Walter Auffenberg

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Walter Auffenberg (born February 6, 1928 in Detroit , Michigan , † January 17, 2004 in Gainesville , Florida ) was an American biologist who mainly dealt with Komodo dragons . The species Auffenberg's monitor lizard is named after him.

Life

In 1969, Auffenberg and his family moved to Komodo Island in Indonesia. This enabled him to research the monitor lizards there and their behavior in their natural environment over a period of 11 months. Together with a local assistant, they managed to capture 50 individuals of the species and mark them for identification. His research results should also prove to be groundbreaking for the conservation breeding of animals in human care.

Books

• The Behavioral Ecology of the Komodo Monitor (= A University of Florida Book ). University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2002, ISBN 0-8130-0621-X .
• The Bengal Monitor. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL 1994, ISBN 0-8130-1295-3 .
• Gray's Monitor Lizard (= University Presses of Florida ), University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL 1988, ISBN 0-8130-0841-7 .
• A Reconsideration of the Racer , Coluber constrictor in Eastern United States (= Tulane Studies in Zoology . Volume 1, No. 3., Tulane University , New Orleans, LA July 28, 1953, OCLC 13621526 (Dissertation Manuscript University of Florida 1953, 147 Pages)).