde reptiles from “Desertas” islands supported by Explorations of Monaco
2016/05/09 - 2016/05/14 Tutor and team-coordinator for reptiles in ‘BioBlitz’, a 72h-inventory of life event in Serralves Park, Porto
Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2016/04/18 - 2016/04/20 Tutor of the 3-day boot camp course of the Conservation Genetics course of the Master on Biodiversity, Genetics e Evolution, Corno de Bico, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2016/03/02 - 2016/03/02 Invited speaker at Senior University of Matosinhos
2016/02/12 - 2016/02/12 Tutor on the celebration of Darwin’s day at Almeida Garrett Municipal Library of Porto
2015/05/07 - 2015/05/11 Tutor on the VIII Science Fairy at Vila do Conde
2015 - 2015 Production of multilingual leaflets on the Socotran reptiles for Friends of Socotra
2015 - 2015 Tutor of the 3-day boot camp course of the Conservation Genetics course of the Master on Biodiversity, Genetics e Evolution, Corno de Bico, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Tutor for reptiles in ‘BioBlitz’, a 48-h inventory of life event in Serralves Park, Porto
Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Tutor of a 1h workshop for children about drawing and painting animals and plants "Observação da Natureza"
Workshop
 University of Porto Exhibition at Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Organiser and tutor of a 15h-course “Introduction to Plastic Arts for biologists” at University of Porto’s rectory and Botanical Garden together with a with M.A. Mariana de Castro
Workshop
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Organiser of a cycle of nine Biology courses for the UP students at the Botanical Garden
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Tutor and organiser of “Universidade Júnior” developed by University of Porto at the Botanical Garden Everything is connected
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Guide for the exhibition “A Evolução de Darwin” at Casa Andresen, Botanical Garden of Porto
Exhibition
2009 - 2009 Tutor of “Ciência Viva” activities of the “Biologia no Verão” programme sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2003 - 2003 Tutor for several environmental education projects for the private company Zoia “Waste Management” & “International Day of the Forest”
2002 - 2002 Tutor of “Ciência Viva” activities of the “Biologia no Verão” programme sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia “The study of carnivore mammals in their habitat”
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024 Estudo comparativo das populações de répteis terrestres da reserva marinha de Santa Luzia (Cabo Verde)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João do Rosário (Other)
Universidade Técnica do Atlântico, Cape Verde
2023 Aggressive show-off: a test of how waxbills manage dominance hierarchies
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Joâo Miguel Pacheco (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2019 Too cold to shine? Does temperature influence sex differences in a plastic social ornament?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Rita Freitas (Master)
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018 Dating evolution on island ecosystems: a case-study with the Cabo Verde terrestrial biodiversity
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Rita Pena (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current IUCN Skink Specialist Group member
2014 - Current Friend of Socotra association (https://www.friendsofsoqotra.org/) Executive Committee
2012 - Current Sociedade Caboverdiana de Zoologia Member
2008 - 2017 Portuguese Herpetological Society (https://www.facebook.com/herpetos/) National Direction

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024 - Current TiBE, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution, 2024’ edition: Ecology and Conservation in the Afrotropics: Enhancing Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research BIOPOLIS
2020 - Current 19th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Socotra and Symposium Brno, Czech Republic (online)
2019/09/05 - 2019/09/06 1st World Conference Focused on Dragon Trees: Dragon Trees, Tertiary relicts in the current reality Brno, Czech Republic
2016/11/28 - 2016/11/29 TiBE, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution, 2016¿ edition: Tropical Biodiversity CIBIO-InBIO
2016/05/03 - 2016/05/06 Congenomics, 3rd European and pan-European congress on Conservation genomics financed by the European Science Foundation CIBIO-InBIO
2015/09/11 - 2015/09/13 14th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Socotra and Symposium “Conservation of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of Socotra”. CIBIO-InBIO
2013/09/25 - 2013/09/27 CISA2013, II Iberian Congress of Biological Systematics Institut d’Estudis Catalans and Museu Blau
2011/12/05 - 2011/12/06 TiBE, Trends in Biodiversity and Evolution, 2011’ edition: New Challenges in Conservation Genetics CIBIO-InBIO
2007/09/24 - 2007/09/27 2nd Biology of the Vipers conference CIBIO-InBIO
2007/09/19 - 2007/09/23 14th European Congress of Herpetology CIBIO-InBIO

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Scientific advisor of the children’s game ‘Memory cards of the Cabo Verde marine birds Associação BIOPOLIS - Rede de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Biologia Evolutiva, Portugal
2023 - Current Technical and scientific review of the book for children ‘Biodiversidade da ilha do Fogo‘ published by Projecto Vitó Projecto Vitó, Cape Verde
2022/03 - 2022/11 Ashar Environmental Assessment and Study - Reptile surveys The Royal Commission for AlUla, Saudi Arabia
2019 - 2019 Technical and scientific review of the bilingual book: Mendelsohn, J & Mendelsohn, S (2019). South West Angola, A portrait of land and life. Arte & Ciência, Porto, Portugal. Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2018 - 2018 Scientific advisor for the study "The Impact of Science performed in Portugal“. Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2010 - 2010 Production and scientific consultancy of the documentary “As Maravilhas Naturais de Cabo Verde” with RTP (Portuguese Radio-Television). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal SA, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current Invited lecturer of Biogeography Master’s of Science on Biodiversity, Genetics & Evolution Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2024 - Current Coordinator and tutor of an advanced course ‘Visualizing Science – Design principles for biologists' Visualizing Science (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2022 - Current Invited lecturer of Biogeography Biogeography (Bachelor) University of Namibia, Namibia
2022 - Current Coordinator and tutor of a course about Santiago reptiles Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde

Lantuna, Cape Verde
2022 - Current Formação Avançada em Mobilização de dados de Biodiversidade em Cabo Verde advanced course (Postgraduate Certificate) Universidade Técnica do Atlântico, Cape Verde
2022 - Current Coordinator and tutor of a Workshop on terrestrial Cabo Verde reptiles Biosfera, Cape Verde
2020 - Current "Metabarcoding analysis of endemic lizards' diet for guiding reserve management in the Macaronesian islands" Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015 - Current Practice of Masters of Science on Biodiversity, Genetics & Evolution Conservation Genetics (Mestrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2021/07 - 2021/12 Invited lecturer of Biogeography Biogeography (Bachelor) University of Namibia, Namibia
2021/11/08 - 2021/11/12 Coordinator and tutor of an advance course ‘Public speaking and presentation for scientists’ (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/12 - 2020/12 'Os répteis terrestres de Cabo Verde. 2006 a 2020 – 14 anos de estudos' and 'Répteis terrestres da ilha do Maio' for the NGO Maio Foundation and National Directorate of Environment, Cabo Verde Fundação Maio Biodiversidade, Cape Verde
2020/06 - 2020/12 Invited lecturer of Biogeography Biogeography University of Namibia, Namibia
2020/01/03 - 2020/02/05 Coordinator and tutor of an advance course "Art and Design for scientists" (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2020/01 - 2020/02 'Os répteis terrestres de Cabo Verde. 2006 a 2020 ¿ 14 anos de estudos' and 'Répteis terrestres da ilha do Sal' for the NGO Projecto Biodiversidade, Cabo Verde Projecto Biodiversidade, Cape Verde
2018/04/17 - 2018/04/19 "What is the giant gecko of Cabo Verde having for dinner?" and fielwork Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2017/04/19 - 2017/04/21 "Conservation genetics of Reptiles in remote areas" and fieldwork Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/06/21 - 2016/06/24 Invited lecturer "Molecular base of mutations" and "Molecular base of cancer" Molecular Biology Faculdade de Engenharia e Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2016/06/14 - 2016/06/16 Invited lecturer "Molecular base of mutations" and "Molecular base of cancer" Molecular Biology (Licenciatura) Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2016/04/18 - 2016/04/20 Research aims and fieldwork Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2016/03/14 - 2016/03/19 “A biodiversidade nas ilhas e as principais ameaças: conceitos e exemplos”, “Biologia da Conservação: conceitos teóricos fundamentais, evolução da sua aplicação, importância das ilhas”, lab and fielwork Biodiversity, Genomics and Conservation (Postgraduate Certificate) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
2015/04/13 - 2015/04/15 "Unveiling extraordinary diversity – DNA Barcoding of Socotra reptiles" and fieldwork Biodiversidade, Genética e Evolução (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
2015/03/02 - 2015/03/07 "A biodiversidade nas ilhas e as principais ameaças: conceitos e exemplos", “Biologia da Conservação: conceitos teóricos fundamentais, evolução da sua aplicação, importância das ilhas”, fieldwork Biodiversity, Genomics and Conservation (Postgraduate Certificate) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2020 - Current Committee of the Senior and Casual Seminars of CIBIO
Member
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
2020 - Current Committee of the post-graduation courses of CIBIO
Member
 Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/01/31 Interview about the work with terrestrial Cabo Verdean reptiles: Um 'mundo' de répteis únicos Expresso das Ilhas
2023/06/09 Hosting of Cornell University’ students: ‘Estudantes da Universidade de Cornell em mobilidade na FCUP’ Noticias UP
2022/07/11 V Publication of scientific article about the diet of the giant lizard of Cabo Verde: “Factores ambientais e humanos na origem da extinção do lagarto gigante de Cabo Verde” Balai Cabo Verde
2022/07/10 IV Publication of scientific article about the diet of the giant lizard of Cabo Verde: “Factores ambientais e humanos na origem da extinção do lagarto gigante de Cabo Verde” Forbes África Lusófona
2022/07/07 Publication of scientific article about the diet of the giant lizard of Cabo Verde: “Factores ambientais e humanos na origem da extinção do lagarto gigante de Cabo Verde” Inforpress
2022/07/07 II Publication of scientific article about the diet of the giant lizard of Cabo Verde: “Factores ambientais e humanos na origem da extinção do lagarto gigante de Cabo Verde” Público
2022/07/07 III Publication of scientific article about the diet of the giant lizard of Cabo Verde: “Factores ambientais e humanos na origem da extinção do lagarto gigante de Cabo Verde” Sapo
2021/11/19 Publication of scientific article about Macaronesia Biological studies: "Saiba porque são as ilhas da Macaronésia um laboratório vivo para quem estuda a natureza" Wilder
2021/11/18 Publication of scientific article about Macaronesia Biological studies: “Sintetizando o conhecimento sore evolução e conservação ecológica na Macaronésia” Público
2021/07/22 Publication of scientific article about attitude changes towards reptiles: “Estudo em Cabo Verde sensibiliza população escolar para importância dos répteis” Notícias Universidade de Aveiro
2020/11 I Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'Investigadores desvendam nova espécie de osga na ilha de São Nicolau' Expresso das ilhas
2020/11 II Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'Investigadores desvendam nova espécie de osga na ilha de São Nicolau' Mundo Ao Minuto
2020/11 III Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'Investigadores desvendam nova espécie de osga na ilha de São Nicolau' Sapo
2020/11 IV Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'Investigadores desvendam nova espécie de osga na ilha de São Nicolau' Observador
2020/11 V Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'Investigadores desvendam nova espécie de osga na ilha de São Nicolau' MSN news
2020/11 VI Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'Descrita nova espécie de osga na ilha de São Nicolau em Cabo Verde' Público
2020/11 VII Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'Nova espécie de osga descoberta em Cabo Verde' Terras do Homem
2020/11 VIII Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'Investigadora do CIBIO-InBIO descobre nova espécie de osga em Cabo Verde' Notícias UP
2020/11 XIX Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'Alumna da FCUP descobre nova espécie de osga em Cabo Verde' Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
2020/11 Publication of scientific article on the description of a new reptile species for Cabo Verde 'E ao fim de mais de 10 anos, Raquel e os colegas descobrem uma nova espécie de osga em Cabo Verde' Wilder
2020/10/08 Publication of scientific article on the genetic diversity of the monk seal 'CIIMAR denuncia perda dramática de diversidade genética nos lobos marinhos' Notícias UP
2020/07 Publication of a video about the work on Selvagens to celebrate the Conservation day 'Dia da Conservação' Youtube
2020/07 “Dia Mundial da Conservação da Natureza “ SPECO
2020/02/20 Publication of the video resultant from the educational project on the Chioninia vaillantii on Fogo, Cabo Verde IUCN SSC Skink Specialist Group’s tweeter
2020/01/16 Visit to Lisbon Natural History and Science museum: “Visita de estudo às coleções zoológicas” Lisbon Natural History and Science museum webpage
2019/11/07 “Portugal continua “aquém” do desempenho científico de outros países europeus” Público
2019/11/07 “Parentes pobres” Público
2019/11/07 “Sistema científico é uma das maiores conquistas da sociedade portuguesa no pós-25 de Abril” Diário de Notícias
2019/11/07 “Portugal a caminho de se tornar uma referência europeia nas ciências do mar” Expresso
2019/11/07 “Estudo. Portugal continua aquém do desempenho científico de outros países europeus” RTP, Antena 1
2019/05/17 Especialistas estudam lagarto Chinel “Chioninia vaillantii” na ilha do Fogo e nos Ilhéus Rombos “inforPress” (Ambiente)
2019 Participation in a project on the conservation of the reptiles of Fogo Island, Cabo Verde “Alumna FCUP lidera projeto em Cabo Verde” FCUP’ webpage
2018/09 “Albert II – A committed Prince” « Geosciences » magazine of Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
2017/10/10 Les Les 53 premiers jours des Explorations de Monaco « Monaco Matin » Monaco’s daily newspaper (Nº 20633)
2017/10/02 “Monaco Explorations - em expedição pela Macaronésia” "Jornal da Economia do Mar” monthly Portuguese newspaper
2017/09 Participation on the Monaco Explorations scientific trips: "Branco: Day 29"; “In Mindelo and Branco with Prince Albert II”; “The Selvagens Islands_ Part One, Days 20 – 22”. Monaco Explorations website
2017/06 Visit to the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco Monaco Explorations website
2017/06 Participation on the Monaco Explorations scientific trips “Herpétologie Manips de terrain Selvagens 2017” Youtube
2017 Espoirs pour le Scinque géant du Cap-Vert "La Gazette de Monaco" Monaco’s monthly magazine (Nº 514, 7 July, pp. 28)
2017 Le mystère des cinq scinques « Nice Matin » Monaco’s daily newspaper (Nº 25307, 20 July)
2016/06/23 Reference to TwinLab public presentation: “Investigadores da CIBIO dão palestras sobre a instalação do Laboratório Geminado UNICV-CIBIO” UniCV webpage
2016/05/14 Video interview to a Portuguese daily newspaper about ‘BioBlitz’ event in Serralves Park, Porto: “À descoberta da biodiversidade em Serralves” Jornal de Notícias
2016/04/14 Reference to an article publication about the barcoding of Socotran reptiles “More than 50% of Socotra’s reptiles, still undiscovered” CSIC/PRBB webpage
2016/03/18 “Uni-CV acolhe na Praia o lançamento da obra “História Natural das Ilhas Desertas” RTC (Cape Verdian Radio-Television) webpage
2016 “Unexpected Cryptic Diversity in Socotra’s Reptiles” Barcode Bulletin (Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp: 6-7)
2015/02/14 Interview to the daily UAE newspaper about the project won supported by Mohammed-bin-Zayed Conservation Fund The National
2015 Interview about grant won: “Dr Raquel Vasconcelos. In the Dragon’s Den” Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund Annual Report Book (pp. 14-19)
2014/06/05 “História natural de ilhas Desertas de Cabo Verde posta em livro” A Nação
2014/06/04 “História natural de ilhas Desertas de Cabo Verde posta em livro” Notícias ao Minuto
2014/06/04 “História natural das Ilhas Desertas em livro” A Bola
2014/06/04 “História natural de ilhas Desertas de Cabo Verde posta em livro” Inforpress
2014/06/04 “Património natural de ilhas desertas de Cabo Verde será lançado em livro” A semanal
2014 Mentions to the future publication of “The Natural History of the Desertas Islands” Lusa agency
2013/07/02 Reference to updated conservation status of Cabo Verde reptiles: “World’s oldest and largest species in decline – IUCN Red List” IUCN webpage
2013 “Surto de lagartos do fogo ao Deus dará” “A Nação” Cabo Verde newspaper (Nº 308, 25 July, pp. A14-15)
2009 “Em busca do gigante perdido” Parques e Vida Selvagem (Ano IX, Nº 27, pp. 51-53)

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2019 - Current Cabo Verde National Television Project of reptiles’ conservation on Fogo and Rombos islets
2019 - Current National radio (RTC) Project of reptiles’ conservation on Fogo, Cabo Verde.
2017/06/28 - Current Monaco Channel Sur les traces du scinque du Cap-Vert
2017 - Current Ushuaia TV (French TV) Participation in the documentary « Le prince et la mère »
2016/08/28 - Current RTP – "As novas viagens philosophicas” “Cabo Verde: À Procura de Répteis”
2010/05/15 - Current RDP-África Interview about the work developed in Cabo Verde
2007 - Current Rádio Nacional de Cabo Verde Interview about the work developed in Cabo Verde
2017 - 2017 Cabo Verde National Television Interview about the presentation at University of Cabo Verde and participation on Monaco Explorations
2016 - 2016 Cabo Verde National Television Interview about the presentation of an edited book at Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
2016 - 2016 RTP África International Portuguese Television Interview about the presentation of an edited book at Praia, Santiago, Cabo Verde
2016 - 2016 Alto Minho TV About the 3-day boot camp course of CIBIO at Corno de Bico
2015/11/25 - 2015/11/25 Cabo Verde National Television The twin-lab project UniCV
2015 - 2015 Cabo Verde National Television Presentation of an edited book at Mindelo, Cabo Verde
2014 - 2014 Yemen television Project on the dragon blood tree's gecko (Hemidactylus dracaenacolus) financed by the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund.
2011/07/10 - 2011/07/10 Bom Dia Portugal Vida Selvagem: Répteis de Cabo Verde

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - Current Methods in Ecology and Evolution Wiley
2018 - Current Genes MPDI
2012 - Current Zoologia Caboverdiana Sociedade Caboverdiana de Zoologia
Distinctions

Other distinction

2023 Accreditation as trainee in Biology
Conselho Científico-Pedagógico da Formação Contínua, Portugal
2020 Associate editor of the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution
British Ecological Society, United Kingdom
2019 Member of the IUCN Skink Specialist Group
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland
2018 Editor in the Section Animal Genetics and Genomics of Genes
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute AG, Switzerland
2016 Editor-in-chief of Zoologia Caboverdiana Journal
2014 Executive Committee of the Friend of Socotra association
2012 Editorial board of Zoologia Caboverdiana journal