Eltio Alegondas Forsten (12 July 1811,

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– 1843,

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) was a Dutch naturalist. He studied medicine at

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, obtaining his degree in 1836 with a thesis on '' Cedrela febrifuga'', titled "''Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga''". In 1838 he became a member of the ''Natuurkundige Commissie'' for the

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, where he would spend the next several years collecting

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and

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specimens (

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, Ambon).

Eponymy (birds and reptiles)

* Forsten's cat snake, ''Boiga forsteni'' * Forsten's lorikeet, ''Trichoglossus forsteni'' * Forsten's megapode, ''Megapodius freycinet'' * Forsten's pointed snake, ''

Rabdion forsteni ''Rabdion forsteni'' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. Etymology The specific name, ''forsteni'', is in honor of Dutch naturalist Eltio Alegondas Forsten.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictio ...

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Forsten's tortoise Sulawesi tortoise or Forsten's tortoise (''Indotestudo forstenii'') is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. Is native to sulawesi island, indonesia. Forsten's tortoise is one of three tortoise species placed in the genus ''Indotes ...

, ''Indotestudo forstenii'' The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles
by

Bo Beolens Bo or BO may refer to Arts and entertainment Film, television, and theatre *Box office, where tickets to an event are sold, and by extension, the amount of business a production receives *'' BA:BO'', 2008 South Korean film * ''Bo'' (film), a ...

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, Michael Grayson *

Purple-bearded bee-eater The purple-bearded bee-eater or Celebes bee-eater (''Meropogon forsteni'') is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is an endemic resident on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This species is often seen in clearings inside ...

, ''Meropogon forsteni'' The Eponym Dictionary of Birds
by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson

References

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