Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha was a Brazilian paleontologist and herpetologist.
Da Cunha was born in Belém, and studied zoology at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) of Manaus.
Cunha is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of reptiles: Amphisbaena cunhai , a species of worm lizard; and Loxopholis osvaldoi , a species of spectacled lizard. ==References==