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Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux (23 April 1802 – 6 July 1841) was a French
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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

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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 ...


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Type List (Pigeons) French naturalists French ornithologists 1802 births 1841 deaths {{ornithologist-stub