Charles Herbert Lowe
Charles Herbert Lowe, Jr. (April 16, 1920 – September 13, 2002) was an American
herpetologist
.
Lowe was born in
UCLA, where he received a Ph.D. in 1950. He then went to the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, where he became a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology
.
His interests focused on the desert
whiptail lizard species, and also discovered that the desert pupfish can tolerate temperatures up to 44 °C (112 °F) and extremely low oxygen levels. He discovered twenty new species and subspecies
and published 136 scientific articles and books.
Lowe is commemorated in the scientific names of three reptiles: Lepidophyma lowei, Thamnophis sirtalis lowei, and Uta lowei.[1]
Lowe was married and had two children. He died in 2002 after a long period of declining health.
References
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Lowe", p. 161).
External links
- Rosen, Philip C. (2004). "Charles Herbert Lowe Jr. 1920–2002". Copeia. 2004 (4): 961–972. S2CID 86543130.
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