Ronald Eric Johnstone (born 1949) is 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 ...

who worked for 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 ...

for many years. The

bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

species ''

Otomops johnstonei Johnstone's mastiff bat (''Otomops johnstonei'') is a species of bat in the Molossidae family endemic to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indi ...

'' is named in his honour. The lizard species '' Carlia johnstonei'' is named in his honor.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Johnstone, R. E.", p. 136).

Publications

* Storr GM, Smith LA, Johnstone RE (1983). ''Lizards of Western Australia II: Dragons and Monitors''. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 113 pp. *Storr GM, Smith LA, Johnstone RE (1999). ''Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks, Revised Edition''. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 291 pp. . *Johnstone RE (1988). "Ben Island, Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia". ''Corella'' 12 (3): 89–90. *Johnstone RE (1990). ''Mangroves and mangrove birds of Western Australia''. ''Records of the Western Australian Museum''. Supplement No. 32. 120 pp. *Johnstone RE, Storr GM (1998-2004). ''Handbook of Western Australian Birds''. Perth: Western Australian Museum. (vol. 1), (vol. 2). *Johnstone RE (2001). ''Checklist of the Birds of Western Australia.'' ''Records of the Western Australian Museum''. Supplement No. 63. pp. 75–90. *Coate, Kevin H.; Johnstone, Ronald E. (2007). ''Seabirds and shipwrecks: exploring the Houtman Abrolhos Archipelago''. Perth: Department of Environment and Conservation. Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, 11–18 December 2007 Expedition was offered by Landscope, the Department of Environment and Conservation's (DEC's) quarterly magazine in association with UWA Extension, The University of Western Australia.

References

1949 births Living people Australian ornithologists Scientists from Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-stub