Friedrich Siebenrock (20 January 1853, Schörfling am Attersee – 28 January 1925,

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) was an

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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 ...

Biography

He studied zoology at the Universities of

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and

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, afterwards serving as a demonstrator under

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at the zootomical institute in Vienna. In 1886, he began work as a volunteer at the

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, where he would subsequently spend the remainder of his career. In 1919 he succeeded

Franz Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian Zoology, zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachne ...

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of the

amphibian Amphibians are tetrapod, four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the Class (biology), class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terres ...

and reptile section at the museum.Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Herpetological Collection His primary scientific research was dedicated to

turtle Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked tu ...

s, publishing a number of works on their

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and

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. Through his endeavors, the museum's herpetological collection contained a skeleton collection that was considered to be world-renowned. At the museum, he worked on specimens collected by

Viktor Pietschmann Viktor Pietschmann (27 October 1881 – 11 November 1956) was an Austrian ichthyologist at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna Museum of Natural History. He was the curator of the fish collection from 1919 to 1946 and made collecting trips to th ...

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and

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; on Alfred Voeltzkow's zoological collections from

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, on Rudolf Grauer's

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collections and with Steindachner's herpetological specimens from

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. In 1895 and 1897, he accompanied Steindachner on the '' Ersten und Zweiten Österreichischen Expedition nach dem Roten Meer'' (First and Second Austrian Expeditions to the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...

Eponymy

*"Black marsh turtle", '' Siebenrockiella crassicollis'' *"Philippine forest turtle", '' Siebenrockiella leytensis'' *"Siebenrock's snake-necked turtle", ''Chelodina siebenrocki'' = '' Chelodina rugosa'' *"Siebenrock's longtail lizard", '' Latastia siebenrocki'' *"Siebenrock's Caspian turtle", '' Mauremys caspica siebenrocki'' IUCN RedList
''Latastia siebenrocki''.

Works

* ''Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise von Dr. Franz Werner nach Ägypten und im ägyptischen Sudan. IV Krokodile und Schildkröten'', in: Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Bd. 115 (1906), S. 817-839. * ''Die Schildkröten Niederösterreichs vor der Eiszeit'' in: Blätter für Naturkunde und Naturschutz Niederösterreichs, Wien 1916; 3(4): 1-7.
''Ueber Wirbelassimilation bei den Sauriern''
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Biography

* Franz Tiedemann und Heinz Grillitsch: ''Friedrich Siebenrock 1853–1925''. In: ''HERPETOZOA'' 1 (3/4): 109–118, Wien, 25. Februar 198
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Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siebenrock, Friedrich 1853 births 1925 deaths Austrian herpetologists People from Vöcklabruck District University of Innsbruck alumni