Fernand Angel
Fernand Angel (2 February 1881, Douzy – 13 July 1950) was a French herpetologist.
In 1905 he began work as a préparateur under Léon Vaillant and François Mocquard at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. Later on, he became curator of the herpetology collection at the museum, a position he maintained for several decades up until the time of his death in 1950.[1]
He specialized in herpetofauna native to Madagascar, Indochina and the French colonies of Western Africa. Most of his scientific papers were in the field of systematics.[1]
Published works
He performed illustrative work for the volume of reptiles in the series "Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale", complementing the other drawings by Marie Firmin Bocourt.[1] Other noted works by Fernand Angel are:
- Contribution à l'étude systématique des lézards appartenant aux genres Uroplatus et Brookesia, 1929 - Contribution to the systematics of lizards belonging to the genera Uroplatus and Brookesia.
- Reptiles et amphibiens, 1946 - Reptiles and amphibians.
- Vie et mœurs des amphibiens, 1947 - Life and behaviour of amphibians.
- Petit atlas des amphibiens et reptiles, 1949 - Small atlas of amphibians and reptiles.
- Vie et mœurs des serpents, 1950 - Life and behaviour of snakes.[2]
Eponymy
- Angel's caecilian, Geotrypetes angeli.[3]
- Angel's keelback, Rhabdophis angeli.[4]
- Angel's chameleon, Furcifer angeli.
- Angel's dwarf gecko, Lygodactylus decaryi.
- Angel's five-toed skink, Lacertaspis lepesmei.
- Angel's gecko, Geckolepis petiti.
- Angel's kukri snake, Oligodon macrurus.
- Angel's mountain keelback, Paratapinophis praemaxillaris.
- Angel's petite gecko, Paragehyra petiti.
- Angel's writhing skink, Lygosoma angeli.[5]
References
- ^ a b c SSARHerps (biography)
- ^ Open Library (published works)
- ^ IUCN Red List Geotrypetes angeli
- ^ IUCN Red List Rhabdophis angeli
- ^ The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson