Edwin Nicholas "Nick" Arnold (b. 1940), is a British herpetologist and former Curator of Herpetology at the

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. Arnold made seminal contributions to the herpetology of Europe and North Africa, especially on geckos and lizards of the family Lacertidae. He discovered and described 36 species and 4 subspecies of reptiles, and wrote ''A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe'', which appeared over multiple editions.

Honors

At least four species of reptiles have been named in Arnold's honor:Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Arnold, E. N.", p. 11). *'' Hemidactylus arnoldi'' *'' Asaccus arnoldi'' *'' Mesalina arnoldi'' *'' Dipsochelys arnoldi'' (sometimes considered a subspecies of ''

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Publications

*Arnold EN (1973). "Relationships of the Palearctic lizards assigned to the genera ''Lacerta'', ''Algyroides'' and ''Psammodromus'' (Reptilia: Lacertidae)". ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology'' 25: 289-366. *Arnold EN (2009). "Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, ''Pristurus'' (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology". ''Zootaxa'' 2060: 1-21. *Arnold EN, Arribas O, Carranza S (2007). "Systematics of the Palearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with decriptions of eight new genera". ''Zootaxa'' 1430: 1-86. *Arnold EN, Burton JA (1978). ''A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe''. (Illustrated by D. W. Ovenden). London: Collins. 272 pp. + Plates 1-40. .

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