Frank Fortescue Laidlaw

Frank Fortescue Laidlaw (1876–1963) was a British biologist, working particularly in the fields of entomology, herpetology, and malacology.[1]

Laidlaw named a number of species of snails, including the land snail genus Colparion Earlier in his career he studied dragonflies, the Odonata, identifying a number of new species, and being himself recorded in names such as Epiophlebia laidlawi Tillyard, 1921 and Burmagomphus laidlawi Fraser, 1924. He described two new species of snakes: Hebius inas and Kolpophis annandalei.[2]

  1. ^ Pinhey, E. (1983). "Frank Fortescue Laidlaw (1876-1963)". Odonatologica. 12 (4): 315–330. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Laidlaw". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.