Walter Forster (entomologist)

Walter Forster
Walter Forster
	Portrait by Forster
Born	12 July 1910; Hörbach, Bavaria, Germany
Died	25 December 1986; Augsburg, Bavaria
Nationality	German
Occupation	Entomologist
Children	2; Ernst and Gerhard

Walter Forster (12 July 1910 – 25 December 1986) was a German entomologist.

He worked at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (Zoologische Staatssammlung München) and led two scientific collecting trips to South America.[1]

Forster is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American lizard, Liolaemus forsteri.[1]

References

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. ("Forster", p. 93).

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[EDR-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. ("Forster", p. 93).