Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux (23 April 1802 – 6 July 1841) was a French
naturalist
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.
Biography
Eydoux and
Louis François Auguste Souleyet were surgeon naturalists on the expedition ship "La Favorite" which made a circumnavigation in 1830-32 captained by
Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace. In 1836-37 he voyaged again this time with "La Bonite" captained by
Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant.
He published on the animals and plants collected with
Gervais and Louis Souleyet who continued to publish works with Eydoux as co-author after Eydoux's death.
Works
Partial list:
*With P. Gervais Voyage de la Favorite (1822). "Reptiles". ''Zool. Guérin, Paris'' 111: 1–10.
*With F. A. Souleyet and
Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (1840-1866). ''Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite, commandée par M. Vaillant capitaine de vaisseau, publié par ordre du roi sous les auspices du département de la Marine. Zoologie''. Paris: Bertrand. 15 volumes.
Legacy
A species of sea snake, ''
Aipysurus eydouxii
''Aipysurus eydouxii'', commonly known as the beaded sea snake, the marbled seasnake, and the spine-tailed seasnake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. ''A. eydouxii'' is unusual amongst sea snakes in that it feeds almost e ...
'', commemorates his name.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Eydoux", p. 87).]
See also
*
European and American voyages of scientific exploration
The era of European and American voyages of scientific exploration followed the Age of Discovery and were inspired by a new confidence in science and reason that arose in the Age of Enlightenment. Maritime expeditions in the Age of Discovery were ...
References
External links
Vaillant VoyageWayback Machine
Type List (Pigeons)
French naturalists
French ornithologists
1802 births
1841 deaths
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