Ernst Ahl

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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.

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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).