Fernand Angel (2 February 1881,
Douzy – 13 July 1950,
Paris) was a French
herpetologist.
In 1905 he began work as Assistant Preparator under
Léon Vaillant and
François Mocquard
François Mocquard (27 October 1834 – 19 March 1917) was a French herpetologist born in Leffond, Haute-Saône.
In 1860 he was named ''préparateur du physique'' after receiving his Bachelor of Science degree at the Faculty of Besançon. Subseque ...
at the ''
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' in Paris. Later on, he became
Curator of the herpetology collection at the museum, a position he maintained for several decades until the time of his death in 1950.
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(biography).
He specialized in herpetofauna native to
Madagascar,
Indochina and the French colonies of
Western Africa. Most of his scientific papers were in the field of
systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...
.
[
For four years (1914–1918) he served in the French Army in World War I.][
]
Published works
He performed illustrative work for the volume on 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 in the series "''Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale''", complementing the other drawings done by Marie Firmin Bocourt.[ Other noted works by Fernand Angel are:
* ''Contribution à l'étude systématique des lézards appartenant aux genres Uroplatus et Brookesia'', 1929 - Contribution to the systematics of lizards belonging to the genera '' Uroplatus'' and '' Brookesia''.
* ''Reptiles et amphibiens'', 1946 - Reptiles and ]amphibians
Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arbore ...
.
* ''Vie et mœurs des amphibiens'', 1947 - Life and behaviour of amphibians.
* ''Petit atlas des amphibiens et reptiles'', 1949 - Small atlas of amphibians and reptiles.
* ''Vie et mœurs des serpents'', 1950 - Life and behaviour of snakes.
Eponymy
* Angel's caecilian, ''Geotrypetes angeli
''Geotrypetes angeli'' is a species of amphibian in the family Dermophiidae. It is only known from Labé—the type locality which could refer to several places in Guinea—and from Beyla, Guinea and Tingi Hills, Sierra Leone. Common name Ange ...
''.
* Angel's keelback, '' Rhabdophis angeli''.IUCN Red List
''Rhabdophis angeli''.[
* Angel's chameleon, ''Furcifer angeli''.][
* Angel's dwarf gecko, ''Lygodactylus decaryi''.][
* Angel's five-toed skink, '']Lacertaspis lepesmei
Angel's five-toed skink (''Lacertaspis lepesmei'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun ...
''.[
* Angel's kukri snake, '' Oligodon macrurus''.][
* Angel's mountain keelback, '' Paratapinophis praemaxillaris''.][
* ]Angel's petite gecko
Angel's petite gecko (''Paragehyra petiti'') is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology
The specific name, ''petiti'', is in honor of French ornithologist Louis Petit, fils (1856-1943).Beolen ...
, ''Paragehyra petiti''.[
* Angel's writhing skink, '' Lygosoma angeli''.][The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles]
by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson. ("Angel", p. 9).
* The stone loach '' Triplophysa angeli'' ( P. W. Fang, 1941) is named after him.
References
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1881 births
1950 deaths
People from Ardennes (department)
French herpetologists
20th-century French zoologists