Frank Fortescue Laidlaw (1876–1963) was a British

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

, working particularly in the fields of

entomology Entomology () is the science, scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such ...

herpetology 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

malacology 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, ...

. Laidlaw named a number of species of

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s, including the land snail genus '' Colparion'' Earlier in his career he studied dragonflies, the

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, identifying a number of new species, and being himself recorded in names such as '' Epiophlebia laidlawi'' Tillyard, 1921 and ''

Burmagomphus laidlawi ''Burmagomphus laidlawi'' is a species of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is known only from the high altitude regions of Western Ghats of India. Description and habitat It is a medium-sized dragonfly with bottle-green eyes. Its thorax is ...

'' Fraser, 1924. He described two new species of snakes: '' Hebius inas'' and ''

Kolpophis annandalei ''Hydrophis annandalei'', commonly known as Annandale's sea snake or the bighead sea snake, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. The species, which is sometimes placed in its own genus ''Kolpophis' ...

''."Laidlaw". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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*Laidlaw FF (1901). "List of a Collection of Snakes, Crocodiles, and Chelonians from the Malay Peninsula, made by Members of the “Skeat Expedition,” 1899–1900". ''

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'' 1901 (2): 575-583 + Plate XXXV. *Laidlaw FF (1915). "Contributions to a study of the dragonfly fauna of Borneo - Part III". ''Proc. Zool. Soc. London'' 1915: 25-39. *Laidlaw FF (1931). "On a new sub-family Dyakiinae of the Zonitidae". ''

Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London The ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Malacological Society of London, covering research in malacology.

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*Laidlaw FF (1932). "Notes on Ariophantidæ from the Malay Peninsula, with descriptions of new genera". ''Proc. Malacological Soc. London'' 20: 80-94. *Laidlaw FF (1934). "A note on the dragonfly fauna of (Odonata) of Mount Kinabalu and some other mountain areas of Malaysia, with a description of some new or little known species". ''Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums'' 17 (3), 549-561.

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