Dr. Glen Milton Storr (27 December 1921 – 26 June 1990) was an Australian

ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

and

herpetologist Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (in ...

. He joined the

Western Australian Museum The Western Australian Museum is a statutory body, statutory authority within the Culture and the Arts Portfolio, established under the ''Museum Act 1969''. The museum has six main sites. The state museum, WA Museum Boola Bardip, is located i ...

in 1962 and became curator of ornithology and herpetology in 1965. He was a member of the

Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), now part of BirdLife Australia, was Australia's largest non-government, non-profit, bird conservation organisation. It was founded in 1901 to promote the study and conservation of the native b ...

(RAOU), and served as secretary of the Western Australian Branch of the RAOU in 1954. Storr produced his postgraduate research on kangaroos. His tenure as curator at the WA museum ended in 1986.

Career

Storr was born in Adelaide in 1921, and had become a cadet land surveyor with the South Australian Lands Department in 1939.

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

interrupted his training when he joined the Australian Infantry in 1942, serving with the Second Ninth Field Regiment in New Guinea and Queensland (1943–1945) Following the war, he became a licensed surveyor in South Australia in 1947.

Legacy

Storr was one of the most prolific alpha-taxonomists in

herpetology Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (in ...

, describing 232 species and subspecies of reptiles, which places him in the top-10 of all-time world-wide. He is commemorated in the scientific names of five species of reptiles: '' Carlia storri, Ctenotus storri, Lerista storri, Morethia storri'', and ''

Varanus storri Storr's monitor (''Varanus storri'') is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''storri'', is in honor of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr. Geographic ran ...

''.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Storr", p. 256).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Storr, Glen Milton 1921 births 1990 deaths Australian ornithologists Australian herpetologists Scientists from Western Australia 20th-century Australian zoologists Australian Army personnel of World War II