Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger (13 April 1802 – 20 September 1884) was an

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n zoologist. Fitzinger was born in

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and studied

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at the

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under Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. He worked at the Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum between 1817, when he joined as a volunteer assistant, and 1821, when he left to become secretary to the provincial legislature of

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; after a hiatus he was appointed assistant curator in 1844 and remained at the Naturhistorisches Museum until 1861. Later he became director of the zoos of

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and

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. In 1826 he published ''Neue Classification der Reptilien'', based partly on the work of his friends Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich and

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. In 1843 he published ''Systema Reptilium'', covering geckos, chameleons and iguanas. Fitzinger is commemorated in the scientific names of five reptiles: '' Algyroides fitzingeri'', '' Leptotyphlops fitzingeri'', '' Liolaemus fitzingerii'', '' Micrurus tener fitzingeri'', and '' oxyrhopus fitzingeri''. WorksAs given in th
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*Fitzinger LJFJ (1826). ''Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien'' (New classification of reptiles according to their natural relationships, appended to a table of their relationships and a sketch of the reptile collection of the imperial and royal zoological museum of Vienna). Vienna: J.G. Hübner. vii + 66 pp. + one plate. (in German and Latin). *Fitzinger LJFJ (1835). ''Entwurf einer systematischen Anordnung der Schildkröten nach den Grundsätzen der natürlichen Methode'' (Draft of a systematic arrangement of turtles based on the principles of the natural method). *Fitzinger LJFJ (1843). ''Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae''. Vienna: Braumüller et Seidel. 106 pp. + indices (in Latin). *Fitzinger LJFJ (1850). ''Über den'' Proteus anguinus ''der Autoren'' (On the author's '' Proteus anguinus''). *Fitzinger LJFJ (1861). A catalog of the reptiles and amphibians collected during the ''Novara'' expedition.

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19th-century Austrian zoologists Austrian taxonomists 1802 births 1884 deaths Austrian mammalogists Austrian herpetologists Scientists from Vienna University of Vienna alumni {{Austria-scientist-stub

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