Heinrich Kuhl
Heinrich Kuhl (17 September 1797 – 14 September 1821) was a
zoologist
.
Kuhl was born in
Johan Coenraad van Hasselt
(1797–1823) Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie ("Contributions to Zoology and Comparative Anatomy") that were published at Frankfurt-am-Main, 1820.
In 1820, he became assistant to
He described many new
In 1821, he died in Buitenzorg (now Bogor) of a liver infection brought on by the climate and overexertion. He had been less than a year in Java. Johan van Hasselt continued his work collecting specimens, but died two years later. The partners are buried in a single grave in the Botanical Garden, Bogor, marked with a small column.[5]
Kuhl's ghost crab, Ocypode kuhlii
Limnonectes kuhlii
Axis kuhlii
Legacy
Several species have been named to commemorate his work[7] as naturalist and zoologist:
Fishes
- Blue-spotted stingray or Kuhl's stingray, Neotrygon kuhlii
- Kuhl's loach or kuhli loach, Pangio kuhlii
Herpetofauna
- Kuhl's creek frog or large-headed frog, Limnonectes kuhlii, found in Southeast Asia
- Kuhl's forest dragon, Gonocephalus kuhli, a lizard found in Indonesia[8]
- Kuhl's flying gecko,
Birds
- Rimatara lorikeet or Kuhl's lorikeet, lorikeet in islands of the South Pacific
Mammals
- Axis kuhlii, Bawean deer
- Callithrix kuhlii
- Eptesicus nilssonii
- Pipistrellus kuhlii, Kuhl's pipistrelle
- Sciurillus pusilluskuhlii
- Scotophilus kuhlii
Plants
- Kuhlia, a genus in Salicaceae named by German botanist Kunth (now a synonym of Banara)
See also
References
- ^ Roberts TR (1993) "The freshwater fishes of Java, as observed by Kuhl and van Hasselt in 1820-23". Zoologische Verhandelingen 285: 1-94. PDF
- ^ Husson AM, Holthuis LB (1955). "The dates of publication of "Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche Bezittingen " edited by C. J. Temminck". Zoologische Verhandelingen 34: 17-24. PDF
- ^ "Kuhl". The Reptile Database. http://www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Kuhl". Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/.
- ^ Huylebrouck J (2014). "Viviparous Halfbeaks of the family Zenarchopteridae". Amazonas: Freshwater Aquariums & Tropical Discovery. illustration, p. 23.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Kuhl.
- ^ Zoohistory. co. uk pdf file[permanent dead link]
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Kuhl", p. 147).
Further reading
- Walters, Michael (2003). A Concise History of Ornithology. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09073-0.
External links
- BHL Text of Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. (in German).
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