Donald George Broadley (1932–2016) was an African herpetologist. He described as new to science 115
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
and
subspecies
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, and 8
genera and
subgenera of reptiles. He was one of the founders of the Herpetological Association of Africa (initially the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia). He earned his doctorate at the
University of Natal in 1966.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Broadley", p. 39).] His widow,
Sheila Broadley, is also a herpetologist.
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Legacy
Broadley is commemorated in the scientific names of eight species of reptiles: '' Afroedura broadleyi'', '' Atheris broadleyi'',[ '' Elapsoidea broadleyi'',][ '' Lygodactylus broadleyi'',][ '' Pelusios broadleyi'',][ '' Platysaurus broadleyi'',][ '' Scolecoseps broadleyi'',][
]
References
Herpetologists
1932 births
2016 deaths
Nationality missing
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