Albert Günther
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Institutions | British Museum |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Günther |
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther
Early life and career
Günther was born in
Royal Society
Günther was elected
Family
Günther was the son of Friedrich Gotthilf Günther (1800–1835) and Eleonora/Eleonore Louise née Nagel (1806–1899).[9]
He married, firstly, in 1868, Roberta Mitchell née McIntosh (1842–1869), sister of
In 1879 he married again, to Theodora Dowrish née Drake (1863–1944). They had a son Frederic Albert Günther (1883–1953), a merchant; and a daughter Theodora Alberta Günther (1889–1908) who died aged nineteen.
Legacy
Albert Günther is commemorated in the scientific names of many species of reptiles.[10][11]
- Aparallactus guentheri – an African venomous snake
- Aspidura guentheri – a Sri Lankan snake
- Atractus guentheri – a Brazilian snake
- Chalcides guentheri – a Near Eastern lizard
- Christinus guentheri – an Australian lizard
- Coluber gracilis– an Indian snake, known as Günther's racer
- Draco guentheri – a Philippine lizard
- Elapsoidea guentherii – an African venomous snake
- Erythrolamprus albertguentheri – a South American snake
- Erythrolamprus guentheri – a South American snake
- Euspondylus guentheri – a South American lizard
- Holaspis guentheri – an African lizard
- Lycodryas guentheri – a Malagasy snake
- amphisbaenian
- Perochirus guentheri – a South Pacific lizard
- Phelsuma guentheri – a Mauritianlizard
- Plectrurus guentheri – an Indian snake
- Proctoporus guentheri – a South American lizard
- Ramphotyphlops guentheri– an Australian snake
- Riopa guentheri – an Indian lizard
- Ristella guentheri – an Indian lizard
- Scelotes guentheri – an extinct South Africanlizard
- Sphenodon guntheri – a New Zealand rhynchocephalian
- Stegonotus guentheri – a Papua New Guinean snake
- Stenocercus guentheri – a South American lizard
- Trachischium guentheri – an Asian snake
- Uroplatus guentheri– a Malagasy lizard
- Urotheca guentheri – a Central American snake
- Xenodon guentheri – a Brazilian snake
As well as fish:
- The carnivorous species of catfish Astroblepus guentheri (Boulenger, 1887)[12]
Selected publications
- Günther, Albert (1858). Handbuch der Medicinischen Zoologie.
- Günther, Albert (1858). Catalogue of the Batrachia salientia in the collection of the British Museum. London.
- Günther, Albert (1858). "On the Geographical Distribution of Reptiles". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858: 373–389.
- Günther, Albert (1859–1870). Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum, eight volumes.
- Günther, Albert (1863). "On new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 11: 20–25.
- Günther, Albert (1863). "Third account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum". Sep. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1–17.
- Günther, Albert (1864). "Report on a collection of Reptiles and Fishes made by Dr. Kirk in the Zambesi and Nyassa regions". Sep. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1–12.
- Günther, Albert (1864). "Descriptions of new species of Batrachians from West Africa". Sep. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1–4. (Folha manuscrita por Bocage no interior com descrição de Cystignathus Bocagei de Bolama).
- Günther, Albert (1865). "Fourth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum". Sep. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., 1–10.
- Günther, Albert (1867). "Contribution to the anatomy of Hatteria (Rhynchocephalus, Owen)". Sep. Philosophical Transactions. II: 1–36.
- Günther, Albert (1867). "Descriptions of some new or little-known species of Fishes in the collection of the British Museum". Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 24 Jan.: 99–104, 1 estampa.
- Günther, Albert (1868). "First account of species of tailless Batrachians added to the collection of the British Museum". Proc. Zool. Soc. London. III: 478–490.
- Günther, Albert (1868). Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Sep. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., 1–17.
- Günther, Albert (1868). First account of species of Tailless Batrachians added to the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (III), 25 June: 478–490. 4 pranchas.
- Günther, Albert (1868). Report on a collection of Fishes made at St. Helena by J.C. Meliss. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (II): 225–228.1 estampa.
- Günther, Albert (1868). Descriptions of freshwater Fishes made from Surinam and Brazil. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (II): 229–246. 3 estampas.
- Günther, Albert (1870). Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. London. 8 vols., online text, hathitrust.org
- Günther, Albert (1872). Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., 13–37.
- Günther, Albert (1874). Description of a new European species of Zootoca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, August.
- Günther, Albert (1874). Descriptions of some new or imperfectly known species of Reptiles from the Camaroon Mountains. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 16 June: 444–445. Plate 56 – Chamaeleon montium Buckholz, 1874. B – juvenil. Pl. 57: Rhampholeon spectrum Buckholz e Bothrolycus ater sp. nov. . Del. G.H. Ford..
- Günther, Albert (1875). Second report on collection of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 16 March : 224–234. Plates XXX-XXXIV. Col. Tenente Beddome no Sul da Índia e Dr. Jerdon no Norte e nos Himalaias. Plate 30 – Calotes grandisquamis Günther, 1875 – col. Bedomme no sopé do Canoot Ghat; Pl. XXXIV – Trimeresurus jerdoni sp. nov. – Jerdon, Khassya. G.H. Ford del.
- Günther, Albert (1875). Third report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 567–577. 4 estampas.
- Günther, Albert (1876). Statement regarding dr. Welwitsch's Angola Reptiles. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, V (20): 275–276. Welwitsch. Seguem declarações de J.V. Barboza du Bocage.
- Günther, Albert (1876). Notes on a small collection brought by Lieut. L. Cameron, from Angola. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pág. 678. Herpetologia. Ahaetulla dorsalis (Bocage). Reptilia. Serpentes.
- Günther, A. (1876). Remarks on Fishes, with Descriptions of new Species in the British Museum, chiefly from the Southern Seas. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Volume XVII, Fourth Series.
- Günther, A. (1876). Remarks on some Indian and, more especially, Bornean Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, III: 424–428. Plate XXXVII – Viverra megaspila Blyth, 1863. J.G. Keulemans del.
- Günther, A. (1876). Carta para Bocage, do Zoological Department (British Museum), 26 de Junho, a falar de Welwitsch. Arquivo histórico do Museu Bocage, CE/G-88.
- Günther, A (1877). "Notice of two large extinct lizards formerly inhabiting the Mascarene Islands". Sep. Linnean Society's Journal – Zoology. 13 (69): 321–328. .
- Günther, A. (1877). The gigantic land tortoises (living and extinct) in the collection of the British Museum.[13]
- Günther, Albert (1878). – On Reptiles from Midian collected by Major Burton. From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 977–978. 1 estampa.
- Günther, A. (1879). The extinct reptiles of Rodriguez. Sep. Philosoph. Trans. Roy. Soc, 168 (extra-vol.), London: 470–472.
- Günther, Albert (1879). List of the Mammals, Reptiles, and Batrachians sent by Mr. Everett from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, 14 January: 74–79. Plate IV – Dendrophis philippinensis Günther, 1879 – Norte de Mindanao . Del. R. Mintern.
- Günther, Albert (1880). An Introduction to the Study of Fishes.[14]
- Günther, Albert (1882). Observations on some rare Reptiles and a Batrachian now or lately living in the Society's Menagerie. Transactions of the Zoological Society, London VI, part VII (1) : 215–222, pl. 42–46. Chelys fimbriata (Schneid.) – a Matamata habita as águas estagnada do Brasil e Guiana. Pl. 43–44: Metopoceros cornutus (Wagler). A imagem representa o segundo exemplar chegado aos museus da Europa, o primeiro pertencia ao Museu de Paris e tinha vindo de San Domingo. Deste não se conhece a proveniência exacta. Ceratothrys ornata (Bell). Tejus rufescens – Mendoza.
- Günther, A. (1884). Contributions to our Knowledge of Hydromedusa, a genus of South-American freshwater Turtles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series, Volume XIV: 421–425. Plate XIV.
- Günther, A. (1884). Note on some East-African Antelopes supposed to be new. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series, Volume XIV: 425–429.
- Günther, Albert (1885). – Note on a supposed melanotic variety of the Leopard, from South Africa. From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 3 March: 243–245, estampa de Felis leopardus.
- Günther, A. (1888). Contribution to the knowledge of Snakes of Tropical Africa. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) 1: 322–335. Ahoetulla bocagei, sp. nov.. Angola.
- Günther, A. (1888). Report on a collection of Reptiles and Batrachians sent by Emin Pasha from Monbuttu, Upper Congo. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 50–51.
- Günther, A. (1895). Notice of Reptiles and Batrachians collected in the Eastern Half of Tropical Africa. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) 15: 523–529.
See also
- Robert Günther, Albert Günther's son and a historian of science
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
References
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- ^ Uetz P (2013). "Günther". The Reptile Database. http://www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ .
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- JSTOR 108983.
- PMID 28492259.
- PMID 24063680.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004. Vol 24.
- ^ Dolezal, Helmut: "Günther, Albert". Neue Deutsche Biographie 7 (1966), pp. 267–268.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Günther, A. C. L. G., pp. 110–111).
- ^ "guentheri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CALLICHTHYIDAE, SCOLOPLACIDAE and ASTROBLEPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Günther, Albert C. L. G. (1877). The Gigantic Land Tortoises (Living and Extinct) in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. 96 pp. + Plates I-LIV.
- ^ "Review of An Introduction to the Study of Fishes by Albert C. L. G. Günther". The Quarterly Review. 153: 241–266. January 1882.
External links
- Works by or about Albert Günther at Internet Archive
- Media related to Albert Günther (zoologist) at Wikimedia Commons