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Oskar Boettger ((ドイツ語:Böttger); 31 March 1844 – 25 September 1910) was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was an uncle of the noted malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976). In 1869, Oskar Boettger received his doctorate from the University of Würzburg. The following year (1870), he became a paleontologist at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, where in 1875 he became the curator of the museum's department of herpetology. He is credited for making Senckenberg's herpetological collection among the best in Europe. Boettger had agoraphobia and rarely left home, never setting foot in a museum from 1876 to 1894. Thus he relied on assistants to bring specimens he needed for his research. He was editor of "''Katalog der batrachier- Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main''" as well as "''Katalog der Reptilien- Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main''",〔(WorldCat Search ) (publications).〕 both catalogs being issued by the Senckenberg Museum. Also, he was co-author of the herpetology volume for the third edition of Alfred Brehm's ''Tierleben''.〔(SSARHerps ) (biography).〕 ==Taxa== In 1911 famed zoologist George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937) dedicated the species ''Anolis boettgeri'' to Boettger, defined as a Peruvian anole of the family Dactyloidae.〔(Reptile Database ) ''Anolis boettgeri''.〕 A number of other herpetological species/subspecies are named in his honor, including: * ''Testudo hermanni boettgeri'', Eastern Hermann's tortoise * ''Xenophrys boettgeri'', a species of Asian toad * ''Calumma boettgeri'', circumscribed by Boulenger in 1888〔(Reptile Database ) ''Calumma boettgeri'' Boulenger, 1888.〕 * ''Cacosternum boettgeri'', Boettger's dainty frog * ''Tarentola boettgeri'', Boettger's wall gecko〔(Reptile Database ) ''Tarentola boettgeri'' Steindachner, 1891.〕 * ''Hymenochirus boettgeri'', African dwarf frog. Boettger was also a conchologist or malacologist, and an entomologist who specialized in Coleoptera (beetles). ''Argonauta boettgeri'' and ''Sarcophyton boettgeri'' are named after him. He named and described some gastropod taxa, including: * ''Lampedusa'' Boettger, 1877, a land snail genus * ''Megalophaedusa'' Boettger, 1877, a land snail genus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oskar Boettger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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