Jean Marius René Guibé

Jean Marius René Guibé was a French naturalist, especially a herpetologist. He was born on 18 February 1910 in Paris and died on 4 May 1999 in Caen. He was professor at the Paris National Museum of Natural History.

The frogs Boophis guibei, Mantidactylus guibei and Ptychadena guibei, the chameleon Calumma guibei, the gecko Lygodactylus guibei, and the snake Oxyrhopus guibei were named in his honor.[1]

The genus Guibemantis, which includes several species of frogs that are endemic to Madagascar, was also named in honor of Jean Guibé.

Biographical reference
  • Bour, Roger (2006). "Professeur Jean Guibe (1910–1999) : biographie et bibliographie". Alytes 24: 133–146. (in French).

Some taxa he described as new species
  • Mantidactylus domerguei
  • Mantidactylus eiselti
  • Mantidactylus elegans
  • Mantidactylus grandisonae
  • Mantidactylus klemmeri
  • Mantidactylus leucomaculatus
  • Mantidactylus madecassus
  • Mantidactylus microtis
  • Mantidactylus pauliani
  • Mantidactylus pseudoasper

Bibliography

In French :

  • Guibé J (1958). Les poissons. (co-authored with Hans Hvass). Paris: Fernand Nathan. 111 pp.
  • Guibé J (1959). Les plus beaux reptiles. Paris: Larousse. 96 pp.
  • Guibé J (1962). Les reptiles. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. 124 pp.
  • Guibé J (1965). Les batraciens. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. 125 pp.
  • Guibé J (1978). Les batraciens de Madagascar. 222 pp.
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References
  1. 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. ("Guibé", pg. 111).


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