Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem
Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem (29 August 1912 in Remten, Russian Empire presently Latvia – 1 May 1984 in Bogotá, Colombia) was a Baltic German zoologist who emigrated to Colombia at age 38 (in 1950) and later became a representative of the IUCN Crocodiles Specialist Group for South America. He was also known as Federico Medem and published under this name.
Eponyms[]
Numerous species have been named after Medem, including four reptiles and two frogs.
- Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967, a coral snake[1][2]
- Centrolene medemi (Cochran & Goin, 1970), a frog
- Amphisbaena medemi Gans & , 1977, an amphisbaenian[2]
- Neusticurus medemi Dixon & , 1981, a spectacled lizard[2]
- Anolis medemi & E. Williams, 1988, an anole lizard.[2]
- Pristimantis medemi (Lynch, 1994), a frog
References[]
- ^ Micrurus medemi at the Reptile Database.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Medem", pp. 174–175).
Further reading[]
- Lamar, William W. (1984). "Federico Medem (29 August 1912–1 May 1984)". Herpetologica 40 (4): 468-472.
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