Lorenz Müller (18 February 1868 in

Mainz Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...

– 1 February 1953 in

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) was a German

herpetologist Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (in ...

. Professor Lorenz Müller was known for his studies on the

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of the

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

Podarcis ''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards, known colloquially as wall lizards, in the Family (biology), family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta (genus), Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until ...

'' (wall lizards) during the 1920s, in which he described several new subspecies, including the now extinct Ratas Island lizard, ''Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi''. Together with his colleague Professor

Robert Mertens Robert Friedrich Wilhelm Mertens (1 December 1894 – 23 August 1975) was a German herpetologist. Several taxa of reptiles are named after him.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore ...

he made several studies about European amphibians and reptiles. Lorenz Müller died at 84 from a

bronchitis Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi (large and medium-sized airways) in the lungs that causes coughing. Bronchitis usually begins as an infection in the nose, ears, throat, or sinuses. The infection then makes its way down to the bronchi. ...

. A species of South American lizard, '' Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri'', is named in his honor. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lorenz, p. 160; Mueller, L., p. 184).

Works

* Mertens R, Müller L (1928). "''Liste der Amphibien und Reptilien Europas'' ". ''Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges.'' 41 (1): 1-62. (in German). *Müller L (1923). "''Über neue und seltene Mittel- und Südamerikanische Amphibien und Reptilien'' ". (in German).

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* Helmich W, Schmidt KP (1953). "Lorenz Müller, 1868–1953". ''Copeia'' 1953 (3): 133–134
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