Richard Podloucky

Richard Podloucky (* 1947 in Harsefeld ) is a German zoologist and non-fiction author . His main interests are native reptiles and amphibians.

Life

Podloucky completed a degree in biology. From 1977 to 1979 he was curator of the aquarium and terrarium in the aquarium house of the Stuttgart zoo Wilhelma . He then worked in the field of amphibian and reptile protection at the Lower Saxony authority for nature conservation in Hanover until his retirement . Podloucky still works on international committees and works as a reviewer.

In 1978 he became a member of the German Society for Herpetology and Terrarium Science (DGHT), where he also served on the board for nine years and has been its spokesman since the “Field Herpetology and Species Protection” working group was founded.

Publications (selection)

• The Lower Elbe region - industry versus nature. An inventory of the situation on the Lower Elbe. Published by the Working Group on Environmental Planning Niederelbe (AUN), Stade 1980 [2. Ed.].
• with Bernd Hoffmann and Bernd Bölscher : Which animal is that? Working aid for the implementation of the Washington Convention on the Protection of Species . Lower Saxony State Administration Office, Specialized Authority for Nature Conservation, Hanover 1985.
• We're doing something ... for frogs and toads. Edited by Gunter Steinbach (Aktion Ameise), F. Schneider Verlag, Munich 1986. ISBN 978-3-505-09244-2 [revised. and supplementary edition published in 1991 by Franckh-Kosmos , Stuttgart. ISBN 978-3-440-06095-7 ]
• with Christian Fischer: Red lists and lists of total species of amphibians and reptiles in Lower Saxony and Bremen. Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation , Hanover 2014 [4. Version].
• with Jean C. Roché : frog concert at the garden pond. Watch and protect our frogs and toads. With the calls of all local frogs and toads on CD. Edited by Gunter Steinbach, Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2001. ISBN 978-3-440-08574-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Richard Podloucky in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dipl.-Biol. Richard Podloucky. In: Commission of the DGHT / ZGAP Fund for the Protection of Globally Endangered Amphibians and Reptiles. DGHT; accessed on December 30, 2018.