Harold G. Cogger

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Harold "Hal" George Cogger (born May 4, 1935 ) is an Australian herpetologist who worked at the Australian Museum in Sydney during his professional career .

Life

In 1952, Cogger began as a curatorial assistant at the Australian Museum. In 1959 he obtained his bachelor's degree and his master's degree in 1961 from the University of Sydney . In 1969 he was with the thesis A study of the ecology and biology of the mallee dragon Amphibolurus fordi for Ph.D. from Macquarie University in New South Wales . From 1960 to 1975, Cogger was curator of the herpetological department at the Australian Museum. From 1976 to 1995 he was deputy director of the museum. From 1997 to 2001 he was conjoint professor at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales. Cogger's main research interests are the frogs , lizards and snakes of Australia, New Guinea, Japan, Indonesia and several islands in the western Pacific. In 1975, Cogger published his best-known work, Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia , the first field guide on the frogs and reptiles of Australia, of which there were seven editions until 2014.

In 1967, Cogger became a member of the Australian Society of Herpetologists (ASH). In 1969, 1970 and 1974 he was Vice President and from 1971 to 1973 he was President of this society.

Honors and Dedication Names

The frogs Oxydactila coggeri and Mixophyes coggeri and the reptiles Ctenotus coggeri , Emoia coggeri , Geomyersia coggeri , Hydrophis coggeri , Lampropholis coggeri , Oedura coggeri and Coggeria naufragus are named after Cogger . In 1997 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Sydney.

Publications (selection)

  • 1960: The Frogs of New South Wales
  • 1967: Australian Reptiles in Color
  • 1969: The Snakes of Australia (with James Roy Kinghorn )
  • 1975: Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia (New editions: 1979, 1983, 1986, 1994, 2000, 2014)
  • 1980: Reptiles of Australia
  • 1983: Zoological Catalog of Australia. Volume 1. Amphibia and Reptilia (with Elizabeth Cameron and Heather M. Cogger)
  • 1984: Arid Australia: proceedings of a symposium on the origins, biota and ecology of Australia's arid regions (with Elizabeth Cameron)
  • 1985: Systematics of the Reduce-limbed and Limbless Skinks Currently Assigned to the Genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) (with Allen E. Greer )
  • 1992: Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians (with Richard G. Zweifel and David Kirshner) (German: Enzyklopädie der Tierwelt: Reptilien und Amphibien, 1999)
  • 1993: The Action Plan for Australian Reptiles (with Elizabeth Cameron, Ross Sadlier and Peter Eggler)
  • 1999: The Little Guides - Reptiles & Amphibians
  • 2000: Encyclopedia of Animals

literature

  • Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, 2013. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1 , p. 44
  • Glenn Shea: From lineages to webs: A history of the Australian Society of Herpetologists. Australian Journal of Zoology, CSIRO Publishing 2014, 62, pp. 431-447, doi : 10.1071 / ZO14095

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Sydney: Honorary awards Harold George Cogger AM
personal data
SURNAME Cogger, Harold G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cogger, Harold George (full name); Cogger, Hal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian herpetologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1935