Paul Chabanaud (30 November 1876, in

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, ...

– 27 February 1959) was a French ichthyologist 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 ...

. Beginning in 1915, he worked as a volunteer under

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and d ...

Louis Roule at the ''

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the ' (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a ' of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, is loc ...

'' in

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. In 1919–1920, he undertook a scientific expedition to French West Africa (

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

, Guinea) on behalf of the museum, during which he collected thousands of zoological specimens. Following his return to Paris, he served as a preparator in the laboratory of biologist Jean Abel Gruvel at the museum. He specialized in the

anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having it ...

and systematics of the flatfish (order

Pleuronectiformes A flatfish is a member of the ray-finned demersal fish order Pleuronectiformes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes. In many species, both eyes lie on one side of the head, one or the other migrating ...

) and was the

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of many herpetological and ichthyological species.The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles
by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson

Eponymy

The skink genus '' Chabanaudia'' is named after him, being circumscribed by Gaston-François de Witte and

Raymond Ferdinand Laurent Raymond Ferdinand Louis-Philippe Laurent (16 May 1917 – 3 February 2005) was a Belgian herpetologist, who specialized in African and South American amphibians and reptiles. He published more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters. Several ...

in 1943. His name is also associated with numerous zoological species, including: * The catfish species, ''

Atopochilus chabanaudi ''Atopochilus chabanaudi'' is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Republic of the Congo where it occurs in Stanley Pool. It is consumed for food and is threatened by urbanisation of Stanley Pool, water pollution and lead toxicity whi ...

'', circumscribed by

Jacques Pellegrin Jacques Pellegrin (12 June 1873, Paris – 12 August 1944) was a French zoologist. In Paris, he worked under zoologist Léon Vaillant (chair of reptiles and fishes) at the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle''. From 1897, Pellegrin served a ...

in 1938. * Chabanaud's fringe-fingered lizard, ''Acanthodactylus boueti'', described by Chabanaud in 1917. * Chabanaud's mabuya, ''Trachylepis breviparietalis'', described by Chabanaud in 1917. * The reed frog species, '' Hyperolius chabanaudi'' (synonym '' Hyperolius phantasticus''), circumscribed by

Ernst Ahl Christoph Gustav Ernst Ahl (1 September 1898 – 14 February 1945) was a German zoologist, born in Berlin. He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde. He was also the editor in chief of th ...

in 1931.

Selected works

* ''Reptiles et batraciens'', 1922. * ''Les soles de l'Atlantique Oriental Nord et des mers adjacentes'', 1927. * ''Observations morphologiques et remarques sur la systématique des poissons hétérosomes soléiformes'', 1927. * ''Les genres de poissons Hétérosomates'', 1930. * ''Poissons hétérosomes'', 1933. * ''Le neurocrâne osseux des téléostéens dyssymétriques après la métamorphose'', 1936. * ''Les téléostéens dyssymétriques du Mokattam inférieur de Tourah'', 1937. * ''Contribution à la morphologie et à la systématique des Téléostéens dyssymétriques'', 1938. * ''Contribution à la morphologie du tube digestif des téléostéens dyssymétriques'', 1947.OCLC Classify
(published works)

References

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