Eltio Alegondas Forsten
Eltio Alegondas Forsten (12 July 1811, Middelburg – 1843, Ambon Island) was a Dutch naturalist.[1]
He studied medicine at Leiden, obtaining his degree in 1836 with a thesis on Cedrela febrifuga, titled "Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga".[2] In 1838 he became a member of the Natuurkundige Commissie for the Dutch East Indies, where he would spend the next several years collecting zoological and botanical specimens (Java, Sulawesi, Ternate, Ambon).[3]
Eponymy (birds and reptiles)
- Forsten's cat snake, Boiga forsteni.[4]
- Forsten's lorikeet, Trichoglossus forsteni.
- Forsten's megapode, Megapodius freycinet.
- Forsten's pointed snake, Rabdion forsteni.[4]
- Forsten's tortoise, Indotestudo forstenii.[4]
- Purple-bearded bee-eater, Meropogon forsteni.[5]
References
- ^ Levensberichten van Zeeuwen, Volume 1 by Frederik Nagtglas, Pieter de la Rue
- ^ Google Books Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga
- ^ Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Sources: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors & Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II.
- ^ a b c The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
- ^ The Eponym Dictionary of Birds by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson