Harald Meier

Harald Meier (1922 – 2007)[1] was a German herpetologist.[2]

Taxa described by Meier

Meier described several new taxa of geckos, including Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni and Phelsuma borbonica mater, subspecies of geckos.[3][4]

Taxa named in honor of Meier

Meier is commemorated in the scientific names of three taxa:

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References
  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. xiii + 262 pp. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1. ("Harald Meier", p. 89).
  2. 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. ("Harald Meier", p. 115; "Meier", p. 175).
  3. Meier, Harald (1980). "Zur Taxonomie und Őkologie der Gattung Phelsuma (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) auf den Komoren, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art )" (PDF). Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 31 (3–4): 323–332. (in German).
  4. Meier, Harald (1977). "Beobachtungen an Phelsuma standingi". Salamandra. 13: 1–12. (in German).



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