Ernst Ahl
Christoph Gustav Ernst Ahl (1 September 1898 – 14 February 1945) was a German zoologist, born in Berlin.
He was the director of the department of
Museum für Naturkunde
.
He was also the editor in chief of the review Das Aquarium from 1927 to 1934.
During World War II, Ahl fought in the ranks of the Wehrmacht - in Poland, North Africa, and later, Yugoslavia. He was executed while in refuge in Yugoslavia, after the partisans found out he was a German.
He performed one of the first studies on bearded dragons determining what genus they belong to.
Ahl is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of lizards: Anolis ahli and Emoia ahli.[1] The latter is a synonym of Emoia battersbyi.
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Ahl", p. 3).
Further reading
- Paepke, Hans-Joachim (1995). "Über das Leben und Werk von Ernst Ahl [= About the Life and Work of Ernst Ahl]". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 71 (1): 79–101. (in German).