Dr. Glen Milton Storr (22 December 1921 – 26 June 1990) was an Australian

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

and

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 ...

. He joined the

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in 1962 and became Curator of Ornithology and Herpetology in 1965. He was a member of the

Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union The Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), now part of BirdLife Australia, was Australia's largest non-government, non-profit, bird conservation organisation. It was founded in 1901 to promote the study and bird conservation, conservati ...

(RAOU), and served as Secretary of the Western Australian Branch of the RAOU in 1954. Storr produced his postgraduate research on kangaroos. His tenure as curator at the WA museum ended in 1986.

Career

Storr was born in Adelaide in 1921, and had become a cadet land surveyor with the South Australian Lands Department in 1939.

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

interrupted his training when he joined the Australian Infantry in 1942, serving with the Second Ninth Field Regiment in New Guinea and Queensland (1943-1945) Following the war, he became a licensed surveyor in South Australia in 1947.

Legacy

Storr was one of the most prolific alpha-taxonomists in

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 ...

, i.e. he described 232 species and subspecies of reptiles, which places him in the top-10 of all-time world-wide. He is commemorated in the scientific names of five species of reptiles: ''

Carlia storri ''Carlia storri'', also known commonly as the brown bicarinate rainbow-skink or Storr's carlia, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species was first described by Glen Joseph Ingram and Jeanette Covacevich in 1989. It is nativ ...

Ctenotus storri ''Ctenotus storri'', also known Common name, commonly as the buff-striped ctenotus or Storr's ctenotus, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Australia. Etymology The Specific name ...

Lerista storri ''Lerista storri'', also known commonly as the Mount Surprise slider or Storr's lerista, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''storri'', is in honour of Australian ...

Morethia storri ''Morethia storri'', also known Common name, commonly as the top end firetail skink or Storr's morethia, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Australia. Etymology The Specific na ...

'', and ''

Varanus storri Storr's monitor (''Varanus storri'') is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''storri'', is in honor of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr. Geographic ran ...

''.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Storr", p. 256).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Storr, Glen Milton 1921 births 1990 deaths Australian ornithologists Australian herpetologists Scientists from Western Australia 20th-century Australian zoologists Australian Army personnel of World War II