Leopold Fitzinger
Leopold Fitzinger | |
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Born | Vienna, Austria | 13 April 1802
Died | 20 September 1884 Hietzing (Viennese district), Austria | (aged 82)
Education | University of Vienna |
Known for | Neue Classification der Reptilien, Systema Reptilium |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Zoology |
Institutions | Natural History Museum, Vienna |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Fitzinger |
Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger (13 April 1802 – 20 September 1884) was an
zoologist
.
Fitzinger was born in
Naturhistorisches Museum between 1817, when he joined as a volunteer assistant, and 1821, when he left to become secretary to the provincial legislature of Lower Austria; after a hiatus, he was appointed assistant curator in 1844 and remained at the Naturhistorisches Museum until 1861. Later, he became director of the zoos of Munich and Budapest
.
In 1826, he published Neue Classification der Reptilien, based partly on the work of his friends
Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich and Heinrich Boie. In 1843, he published Systema Reptilium, covering geckos, chameleons and iguanas
.
Fitzinger is commemorated in the scientific names of five reptiles: Micrurus tener fitzingeri, and Oxyrhopus fitzingeri.
Works[1]
- Fitzinger LJFJ (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien (New classification of reptiles according to their natural relationships, appended to a table of their relationships and a sketch of the reptile collection of the imperial and royal zoological museum of Vienna). Vienna: J.G. Hübner. vii + 66 pp. + one plate. (in German and Latin).
- Fitzinger LJFJ (1835). Entwurf einer systematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der natürlichen Methode (Draft of a systematic arrangement of turtles based on the principles of the natural method).
- Fitzinger LJFJ (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller et Seidel. 106 pp. + indices (in Latin).
- Fitzinger LJFJ (1850). Über den Proteus anguinus der Autoren (On the author's Proteus anguinus).
- Fitzinger LJFJ (1861). A catalog of the reptiles and amphibians collected during the Novara expedition.
See also
Notes
- ^ As given in the website of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.