Jean Roux (March 1876, Geneva – 1 December 1939) was a Swiss herpetologist.
He studied at the University of Geneva, completing his doctoral thesis in 1899. His early research involved studies of protozoa, and following post-doctoral work in Berlin, he became a curator at the natural history museum in Basel. Here, he performed analysis of herpetological specimens collected by Fritz Müller, his predecessor at Basel.[1]
In 1907–08, with Hugo Merton, he performed scientific research in the Aru and Kei Islands, and in 1911–12, with Fritz Sarasin, he visited New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.[1] As a result of the latter expedition, he published with Sarasin a major work titled, Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty. During his career, he was the author of 35 papers on herpetological subjects.[1]
Eponymy edit
In 1913 he described "Roux's emo skink" (Emoia loyaltiensis) and "Roux's giant gecko" (Rhacodactylus sarasinorum). His name is also commemorated with a skink species called Lipinia rouxi (Hediger, 1934)[2] and frog Phrynobatrachus rouxi.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c SSARHerps Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine (biography)
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. J.Roux.
External links edit
- Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty. A. Zoologie (1913) A. Zoologie, Volume I.
- Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty. A. Zoologie (1915) A. Zoologie, Volume II.