Gabriel Bibron
Gabriel Bibron | |
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| Born | 20 October 1805 |
| Died | 27 March 1848 (aged 42) |
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| Fields | Zoology, Herpetology |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Bibron |
Plate 89 from Erpétologie Générale
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a
Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846), he took part in the Morea expedition to Peloponnese.[1]
He classified numerous
reptiles, published in ten volumes from 1834 to 1854.[2]
Also, Bibron assisted Duméril with teaching duties at the museum and was an instructor at a primary school in Paris.
Bibron contracted tuberculosis and retired in 1845 to Saint-Alban-les-Eaux, where he died aged 42.
Taxa named in honor of Bibron
Bibron is commemorated in the scientific names of ten species of reptiles.[3]
- Afrotyphlops bibronii, a blind snake
- Atractaspis bibroni, a venomous snake
- Calliophis bibroni, a venomous snake
- Candoia bibroni, a boa
- Chondrodactylus bibronii, a gecko
- Diplolaemus bibronii, a lizard
- Enyalius bibronii, a lizard
- Eutropis bibronii, a skink
- Liolaemus bibronii, a lizard
- Pelochelys bibroni, a turtle
An eleventh species, which was more commonly known as Agama impalearis, had been named Agama bibronii by André Marie Constant Duméril in 1851, however a decision by the ICZN in 1971 confirmed that the correct name was A. bibroni.[4]
References
- ^ Scientific Commission's voyage to Morea. Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Schmidt, Karl P.; Davis, D. Dwight (1941). Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 365 pp. ("History of snake study", p. 12).
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Bibron", p. 25).
- ^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1971). "Opinion 952. Agama bibronii Duméril, 1851 (Reptilia): validated under the plenary powers". The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 28: 20–21.
External links
- SSARHerps (biography).
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