Patrick J. Couper (born 1958) is a herpetologist in Queensland, Australia. Born in New Zealand, he migrated to Australia in 1981.[1] Couper began his career at the Queensland Museum in 1984. He was initially employed in display construction, and became a research assistant in herpetology in 1986 under the direction and mentorship of the admired senior curator and head of Vertebrate Zoology, Jeanette Covacevich.[2] Since 1993 he has been Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians at the Queensland Museum.[3] A major research focus has been leaf-tailed geckos that inhabit rainforest and rock habitats in eastern Queensland and New South Wales.[2]
A species of lizard, Lampropholis couperi, is named in honour of Patrick J. Couper.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Lampropholis couperi ". Reptile Database. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Patrick Couper biography". The Queensland Museum. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ 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. (Couper, P., p. 60).