Samuel Booker McDowell Jr.
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Samuel Booker McDowell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 September 1928 |
| Died | 31 December 2014 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Education | Columbia University B.Sc. (1947) Ph.D. (1957) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Herpetology |
| Institutions | AMNH |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | McDowell |
Scholia has a profile for Samuel Booker McDowell Jr. (Q2112079).
Samuel Booker McDowell Jr (1928 - 2014)[1][2] was an American herpetologist who worked on the comparative anatomy of turtles and snakes[2] and studied snakes of Oceania.[3][4]
He earned a B.Sc. (1947) and a Ph.D. (1957) from Columbia University.[2], and worked at the American Museum of Natural History.[2]
His zoological author abbreviation is McDowell.
The snakes, Morelia mcdowelli NSW Coastal Carpet Python; Hydrophis macdowelli Small-headed Sea Snake; Candoia mcdowelli Bevel-nosed Ground Boa; Tropidonophis mcdowelli New Guinea keelback & Typhlops mcdowelli New Guinea Blind Snake are named in his honour.[1]
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References
- ^ a b "Gerrhopilus mcdowelli". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d Crumly, Charles R. (2015), "Obituary: Samuel Booker McDowell Jr. (13 Sept 1928 - 31 Dec 2014) The most important herpetologist you never knew" (PDF), Herpetological Review, 46 (3): 489–493
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