A Spanish anthropologist and herpetologist established in Venezuela for several years. He has always travelled in search of the natural and cultural knowledge from all over Europe, Minor Asia, North Africa, some islands in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean countries. His endless journeys renders discoveries in the field of herp research, often producing published reports from the faunas of Morocco, Turkey, Spain, and now focusing his strength in Venezuela. Currently, he is performing field surveys from different localities of this South American country, portraying ecological relationships of amphibian communities and regional local inventories.
 He has worked for different national and international foundations (e.g. Fundación para el desarrollo de las ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales, FUDECI, and the Proyecto Reserva de la Biosfera Alto Orinoco-Casiquiare) executing field works in the upper Orinoco documentating the interactions between Yanomami and Ye’kuana indian tribes with local chelonian populations.
 He is actually linked to the PAT (Programa andes Tropicales dependent to the European Union) and is co-founder of Fundación AndigenA (LINK), a NOG involved with the conservation of the most endangered animals in the Venezuelan Andes.
 César L Barrio is author of the most recent systematic catalog of the amphibians of Venezuela and is especialized in the taxonomy and biogeography of Amphibia, Chelonia and some groups of Ophidia from Venezuela.

His major contributions to science has been titles like:

-BARRIO, C.L.,

• 1994.- Los Reptiles y Anfibios de Marruecos. Mundo Científico (Spanish edition of“La Recherche”) 148(14):674-679.
• 1996a.- Biogeografía de los Saurios de Marruecos. Reptilia 5: 61-64. (with English Abstract).
• 1996b.- Anfibios de Venezuela, visión aproximativa. Reptilia 6: 24-32. (with English Abstract).
• 1996c.- Expedición herpetológica a Marruecos. Reptilia 7:50-54. (with English Abstract).
• 1996d.-Taxonomía y mantenimiento de Tylototriton shanjing. Aquamar  68: 9-12.
• 1996e.- Atelopus, ¿sólo un recuerdo? Reptilia 8: 26-28. (with English Abstract).
• 1996f.- Hornfrösche der gattung Ceratophrys. Reptilia (Alemania) 2:53-55. (with English Abstract).
• 1997.- Cambios recientes en la sistemática de los Anfibios y Reptiles de la península Ibérica. Quercus. 141: 12-17. (with English Abstract).
• 1998.- Sistemática y Biogeografía de los anfibios (Amphibia) de Venezuela. Acta Biol. Venez. 18 (2): 1-93. (with English Abstract).
• 1998.- Salamanders of Iberian Peninsula: A panoramic view. Reptilian Magazine 5(1): 26-30.

• 1999. Geographic Distribution: Anura: Synapturanus mirandaribeiroi. Herpetological Review 30(1): 51.

• 1997.- Sobre una población de Salamandra salamandra con pigmentación anómala. Bol. Asoc. Herpetol. Esp. 8: 33-36.

• 1998.- Distribución de Dendrobates leucomelas (Anura: Dendrobatidae) en Venezuela. Acta Biol. Venez. 18(3): 35-41. (with English Abstract).
• 1999a. .- Geographic Distribution: Serpentes: Liophis poecilogyrus. Herpetological Review. 30(1): 54
• 1999b.- Geographic Distribution: Serpentes: Erythrolampus pseudocorallus. Herpetological Review. 30(1): 53

• 1998.- Geographic Distribution: Serpentes: Atractus torquatus. Herpetological Review 30(1): 53.

• 1998.- Siphlophis cervinus (Serpentes, Colubridae) en Venezuela. Acta Biol. Venez. 18(1):49-53. (with English Abstract).

• 1993.- Primeros datos sobre la presencia de Triturus helveticus (RAZOUMOWSKY) neoténicos en la Península Ibérica. Bol. Asoc. Herp. Esp., 4: 15-19.

• 1997.- Hipótesis sobre el origen y la evolución de los Anfibios del Norte de Africa. Reptilia 12: 43-48. (with English Abstract)

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