Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem
Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 29, 1912 |
| Died | May 1, 1984 (aged 71) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem (29 August 1912 in Remten, Russian Empire presently Latvia – 1 May 1984 in Bogotá, Colombia) was a Baltic German zoologist who emigrated to Colombia at age 38 (in 1950) and later became a representative of the IUCN Crocodiles Specialist Group for South America. He was also known as Federico Medem and published under this name.
Eponyms
Numerous species have been named after Medem, including the following four reptiles and three amphibians, listed in chronological order by the year in which each was described.
- Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967, a coral snake[1][2]
- Centrolene medemi (Cochran & Goin, 1970), a frog[3]
- Bolitoglossa medemi Brame & Wake, 1972, a salamander[3]
- Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers, 1977, an amphisbaenian[2]
- Neusticurus medemi Dixon & Lamar, 1981, a spectacled lizard[2]
- Anolis medemi Ayala & E. Williams, 1988, an anole lizard.[2]
- Pristimantis medemi (Lynch, 1994), a frog[3]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
References
- ^ Micrurus medemi at the Reptile Database.
- ^ a b c d 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. (Medem, pp. 174–175).
- ^ a b c Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1. (hardcover). xiii + 244 pp. (Medem, p. 139).
Further reading
- Lamar, William W. (1984). "Federico Medem (29 August 1912–1 May 1984)". Herpetologica 40 (4): 468-472.