He was the taxonomic authority of several herpetological genera (e.g. Mastigodryas, Anotosaura, Colobodactylus) and of around forty new species (Listing of species described by Amaral at French Wikipedia).
João Maria Ferreira do Amaral II | Francisco Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral | Tarsila do Amaral | Norberto Do Amaral | João Maria Ferreira do Amaral | João de Freitas do Amaral | Jesús Eduardo Amaral | Edon Amaral Neto | Diogo de Freitas do Amaral |