Амарал, Афраниу Помпилиу Гастуш ду

В юности помогал ловить змей Эмилю Августу Гёльди. Изучал медицину в университете штата Баия. В 1916 году защитил диссертацию на тему паразитических червей. С 1917 года работал в институте Бутантана, занимающаяся разработкой противоядий. Амарал руководил отделом змей. Он опубликовал более 450 трудов и описал пятнадцать новых родов и около сорока видов змей.

В честь Амарала названы:

• "Gymnodactylus amarali" Barbour, 1925
• "Caaeteboia amarali" (Wettstein, 1930)
• "Mastigodryas amarali" (Stuart, 1938)
• "Boa constrictor amarali" (Stull, 1932)^[2]

• "Acratosaura mentalis" (Amaral, 1933)
• "Anolis nasofrontalis" Amaral, 1933
• "Anolis pseudotigrinus" Amaral, 1933
• "Anotosaura" Amaral, 1933
• "Anotosaura collaris" Amaral, 1933
• "Apostolepis niceforoi" Amaral, 1935
• "Apostolepis polylepis" Amaral, 1921
• "Atractus lasallei" Amaral, 1931
• "Atractus limitaneus" (Amaral, 1935)
• "Atractus loveridgei" Amaral, 1930
• "Atractus nicefori" Amaral, 1930
• "Atractus nigriventris" Amaral, 1933
• "Atractus oculotemporalis" Amaral, 1932
• "Atractus pamplonensis" Amaral, 1937
• "Atractus punctiventris" Amaral, 1933
• "Atractus serranus" Amaral, 1930
• "Atractus trihedrurus" Amaral, 1926
• "Atractus trivittatus" Amaral, 1933
• "Bachia bresslaui" (Amaral, 1935)
• "Bothrocophias andianus" (Amaral, 1923)
• "Bothrocophias hyoprora" (Amaral, 1935)
• "Bothrops brazili" Amaral, 1923
• "Bothrops erythromelas" Amaral, 1923
• "Bothrops insularis" (Amaral, 1921)
• "Bothrops matogrossensis" Amaral, 1925
• "Bothrops pauloensis" Amaral, 1925
• "Bothrops pirajai" Amaral, 1923
• "Calamodontophis" Amaral, 1963
• "Calamodontophis paucidens" (Amaral, 1936)
• "Clelia equatoriana" (Amaral, 1924)
• "Coleodactylus brachystoma" (Amaral, 1935)
• "Colobodactylus" Amaral, 1933
• "Colobodactylus taunayi" Amaral, 1933
• "Dracaena paraguayensis" Amaral, 1950
• "Drymoluber" Amaral, 1929
• "Elapomorphus spegazzinii suspectus" Amaral, 1924
• "Erythrolamprus longiventris" (Amaral, 1925)
• "Erythrolamprus reginae macrosoma" (Amaral, 1936)
• "Helicops danieli" Amaral, 1938
• "Helicops gomesi" Amaral, 1921
• "Helminthophis praeocularis" Amaral, 1924
• "Hemidactylus brasilianus" (Amaral, 1935)
• "Leptodrymus" Amaral, 1927
• "Lioheterophis" Amaral, 1935
• "Lioheterophis iheringi" Amaral, 1935
• "Liotyphlops beui" (Amaral, 1924)
• "Mastigodryas" Amaral, 1935
• "Mastigodryas danieli" Amaral, 1935
• "Micrurus albicinctus" Amaral, 1926
• "Micrurus stewarti" Barbour & Amaral, 1928
• "Philodryas arnaldoi" (Amaral, 1932)
• "Philodryas livida" (Amaral, 1923)
• "Pseustes shropshirei" (Barbour & Amaral, 1924)
• "Trilepida koppesi" (Amaral, 1955)
• "Trilepida salgueiroi" (Amaral, 1955)
• "Uromacerina" Amaral, 1929

• "A general consideration of snake poisoning and observations on neotropical pit-vipers", 1925.
• "South American snakes in the collection of the United States National Museum", 1925.
• "Animaes venenosos do Brasil ", 1930.
• "Animais veneniferos, venenos e antivenenos ", 1945.
• "Linguagem científica ", 1976.
• "Serpentes do Brasil: iconografia colorida [= Brazilian snakes: a color iconography]", 1977.^[3]

• Paragraph based on translated text of an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia; source listed as: Kraig Adler (1989). Contributions to the History of Herpetology, Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles : 202 p. (ISBN 978-0-916984-19-9)
• Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Amaral", p. 7).
• Kraig Adler (1989). Contributions to the History of Herpetology, Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles : 202 p. (ISBN 978-0-916984-19-9)