Benjamin Shreve (1908–1985) was an

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amateur herpetologist. He was from a wealthy Boston family of jewellers (partners and managers of Shreve, Crump & Low) and worked at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology as a volunteer. He was trained by Arthur Loveridge to deal with materials from elsewhere than Africa. Shreve described many species from the West Indies together with Thomas Barbour. In these papers, Shreve is said to have done the "spadework" while Barbour wrote "florid" introductions.

Species named in honor of Benjamin Shreve

Reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...

s named in honor of Shreve include: *''

Dipsadoboa shrevei ''Dipsadoboa'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. Geographic range The genus ''Dipsadoboa'' is endemic to Africa. Species The following 12 species are recognized as being valid. *'' Dipsadoboa aulica'' ( Günther, 1864) *'' Dipsadob ...

'' – Shreve's (nocturnal) tree snake *''

Oreosaurus shrevei ''Oreosaurus shrevei'', known commonly as the luminous lizard or Shreve's lightbulb lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to the Northern Range of mountains of the island of Trinidad in the Republi ...

'' – Shreve's lightbulb lizard (''Riama shrevei'' is a synonym) *''

Anolis shrevei ''Anolis shrevei'', the Cordillera central stout anole or Shreve's anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a coun ...

'' – Shreve's anole *''

Sphaerodactylus shrevei Shreve's least gecko (''Sphaerodactylus shrevei''), also known commonly as the northwest Haiti blotched sphaero and the northwest Haitian blotched geckolet, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endem ...

'' – Shreve's least gecko

Amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

s named in honor of Shreve are: *''Dendrobates shrevei'' (now a synonym of '' Andinobates minutus'') – bluebelly poison frog *''Hyla shrevei'' (now a synonym of ''

Osteopilus wilderi The green bromeliad frog (''Osteopilus wilderi''), or Wilder's treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are closed-canopy forests where it occurs in terrestrial and arboreal bromeliads. It is t ...

'') – green bromeliad frog or Wilder's treefrog *''

Anomaloglossus shrevei ''Anomaloglossus shrevei'' (common name: Shreve's rocket frog) is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to Venezuela where it is only known from the Cerro Marahuaca and Cerro Duida, two adjacent tepui A tepui , or tepuy ...

'' – Shreve's rocket frog *''

Pristimantis shrevei ''Pristimantis shrevei'' is a species of frog in the family Strabomantidae. It is endemic to Saint Vincent, the West Indies. Its common name is Saint Vincent frog. Etymology The specific name, ''shrevei'', is in honor of American herpetologist ...

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