Arthur René Jean Baptiste Bavay (29 April 1840 in

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– 1923) was a

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herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and rept ...

and

malacologist Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...

. Trained as a naval pharmacist, Bavay's scientific contributions included investigations involving the flora and fauna of

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, migratory studies of

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s crossing the

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and research of the malacological families

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and

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. With malacologist

Philippe Dautzenberg Philippe Dautzenberg (20 December 1849, in Ixelles, Brussels – 9 May 1935, in Paris) was a Belgian malacologist, a biologist who specializes in the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with mollusks. He was an amateur and autodidact, who w ...

, he conducted studies of terrestrial and freshwater mollusks of the Far East.BioStor
A Review of the Marginellidae Described by Bavay, 1903-1922. He published nearly 70 articles on mollusks, and after his retirement as a pharmacist, he devoted his energies entirely to malacological research. He is credited with providing descriptions of 39 new species and several infraspecific taxa within the family

. His name is associated with the

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genus ''

Bavayia ''Bavayia'' is a genus of lizards in the family Diplodactylidae. Species in the genus ''Bavayia'' are also known commonly as New Caledonian geckos or bavayias. The genus is native to the remote New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. The 41 species a ...

'', named after Bavay by

Jean Roux Jean Roux (March 1876, Geneva – 1 December 1939) was a Swiss herpetologist. He studied at the University of Geneva, completing his doctoral thesis in 1899. His early research involved studies of protozoa, and following post-doctoral work in ...

in 1913, as well as "Bavay's keeled skink" (''

Tropidophorus baviensis ''Tropidophorus baviensis'', also known commonly as the Bavi water skink or Bavay's keeled skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. Geographic range ''T. ...

''), a species named after Mt. Ba Vi by

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in 1939. Other species that bear his name are: "Bavay's giant gecko" (''

Rhacodactylus chahoua ''Mniarogekko chahoua'' is commonly known as the mossy New Caledonian gecko, short-snouted New Caledonian gecko, Bavay's giant gecko, or mossy prehensile-tailed gecko. It is an arboreal gecko found natively on the southern portion of the island ...

'') and "Bavay's gecko" ('' Eurydactylodes vieillardi'').

Selected publications

* ''Etude sur deux plantes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie'', 1869. tudy on two plants of New Caledonia (in

). * ''Catalogue des reptiles de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et description d'espèces nouvelles'', 1872. atalog of reptiles from New Caledonia and the description of new species * ''Note sur l'hylodes martinicensis et ses métamorphoses'', 1872. Hylodes martinicensis'' and its metamorphosis">Eleutherodactylus martinicensis">Hylodes martinicensis'' and its metamorphosis * ''Récolte des mollusques: conseils aux voyageurs'', 1895. ollecting Mollusks: advice for travelers * ''Diagnoses de coquilles nouvelles de l'Indo-Chine'', 1900. (with Philippe Dautzenberg). iagnoses of new seashells from Indochina">seashell.html" ;"title="iagnoses of new seashell">iagnoses of new seashells from Indochina]. * ''Descriptions de quelques nouvelles espèces du Genre Pecten'', 1904. [Descriptions of some new species of the genus ''Pecten (bivalve), Pecten'' ]. * ''Les lacs des hauts plateaux de l'Amérique du Sud'', 1906. (with

Maurice Neveu-Lemaire Maurice Neveu-Lemaire (24 September 1872 in Montbéliard – 4 May 1951 in Paris) was a French physician and parasitologist. After receiving his degree in natural sciences (1895), he spent several years as an intern in marine laboratories at Banyul ...

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). he lakes of the upper plateaus in South America">South_America.html" ;"title="he lakes of the upper plateaus in South America">he lakes of the upper plateaus in South America * ''Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles récoltés par le Dr Neveu-Lemaire (Mission de Créqui-Montfort et Sénéchal de la Grange en Amérique du Sud)'', 1904. * ''Les lamellibranches de l'expédition du Siboga'', 1912. (with Philippe Dautzenberg). [ Lamellibranchs from the Siboga Expedition].Google Search
(publications).

References

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