Felix Kopstein
Felix Kopstein (4 June 1893, Vienna – 14 April 1939, The Hague) was an Austrian-Dutch physician and naturalist, known for his work in the field of herpetology.
From 1913 to 1920, he studied
Moluccas. In 1924 he transferred to Java, being employed at the Pasteur Institute in Bandung, while in the meantime conducting studies of lizards and snakes native to the island.[1]
His name is associated with Kopstein's bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis kopsteini ) as well as Kopstein's emo skink (Emoia jakati), a species described by Kopstein in 1926.[2] Also, through a trilingual play on words, he is honored in the specific name of another skink, Sphenomorphus capitolythos, in the following way: capito + lythos (Greek) = "head" + "stone" (English) = Kopf + Stein (German).[2] Frog Callulops kopsteini, also known as Kopstein's callulops frog, is named for him.[3][4]
Written works
- Zoologische Tropenreise mit Kamera und Feldstecher durch die Indo-Australische Tierwelt, 1928 – Zoological tropical journeys (with camera & binoculars for the study of Indo-Australian wildlife).
- "Observations on the venomous effect of Naja bungarus", published in 1929 in English.
- De Javaansche gifslangen en haar beteekenis voor den mensch, 1930.
- Een zoologische reis door de tropen (ca. 1930).
- "The Javanese black cobra", published in 1930 in English.
- "Collected papers [Reprints of Felix Kopstein]", (1923–1938, in English).[5]
References
- ^ SSARHerps Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine (biography)
- ^ a b Google Books The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
- ^ Mertens, R. (1930). "Die von Dr. F. Kopstein auf den Molukken und einigen benachbarten Inseln gesammelten Froschlurche". Zoologische Mededelingen (in German). 13 (8): 141–150.
- ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
- ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Felix Kopstein
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