Jean Roux (March 1876, Geneva – 1 December 1939) was a Swiss herpetologist. He studied at the University of Geneva, completing his doctoral thesis in 1899. His early research involved studies of

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, and following post-doctoral work in Berlin, he became a curator at the natural history museum in Basel. Here, he performed analysis of herpetological specimens collected by

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, his predecessor at Basel.SSARHerps
(biography) In 1907-08, with Hugo Merton, he performed scientific research in the

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and Kei Islands, and in 1911-12, with

Fritz Sarasin Fritz Sarasin, full name Karl Friedrich Sarasin (3 December 1859 – 23 March 1942) was a Swiss naturalist. He was a second cousin of Paul Sarasin.Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009)''2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed.'', ...

, he visited

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and the Loyalty Islands. As a result of the latter expedition, he published with Sarasin a major work titled, ''Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty''. During his career, he was the author of 35 papers on herpetological subjects.

Eponymy

In 1913 he described "Roux's emo skink" (''

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'') and "Roux's giant gecko" ('' Rhacodactylus sarasinorum''). His name is also commemorated with a

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species called ''

Lipinia rouxi ''Lipinia rouxi'', also known as Roux's lipinia, is a species of skink. It is endemic to New Ireland, in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), off ...

'' (Hediger, 1934) and frog '' Phrynobatrachus rouxi''.

References

External links

Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty. A. Zoologie (1913)
A. Zoologie, Volume I.
Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty. A. Zoologie (1915)
A. Zoologie, Volume II. {{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Jean 1876 births 1939 deaths Swiss herpetologists 20th-century Swiss zoologists Scientists from Geneva University of Geneva alumni