Franz Steindachner

Franz Steindachner, 1912

Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians.[1] Steindachner described hundreds of new species of fish and dozens of new amphibians and reptiles.[2] At least seven species of reptile have been named after him.[3]

  1. ^ Kähsbauer, P. (1959). "Intendant Dr. Franz Steindachner, sein Leben und Werk". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 63: 1–30. (in German).
  2. ^ "Steindachner search results". Reptile Database.
  3. ^ "steindachneri search results". The Reptile Database.