Frank Glaw
Frank Rainer Glaw | |
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Born | Herpetologist | 22 March 1966
Frank Rainer Glaw (born 22 March 1966 in
Ph.D. thesis titled Untersuchungen zur Bioakustik, Systematik, Artenvielfalt und Biogeographie madagassischer Anuren about the frogs of Madagascar, supervised by Professor Wolfgang Böhme.[2]
Since 1997, he has been the
reptiles of Madagascar, which, supported by the World Bank[citation needed], was translated into Malagasy and made freely available online. It is now in its third edition.[1]
Glaw is a contributing author on over 200
Several species are named after Frank Glaw: a species of chamaeleon, Calumma glawi; a species of protist, Eimeria glawi; and a species of stick insect, Glawiana glawi.[3]
References
- ^ a b Glaw & Vences 2007, p. 496.
- ^ Glaw, Frank (1999), Untersuchung zur Bioakustik, Systematik, Artenvielfalt und Biogeographie madagassischer Anuren, Bonn, p. 279
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Beolens 2011, p. 102.
- ^ Zoologische Staatssammlung München 2005. Accessed 19. February 2012.
Works cited
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- Glaw, Frank; ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7.
External links
- Miguel Vences: Miguel Vences home.
- Zoologische Staatssammlung München: Publication of Frank Glaw. www.zsm.mwn.de, 2005.