Douglas A. Rossman
Douglas Athon "Dag" Rossman (born July 4, 1936 , † July 23, 2015 ) was an American herpetologist who specialized in garter snakes . He studied at the University of Florida , where he received his Ph.D. received his doctorate.
He was Professor of Zoology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge , Louisiana .
His wife Nita Jane Rossman (born 1936) is also interested in herpetology; the subspecies Thamnophis sauritus nitae of the eastern banded snake was named after her . She collected the holotype for this subspecies on an excursion with her husband for his dissertation project.
Fonts
- Co-Author: The Amphibians and Reptiles of Louisiana. ISBN 0-8071-2077-4
- With Neil B. Ford and Richard A. Seigel: The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology. Norman [u. a.]: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8061-2820-8
Rossman also authored The Nine Worlds: A dictionary of Norse mythology (1983), Where Legends Live: A pictorial guide to Cherokee mythic places (1988), and several other works dealing with Norse mythology .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jeff Boundy: In Memoriam: Douglas A. Rossman . In: Museum Quarterly . tape 33 , no. 3 . Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, October 2015, pp. 35-36 ( lsu.edu [PDF]).
- ^ DA Rossman: A New Race of Desmognathus Fuscus from the South-Central United States . In: Herpetologica. Vol. 14, No. 3, Oct. 10, 1958, pp. 158–160, accessed April 18, 2018.
- ^ E. Beltz: Biographies of People Honored in the Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America , accessed April 18, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rossman, Douglas A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rossman, Douglas Athon; Rossman, Dag |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American herpetologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1936 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd July 2015 |