Andreas Kay (30 January 1963 – 8 October 2019) was a wildlife photographer and naturalist.
He was known primarily for his extensive collection of detailed macrophotography of
Ecuadorian
insects and other small animals. Kay was responsible for the re-discovery and documentation of ''
Atelopus coynei
''Atelopus coynei'', the Rio Faisanes stubfoot toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, an ...
'', a species of frog previously thought to be extinct. Several species have been named after him, including the orchids ''Lepanthes kayii'' and ''Lepanthopsis kayii''. He has been cited in nearly 20,000 academic papers.
After being diagnosed with
glioblastoma several months earlier, he died on October 8, 2019.
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1963 births
2019 deaths
German naturalists
University of Cologne alumni
People from Cologne
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