Giacomo Doria
Giacomo Doria | |
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.jpg) Giacomo Doria | |
| Born | 1 November 1840 La Spezia |
| Died | 19 September 1913 (aged 72) Borzoli (Genova) |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | naturalist |
Marquis Giacomo Doria (1 November 1840 – 19 September 1913) was an Italian
herpetologist, and politician
.
He was the founder of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in
Natural History Museum of Giacomo Doria.[2]
He collected numerous samples of plants, shells, butterflies, other insects and various animals in
Filippo de Filippi (1862–63),[3] in Sarawak with Odoardo Beccari (1865–66), in the Red Sea (1879-1880) and in Tunisia (1881).[1][4]
He was an avid
In the scientific field of
Ptyas doriae, Gonocephalus doriae, Homalophis doriae, Latastia doriai, Scincella doriae, Stenodactylus doriae, and Tropidonophis doriae.[8]
Some other animals are named after him,
harvestman (Nelima doriae), various species of weevils (Asytesta doriae, Hoplopisthius doriae, Rhinoscapha doriai
and others).
In 1891, the Italian explorer Vittorio Bottego named the main tributary of the Jubba River after Doria, which is now called Ganale Doria River.
He was also mayor of Genoa for a few months in 1891.
References
- ^ a b c "DORIA Giacomo". Archivio Storico Senato della Repubblica Italiana. (in Italian).
- ISBN 88-09-21247-9. (in Italian).
- ISBN 1-4021-8341-0. p. 6.
- ^ Simon, Eugène (1882). "I. Viaggio ad Assab nel mar Rosso, dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso "Esploratore" dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880. II. Étude sur les Arachnides du Yémen méridional ". Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 18: 207-260. (in Italian and French, respectively).
- ISBN 2-84679-045-0. p. 315. (in French).
- ^ "Doria". Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference. Museum of Natural History
- ^ "Doria". The Reptile Database.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Doria" pp. 74-75).
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