Lars Gabriel Andersson (22 February 1868 – 13 February 1951) was a Swedish schoolteacher 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 rep ...

. He studied at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. The university rose to significance during ...

and earned his PhD in 1909. During his long career he taught classes at several schools in and near Stockholm. In 1894–95 and from 1897 to 1902 he worked as an assistant in the vertebrate department at the

Naturhistoriska riksmuseet The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( sv, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally, the National Museum of Natural History), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The ...

in Stockholm.

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Einar Lönnberg Axel Johann Einar Lönnberg (24 December 1865 – 21 November 1942) was a Swedish zoologist and conservationist. Lönnberg was born in Stockholm. He was head of the Vertebrate Department of the '' Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet'' (Swedish Natural H ...

he described the following herpetological species: * ''Aipysurus tenuis'', 1913 * '' Atractaspis engdahli'', 1913 * ''Eulamprus brachyosoma'', 1915. * '' Eulamprus tympanum'', 1915 * '' Gastrotheca microdiscus'', (Andersson in Lönnberg and Andersson, 1910). * ''Glaphyromorphus mjobergi'', 1915 * ''Strophurus taeniatus'', 1913. On his own, he described: * '' Didynamipus sjostedti'', 1903

Works by Andersson that have been published in English

* "Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm", 1899. * "Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of Linnaeus's reptilia in the Royal Museum in Stockholm", 1900. * "Some new species of snakes from Cameroon and South America, belonging to the collections of the Royal museum in Stockholm", 1901. * "Reptiles, batrachians and fishes collected by the Swedish zoological expedition to British East Africa 1911", (with

), 1911. * "Batrachians from Queensland", 1913. * "Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913", part 4. Batrachians. (in reference to Swedish zoologist and ethnographer Eric Mjöberg). * "Reptiles collected in Northern Queensland", 1915 (with Einar Lönnberg). * "Notes on the reptiles and batrachians in the Zoological museum at Gothenburg, with an account of some new species", 1916. * "A new salamander from Sakhalin", 1917. * "Reptiles and batrachians from the Central Sahara", 1935.Most widely held works by Lars Gabriel Andersson
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Lars Gabriel 1868 births 1951 deaths Swedish herpetologists Swedish zoologists Uppsala University alumni People from Södermanland County