Dr André Peyriéras (December 11, 1927, in Saint Moreil (Le Monthioux), France – December 24, 2018, in Limoges, France)
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received his doctorate from the
University of Montpellier
The University of Montpellier () is a public university, public research university located in Montpellier, in south-east of France. Established in 1220, the University of Montpellier is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous opera ...
in France. He settled in Madagascar in 1954 and lived there until 2005. He became one of Madagascar's most eminent
entomologists
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herpetologists
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and plant collectors.
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He discovered over 3,000 new insects.][ Peyriéras's chameleon (''Calumma peyrierasi'' ),][ and Peyriéras's woolly lemur (''Avahi peyrierasi'' ) are all named after him. He discovered a new '']Brookesia
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'' species, ''Brookesia vadoni'', in 1968, prospecting for insects in Iaraka, in the Masoala massif, that was described by É.-R. Brygoo and C.A. Domergue from the ''Institut Pasteur de Tananarive''.
Peyriéras founded and ran the Mandraka Nature Farm, now known as Peyriéras Reserve Madagascar Exotic, about east of Antananarivo
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in Madagascar
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. Here they breed many of Madagascar's' rare and endangered reptiles, frogs and insects. The farm is now run by his daughter, Sylviane Peyriéras.[
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Publications
In French:
*''Contribution à l'étude des Scaritinae de Madagascar'' (thesis)[
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*''Faune de Madagascar: Issue 41, Insectes Coléoptères Carabidae Scaritinae, part II: Biologie''[
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*''Faune de Madagascar: Issue 57, Insectes Coléoptères Cetoniidae Euchroeina, part II: Biologie et formes larvaires''[
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In English:
*A new species of ''Hapalemur'' (primates) from south east Madagascar
References
1927 births
Coleopterists
French zoologists
French entomologists
University of Montpellier alumni
2018 deaths
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