Olive Griffith Stull
Olive Griffith Stull (Davis) (February 10, 1905 – June 15, 1969) was an American
herpetologist
, best known for her work on snakes.
Stull was born in
Copeia, Klauber was critical of her indiscriminate acceptance of reported localities of specimens in the genus.[1]
Career and ccientific contributions
Stull worked in the field of veterinary medicine and contributed to research in a variety of fields. Her appointments included fellowships at
avian leukosis.[3]
Stull discovered and described a number of new species and subspecies of snakes, including the following:[3]
- Antaresia perthensis(STULL 1932)
- Candoia aspera schmidti (STULL 1932)
- Candoia paulsoni (STULL 1956)
- Chilabothrus granti (STULL 1933)
- Eryx colubrinus loveridgei STULL 1932
- Liasis mackloti dunni STULL 1932
- Pituophis ruthveni STULL 1929
- Python brongersmai STULL 1938[4]
- Simalia kinghorni (STULL 1933)
- Tropidophis jamaicensis STULL 1928
- Tropidophis wrighti STULL 1928
In recognition of her work, one species of snake, Tropidophis stullae GRANT 1940, is named in her honour.[5]
References
- ISSN 1540-773X.
- ^ Variations and relationships in the snakes of the genus Pituophis. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (175): 1-225
- ^ ISBN 0-415-92039-6.
- .
- ^ "Tropidophis stullae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
External links
- The Michigan Alumnus, with mentions of Stull's dates of birth and death
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