Eugênio Izecksohn

Eugênio Izecksohn (1932 – June 2013) was a Brazilian herpetologist.[1] Izecksohn graduated from Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro in 1953.[1] Among others, he discovered and scientifically described the flea frog Brachycephalus didactylus,[2] one of the smallest frogs in the world.[1][3] Several taxa have been named in honour of him, mostly frogs like the tiny B. izecksohni,[4] and the extremely rare—if not already extinct—Bokermannohyla izecksohni, but also a few from other groups like the fish Xenurolebias izecksohni and the bat Myotis izecksohni.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Eugênio Izecksohn, especialista em anfíbios, morre aos 81 anos". O Globo (June 4, 2013). (In Portuguese).
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Brachycephalus didactylus (Izecksohn, 1971)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  3. ^ Rittmeyer, Eric N.; Allison, Allen; Gründler, Michael C.; Thompson, Derrick K.; Austin, Christopher C. (2012). "Ecological guild evolution and the discovery of the world's smallest vertebrate". PLoS ONE. 7 (1): e29797. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029797. PMC 3256195. PMID 22253785.
  4. ^ Ribeiro, L.F.; Alves, A.C.R.; Haddad, C.F.B.; Dos Reis, S.F. (2005). "Two new species of Brachycephalus Günther, 1858 from the State of Paraná, southern Brazil (Amphibia, Anura, Brachycephalidae)". Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio J. Zool. 519: 1–18.
  5. ^ Moratelli, Ricardo; Peracchi, Adriano L.; Dias, Daniela; De Oliveira, João A. (2011). "Geographic variation in South American populations of Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with the description of two new species". Mammalian Biology. 76 (5): 592–607. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2011.01.003.



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