Benjamin Shreve
Benjamin Shreve (1908–1985) was an American amateur herpetologist. He was from a wealthy Boston family of jewellers (partners and managers of Shreve, Crump & Low) and worked at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology as a volunteer.[1][2] He was trained by Arthur Loveridge to deal with materials from elsewhere than Africa. Shreve described many species from the West Indies together with Thomas Barbour. In these papers, Shreve is said to have done the "spadework" while Barbour wrote "florid" introductions.[3]
Benjamin Shreve | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1908 |
| Died | 1985 (aged 76–77) |
| Known for | Herpetology |
| Scientific career | |
| Influences | Arthur Loveridge, Thomas Barbour |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Shreve |
Species named in honor of Benjamin Shreve
Reptiles named in honor of Shreve include:[1]
- Dipsadoboa shrevei – Shreve's (nocturnal) tree snake
- Oreosaurus shrevei – Shreve's lightbulb lizard (Riama shrevei is a synonym)
- Anolis shrevei – Shreve's anole
- Sphaerodactylus shrevei – Shreve's least gecko
Amphibians named in honor of Shreve are:[2][4][5]
- Dendrobates shrevei (now a synonym of Andinobates minutus) – bluebelly poison frog
- Hyla shrevei (now a synonym of Osteopilus wilderi) – green bromeliad frog or Wilder's treefrog
- Anomaloglossus shrevei – Shreve's rocket frog
- Pristimantis shrevei
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References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.
- Crother, Brian I. (1999). Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles. Waltham, Massachusetts: Academic Press. 493 pp. ISBN 978-0121979553.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Osteopilus wilderi (Dunn, 1925)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Andinobates minutus (Shreve, 1935)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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