Benedetto Lanza (May 24, 1924,

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– March 10, 2016, Florence) was an Italian

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 ...

and chiropterologist. He published over 500 works, with the first one being published in 1946. He described 68 new taxa. He was Professor of Biology and Director of the Natural History Museum at the ''Università degli Studi di Firenze''. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lanza, p. 151).

Taxon described by him

*See :Taxa named by Benedetto Lanza

Taxon named in his honor

*The lizard '' Agama lanzai''

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, Leaché, Mazuch & Böhme, 2013 *Lanza's alpine salamander or the large alpine salamander '' Salamandra lanzai'' Nascetti, Andreone, Capula & Bullini, 1988 *Lanza's skink '' Chalcides lanzai'' G. Pasteur, 1967 *The lizard ''

Latastia longicaudata ''Latastia longicaudata'', also known Common name, commonly as the common long-tailed lizard and the southern long-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Lacertidae. The species is native to northern sub-Saharan Af ...

lanzai'' *The bat species Socotran or Lanza's pipistrelle '' Hypsugo lanzai''

References

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