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Malena Barragán Paladines

Country of origin: Ecuador Currently in: Ecuador, Quito General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms
Academic Background

Degrees

2012 Master Biological Systems and Organisms
1997 Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Biological Systems and Organisms

- Ex-situ and in-situ conservation programmes for endangered species of reptiles and amphibians - Captive maintenance, management and breeding programmes of endemic reptiles and amphibians from Ecuador - Research on toxicology, envenoming and effects of venomous snakes in human health. - Environmental Educación in communities including indigenous communities (formal, no formal).

Research Keywords: 
Conservation studies
health
public health education

Publications resulting from Research: 


• Barragan, M. E. (1995). Study of diurnal activity and space use by Jamaican Boa (Epicrates subflavus), depending on its environment. UK, Channel Islands, Jersey Zoo.

• Warrell, D., Smalligan, R., Manock, S., Holland, G., Cole, J., N. Brito, Wüster, W., Barragán, M.E., Guevara, A., & Theakston, D. (2000). Snake bite in the eastern jungles of Ecuador. Congreso Internacional de Toxicología.

• Smalligan, R., Cole, D., Brito , N., Laing, G.D., Mertz, B.L., Manock, S., Maudlin, J., Quist, B., Holland, G., Nelson, S., Lalloo, D.G., Rivadeneira, G., Barragán, M.E., Dolley, D., Eddleston, M., Warrell, D.A. & Theakston, D. (2004). Crotaline, snake bite in the Ecuadorian amazon: randomized double blind comparative trial of three South American polyspecific antivenoms. Bio Medical Journey, 329:1-7

• Valencia, J. H., Barragán, M.E, Garzón, K y Vargas, A. (2010) Reporte preliminar de Mordeduras de Viperinos en la provincia de Manabí y Notas sobre las áreas Epidemiológicas con mayor concentración de serpientes Vennosas (Squamata: Viperidae) en el Occidente delEcuador. Revista Gestión Amiental. 3:9-13.

• Barragan, M. E. (2012). Identifying principles of good practice: the key principles of environmental education for sustainability in the context of indigenous communities involved in biodiversity-conservation. Masters Degree Dissertation. Brisbane, Autralia.

• Valencia, J.H., Garzón-Tello, K. & Barragán-Paladines, M. E. (2016). Serpientes Venenosas del Ecuador: Sistemática, Taxonomía, Historia Natural, Envenenamiento Ofídico, Conservación y Aspectos Antropológicos. Fundacion Herpetelogica Gustavo Orcés, Universidad de Texas, Fondo Ambiental Nacional. Quito-Ecuador.





Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Administration
Other
Head of the Ecuadorian NGO. Identifying partners and promoting projects with common interests in the Herpetology field. Designing, writting, proposing and executing projects in the conservation, education, captive management, toxicology of reptiles and amphibians.

Presentation given

2019
Quito-Ecuador
Event: Herpetological Congress
2019
New approaches towards venomous snake conservation in Ecuador
Rodeo, New México, United States of America
Event: Pit Vipers Symposium
2019
Contigency plan for the reintroduction of Marsupial Frog Gastrotheca riobambae in a natural area in Quito.
Belize, Belize
Event: International Herpetological Symposium
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Feb 2020
Women Leaders in Snake Conservation and Research award
In 2020, to inspire and encourage future women leaders in snake conservation, the NGO Save The Snakes recognized María Elena for her efforts to conserve venomous snakes and other species of herpetofauna. threatened in Ecuador. https://savethesnakes.org/women-and-serpents/ https://savethesnakes.org/women-and-serpents/interview-with-maria-elena-barragan-paladines/#more-8018
Nov 2015
(ODS AWARD) Objectives of Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015 she had led the first conservation project of the Andean Marsupial Frog in Quito. On behalf of the Fundación Herpetologica Gustavo Orces, she had received the award for the fulfillment of the ODS of the Global impact in the Terrestrial Ecosystems category, by United Nations. https://www.ekosnegocios.com/articulo/el-reconocimiento-a-las-buenas-practicas-de-desarrollo-sostenible
Feb 2014
Taxonomical Name of an Australian Gekko
in 2014 she had received a recognition for her contributions in the field of research, education and conservation of Ecuadorian amphibians and reptiles, by naming a new species of Australian gecko in her honor and after 24 years of efforts in the field of Herpetology. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Diplodactylus&species=barraganae

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