Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem
German zoologist
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Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem (29 August 1912 in Remten, Russian Empire presently Latvia – 1 May 1984 in Bogotá, Colombia) was a Baltic German zoologist who emigrated to Colombia at age 38 (in 1950) and later became a representative of the IUCN Crocodiles Specialist Group for South America. He was also known as Federico Medem and published under this name.
Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 29, 1912 |
| Died | May 1, 1984 (aged 71) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
Eponyms
Numerous species have been named after Medem, including the following four reptiles and three amphibians, listed in chronological order by the year in which each was described.
- Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967, a coral snake[1][2]
- Centrolene medemi (Cochran & Goin, 1970), a frog[3]
- Bolitoglossa medemi Brame & Wake, 1972, a salamander[3]
- Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers, 1977, an amphisbaenian[2]
- Neusticurus medemi Dixon & Lamar, 1981, a spectacled lizard[2]
- Anolis medemi Ayala & E. Williams, 1988, an anole lizard.[2]
- Pristimantis medemi (Lynch, 1994), a frog[3]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
