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

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]

Legacy

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

Publications

Forster W (1964). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens. XIX. Lepidoptera III. Satyridae". Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 8: 51–188. (in German).

References

^ ^a ^b 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).

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