Norman Edouard Hartweg

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Norman Edouard "Kibe" Hartweg (August 20, 1904 – February 16, 1964) was an American

Trachemys gaigeae, the Oaxacan patchnose snake, Salvadora intermedia, and Dunn's hognose pit viper, Porthidium dunni.[2]

The scientific exploits of Hartweg also led him to discover a corpse of a murdered lady in 1932, in an area that later became the Pymatuning Reservoir. The case was never solved.[3]

Career

Hartweg attained his doctorate at the University of Michigan in 1934

Copeia, and for 1960 he was elected president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. He died on February 16, 1964, after a sudden illness.[3][1][6]

Legacy

See also: Category:Taxa named by Norman Edouard Hartweg

Two species of amphibians are named after Hartweg: Hartweg's salamander,

Apalone spinifera hartwegi;[1][6] and Hartweg's emerald lizard, Sceloporus taeniocnemis hartwegi.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ellin Beltz (15 January 2007). "Biographies". Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America - Explained. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Search results for "Author: Hartweg"". Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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  4. ^ a b c "Memoir/Obituary: Norman Edouard Hartweg". Faculty History Project. University of Michigan. 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b Rogers, J. S. (1958). "The Museum of Zoology". The University of Michigan, an Encyclopedic Survey. UM Libraries. pp. 1512–1513. UOM:39015020573609.
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  8. ^ "Sceloporus taeniocnemis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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