María Cristina Ardila-Robayo (15 February 1947–24 November 2017) was a Colombian herpetologist.

[1][2][3] She was professor at the National University of Colombia, Bogotá, and worked closely with the Natural History Museum of the university.

[3] In 2010 she was credited as having described 28 new species of amphibians from Colombia;[4] as of late 2018, the Amphibian Species of the World lists 31 valid species described by her.

[5] She also worked with caimans and crocodiles and lead biodiversity restoration projects.

[3] The following amphibians are named after her:[1]