Fritz Sarasin, full name Karl Friedrich Sarasin (3 December 1859 – 23 March 1942) was a

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

naturalist. He was a second cousin of

Paul Sarasin Paul Sarasin, full name Paul Benedict Sarasin (11 December 1856 – 7 April 1929) was a Swiss people, Swiss naturalist and ethnologist. He is known as founder of National parks in Switzerland.Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009)
''2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed.''
, 830 pp. + 32 pp. nnex of Collations American Malacological Society. They made a scientific expedition to Celebes (now

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

Taxon named in his honor

Paul and Fritz Sarasin are commemorated in the scientific names of five species of reptiles: * '' Amphiesma sarasinorum, * Correlophus sarasinorum, * Nessia sarasinorum, *

Pseudorabdion sarasinorum ''Pseudorabdion'' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. Geographic range Species in the genus ''Pseudorabdion'' are found in Southeast Asia. Species The following 15 species are recognized as being valid. * '' Pseudorabdion albonuchali ...

'', and *'' Sphenomorphus sarasinorum''.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Sarasin", p. 233). And fish: *

Sarasin's goby ''Mugilogobius sarasinorum'', Sarasin's goby, is a species of goby endemic to Lake Poso in Sulawesi, Indonesia. This species can reach a length of TL. It is important to local commercial fisheries and the fishing community. Etymology The fis ...

''Mugilogobius sarasinorum'' is named in the cousins honor. There are seven species, two genera and one subfamily of harvestmen named after them.

Bibliography

He has published some of scientific works together with

Paul Sarasin Paul Sarasin, full name Paul Benedict Sarasin (11 December 1856 – 7 April 1929) was a Swiss people, Swiss naturalist and ethnologist. He is known as founder of National parks in Switzerland.Roux J. (eds.) (1913–1918). "Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty". Wiesbaden. ** (1913)
A. Zoologie. Volume I.
** (1915)
A. Zoologie. Volume II.
** (1923)
A. Zoologie. Volume III.
** (1925)
A. Zoologie. Volume IV.
* ''Aus einem glücklichen Leben. Biographische Notizen'', Frobenius AG, Basel 1941.

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* Swiss naturalists 1859 births 1942 deaths {{Switzerland-scientist-stub