David S. Liem
David S. Liem (actually Sioe Sing Liem ; born September 17, 1937 in Java ; † June 11, 2017 in Potomac , Maryland ) was an American herpetologist of Indonesian origin.
Life
In 1964 Liem emigrated to the United States . In 1969 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. PhD.
In 1972 he discovered the southern gastric nesting frog ( Rheobatrachus silus ) in Queensland , Australia, which he first described the following year and for which he established the subfamily Rheobatrachinae in 1976 together with William Ronald Heyer . From August 1973 to July 1974 he worked for the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in Port Moresby , Papua New Guinea , on a project in the Garu Wildlife Management Area to assess the proportion and value of wild animals as a food source in relation to others Determine resources. In Australia, he worked as an environmental scientist at the University of Queensland in Brisbane . From 1990 to 2017 he worked as a communications specialist, a specialist in information resources, toxicologist and risk assessor for pesticides in the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC operates.
Dedication names
In 1980 the Australian herpetologist Glen Joseph Ingram named the frog Taudactylus liemi after David S. Liem.
literature
- Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, 2013. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1 , p. 125
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liem, David S. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Liem, Sioe Sing (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American herpetologist of Indonesian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Java , Indonesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 2017 |
| Place of death | Potomac , Maryland |