Jay Mathers Savage (born August 1928 in

Santa Monica, California Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...

) is an American

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 ...

known for his research on reptiles and amphibians of Central America. He is a past president of the

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) is an international learned society devoted to the scientific studies of ichthyology (study of fish) and herpetology (study of reptiles and amphibians). The primary emphases of the ...

, the

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, and the Southern California Academy of Sciences. He received his bachelor's (1950), master's (1954) and doctoral (1955) degrees from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

. He has produced around 200 publications, including the books ''Evolution'' (

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, 1968) and ''The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica'' (

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, 2002). He is an emeritus professor at the

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and adjunct professor at

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. Savage is commemorated in the scientific names of 18 animal species as well as the frog genus '' Barycholos'' (from the Greek word for "savage"). ("Savage", p. 233). Reptile species named in his honor include ''

Diplodactylus savagei ''Diplodactylus savagei'', known commonly as the yellow-spotted Pilbara gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''savagei'', is in honor of American herpe ...

'', ''

Pseuderemias savagei ''Pseuderemias savagei'' is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Repu ...

'', ''

Sonora savagei ''Sonora savagei'', Savage's ground snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Ameri ...

'', and ''

Sphaerodactylus savagei ''Sphaerodactylus savagei'', also known commonly as the Altagracia speckled sphaero or Savage's least gecko, is a small species of lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to the Dominican Republic. Etymology The specifi ...

''.

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Jay M. Savage
University of Miami. 1928 births American herpetologists People from Santa Monica, California Living people San Diego State University faculty University of Miami faculty Stanford University alumni 20th-century American zoologists 21st-century American zoologists {{US-zoologist-stub

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