Franz Werner (zoologist)
Franz Werner (born August 15, 1867 in Vienna ; † February 28, 1939 there ) was an Austrian zoologist . Specializing in the areas of herpetology and entomology , he described various taxa of frogs, snakes and insects.
biography
Through his father, he came into contact with reptiles and amphibians at the age of six. His subsequent studies were supported by George Albert Boulenger and Oskar Böttger . In 1890 he was awarded a doctorate in Vienna. After a year in Leipzig, he began teaching at the Institute for Zoology at the University of Vienna . From 1919 to 1933 he was a professor at the same institute.
In addition to his research in the field of herpetology, which was reflected in more than 550 publications, he had his own scientific collection. He named numerous new species of reptiles , amphibians and arthropods , the latter especially orthoptera and scorpions .
In 1931 he published the textbook Third Class of the Craniota: third and at the same time last class of Ichthyopsida: Amphibia, Lurche: general introduction to the natural history of Amphibia and in 1910 the textbook Amphibians and Reptiles .
Werner described among other things the frog family Leptodactylidae Werner, 1896 , and numerous species, including the South American Froschlurch Pristimantis appendiculatus (as Eleutherodactylus appendiculatus Werner, 1894 ), the Lebanese viper ( Montivipera bornmuelleri as Vipera bornmuelleri Werner, 1898 ), the Palestine viper ( Vipera Palaestinae Werner , 1938 ) and the Cycladic viper ( Macroypena schweizeri , as Vipera lebetina schweizeri Werner, 1935 ). He first described 107 species of reptiles. In 1904 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
Dedication names
- Arthroseps werneri (species of lizard)
- Stenaelurillus werneri Eugène Simon , 1885 (spider species)
- Dipsadoboa werneri Boulenger , 1897 (snake type)
- Aparallactus werneri Boulenger , 1898 (snake species)
- Chamaeleo werneri Tornier , 1899 (chameleon species)
- Chamaelycus werneri Mocquard , 1902 (snake species)
- Werneria Franz Poche , 1903 (genus of tortoises)
- Olios werneri Eugène Simon , 1906 (spider species)
- Firmicus werneri Eugène Simon , 1906 (spider species)
- Achalinus werneri van Denburgh , 1912 (snake species)
- Atractus werneri Peracca, 1912 (snake species)
- Xenodon werneri Werner, 1924 (snake species)
- Uracentron azureum werneri Mertens , 1925 (iguana species)
- Pachydactylus werneri Hewitt , 1935 (gecko species)
- Dendropsophus werneri Cochran , 1952 (frog species)
- Pseudotrapelus sinaitus werneri Moravec, 2002 (agamen species)
literature
- Werner, F. (1896): About some reptiles from Usambara (German East Africa) . Negotiations of the Imperial-Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, 45. 1895: 190–194.
- Werner, F. (1899): A new Chamaeleon from Madagascar (Chamaeleon axillaris) . Zool. Number 22: 183-184.
- Werner, F. (1902): Prodromus of a monograph of the chameleons . Zool. Year syst. 15: 295-460.
- Werner, F. (1911): The animal kingdom - Chamaeleonidae . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 27: xi + 52 p.
proof
- Kraig Adler (1989): Contributions to the History of Herpetology, Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles.
- Amphibian Species of the World from the American Museum of Natural History .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Uetz: The original descriptions of reptiles, Zootaxa, No. 2335, 2010, 59–68, pdf
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Franz Werner
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werner, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian zoologist and researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1939 |
| Place of death | Vienna |