The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

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E Eastwood Eastwood’s Whip Lizard Tetradactylus eastwoodae Methuen and Hewitt, 1913 [Alt. Eastwood’s Longtailed Seps] extinct Miss A. Eastwood collected the holotype (1911) and presented it to the Transvaal Museum (1912). The lizard was last seen in 1928 and is assumed extinct due to habitat loss. Ebenau Ebenau’s Leaf-tailed Gecko Uroplatus ebenaui Boettger , 1879 Ebenau’s Leaf Chameleon Brookesia ebenaui Boettger, 1880 Karl Ebenau, a zoologist who was German Consul in Madagascar (1880–1890), accompanied Stumpff and Boettger, who split the specimens they had gathered between them, and wrote (1880) a list of new reptiles and amphibians that Ebenau had collected on Nossi-Bé Island. Eberhardt Eberhardt’s Kukri Snake Oligodon eberhardti Pellegrin, 1910 Philippe Albert Eberhardt (1872–1942) was a Swiss botanist who was in Tonkin (Vietnam) (1906–1920). He collected for a number of institutions, including the California Academy of Sciences; the Herbarium, Museum Wiesbaden; and Harvard. Ebner Ebner’s Cylindrical Skink Chalcides ebneri Werner, 1931 Ebner’s Viper Vipera ursinii ebneri Knöpfler and Sochurek, 1955 Richard Ebner (1885–1961), a schoolteacher and entomologist , was Werner’s traveling companion in Morocco. He traveled widely in Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia. He bequeathed his huge collection of Orthoptera to Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. This skink has not been sighted since 1970. Echidna Ground snake sp. Atractus echidna Passos et al., 2009 In Greek mythology Echidna was a female monster, half woman and half serpent, and mother of many other monsters including the Hydra, the Chimaera, and the Sphinx. Echternacht Echternacht’s Ameiva Ameiva anomala Echternacht, 1977 Dr. Arthur Charles “Sandy” Echternacht (b. 1939) is a herpetologist at the Department of Zoology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He graduated from the University of Kansas (1970). He wrote “A New Species of Lizard of the Genus Ameiva (Teiidae) from the Pacific Lowlands of Colombia” (1977). Edio Edio’s Ground Snake Atractus edioi Da Silva et al., 2005 Dr. Edio Laudelino da Luz is a Brazilian engineer who worked on the Cana Brava hydroelectric power project. He was the Director responsible for environmental matters in the managing consortium. Edward Newton Rodrigues Blue-dotted Day Gecko Phelsuma edwardnewtoni Vinson and Vinson, 1969 extinct Sir Edward Newton (1832–1897) was a colonial administrator in Mauritius (1859–1877) and an amateur ornithologist who visited Madagascar (ca. 1862). He sent the remains of two extinct birds, the Dodo Raphus cucullatus and the Solitaire Pezophaps solitaria, to his brother, Alfred, Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Cambridge (1866–1907). The brothers jointly published “On the Osteology of the Solitaire” (1869). The gecko is thought to have become extinct. Edwards Edwards’ Middle American Ameiva Ameiva festiva edwardsii Bocourt, 1873 Sir Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900) was a zoologist and paleontologist and was Director, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, when Bocourt was a taxidermist there. He worked closely with Prince Albert I and may have encouraged the Prince to establish Musée Oceanographique, Monte Carlo. The Prix Alphonse Milne-Edwards was created (1903) in his memory. He named a crab after Bocourt, ostensibly honoring the collector, possibly as a quid pro quo. He wrote Histoire naturelle de l’oiseaux. Two birds and seven mammals are named after him. The holotype was collected during the French Scientific Mission to Mexico and Central America. Therefore, it is highly likely that edwardsii refers to Milne-Edwards. Edwards, A. Myall Slider Lerista edwardsae Storr, 1982 Adrienne Edwards is a herpetologist. She was working at the Department of Herpetology, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, when Storr described this skink. She co-wrote Guidelines for Vertebrate Surveys in South Australia (2000). eisentraut 81 Edwards, G. Northern Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsi Merrem, 1820 George Edwards (1694–1773) was an illustrator, naturalist, and ornithologist. He was Librarian, Royal College of Physicians, London (1733–1764), and corresponded regularly with Linnaeus. Four volumes of Edwards’ A Natural History of Birds were published between 1743 and 1751. Edwards, L. A. Edwards’ Rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii Baird and Girard, 1853 [Alt. Desert Massasauga] Colonel Dr. Lewis A. Edwards (1824–1877) was a surgeon. He joined the army (1846) and took part in the Mexican War (1846–1848). He was in various military posts (1848– 1854) and collected in Arkansas, in Mexico, and on the Pacific Railroad Survey for the Smithsonian. He was posted to the office of the Surgeon-General in Washington , DC (1854), and was Attending Surgeon there (1856– 1862...