Donald George Broadley (1932–2016) was an African herpetologist. He described as new to science 115
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
and
subspecies, and 8
genera and
subgenera of reptiles. He was one of the founders of the Herpetological Association of Africa (initially the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia). He earned his doctorate at the
University of Natal
The University of Natal was a university in the former South African province Natal which later became KwaZulu-Natal. The University of Natal no longer exists as a distinct legal entity, as it was incorporated into the University of KwaZulu-N ...
in 1966.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Broadley", p. 39).] His widow, Sheila Broadley, is also a herpetologist.
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Legacy
Broadley is commemorated in the scientific names of eight species of reptiles: '' Afroedura broadleyi'', '' Atheris broadleyi'',[ '' Elapsoidea broadleyi'',][ '' Lygodactylus broadleyi'',][ '' Pelusios broadleyi'',][ '' Platysaurus broadleyi'',][ '' Scolecoseps broadleyi'',][
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References
Herpetologists
1932 births
2016 deaths
Nationality missing
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