Ronald Archie Nussbaum (born February 9, 1942) is an American

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 works with evolutionary biology and ecology of amphibians and reptiles, including systematics of

caecilian Caecilians (; ) are a group of limbless, vermiform or serpentine amphibians. They mostly live hidden in the ground and in stream substrates, making them the least familiar order of amphibians. Caecilians are mostly distributed in the tropics o ...

s and

salamander Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...

s. He is a professor emeritus at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

Education

Nussbaum possesses a bachelor's, master's, and doctorate in biology from the

University of Idaho The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The Universit ...

Central Washington University Central Washington University (CWU) is a public university in Ellensburg, Washington. Founded in 1891, the university consists of four divisions: the President's Division, Business and Financial Affairs, Operations, and Academic and Student Lif ...

, and

Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering c ...

, respectively.

Taxa described

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Amietophrynus ''Sclerophrys'' is a genus of "true toads", family Bufonidae, native to Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. Originally, all of these species were classified in the genus ''Bufo''. The genus, originally named ''Amietophrynus'', was split du ...

'' Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 *'' Amphiglossus anosyensis'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993 *'' Amphiglossus mandokava'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993 *'' Amphiglossus punctatus'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993 *''

Atretochoana ''Atretochoana eiselti'' is a species of caecilian originally known only from two preserved specimens discovered by Sir Graham Hales in the Brazilian rainforest, while on an expedition with Sir Brian Doll in the late 1800s, but rediscovered in 2 ...

'' Nussbaum & Wilkinson, 1995 *''

Boulengerula fischeri ''Boulengerula fischeri'' is a species of caecilian in the family Herpelidae. It is endemic to Rwanda and only known from around its type locality near Cyangugu, southwestern Rwanda. The specific name ''fischeri'' honours Eberhard Fischer, a Ge ...

'' Nussbaum & Hinkel, 1994 *'' Brookesia ambreensis'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 *''

Brookesia antakarana The Antakarana leaf chameleon, ''Brookesia antakarana'', is a species of chameleon. It is endemic to Madagascar. References * Brookesia Near threatened animals Vulnerable biota of Africa chameleon chameleon Chameleons or chamaeleons ...

'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 *''

Brookesia bekolosy ''Brookesia bekolosy'' also known as the Bekolosy leaf chameleon is a species of chameleon that is endemic to Madagascar. It was described by Raxworthy and Nussbaum in 1995. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classed the species a ...

'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 *'' Brookesia brygooi'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 *'' Brookesia lineata'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 *'' Brookesia lolontany'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 *''

Calumma amber ''Calumma amber'', commonly known as the Amber Mountain chameleon, is a species of chameleons endemic to Antsiranana Province, Madagascar. The species was first observed in 1989 and was first described in 2006, and can only be found in the northe ...

'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 *''

Calumma crypticum ''Calumma crypticum'', commonly known as the cryptic chameleon or blue-legged chameleon, is a species of chameleon found in eastern Madagascar. Taxonomy This species was first described in 2006 as ''Calumma crypticum'' by Raxworthy & Nussbaum, o ...

'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 *'' Calumma hafahafa'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 *'' Calumma jejy'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 *'' Calumma peltierorum'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 *'' Calumma tsycorne'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 *''

Chthonerpeton exile ''Chthonerpeton exile'' is a species of caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae. It is endemic to Brazil, and only known from its imprecise type locality "Bahia". Only one specimen is known and now lost. The specific name ''exile'', form Latin ' ...

'' Nussbaum & Wilkinson, 1987 *''

Chthonerpeton onorei ''Chthonerpeton onorei'' is a species of amphibian in the family Typhlonectidae, endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pas ...

'' Nussbaum, 1986 *''

Chthonerpeton perissodus ''Chthonerpeton perissodus'' is a species of caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae. It is endemic to Minas Gerais, Brazil, and only known from its imprecise type locality, Rio Pandeiro. Only three specimens are known. The common name Minas Gera ...

'' Nussbaum & Wilkinson, 1987 *''

Crotaphatrema lamottei ''Crotaphatrema lamottei'', the Mount Oku caecilian or Lamotte's caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Scolecomorphidae. It is endemic to Mount Oku in Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Repu ...

'' (Nussbaum, 1981) *''

Crotaphatrema The Scolecomorphidae are the family of caecilians, also known as tropical caecilians, buried-eyed caecilians, or African caecilians. They are found in Cameroon in West Africa, and Malawi and Tanzania in East Africa. Caecilians are legless amphi ...

'' Nussbaum, 1985 *''

Dicamptodon copei Cope's giant salamander (''Dicamptodon copei'') is a species of salamander in the family Dicamptodontidae, the Pacific giant salamanders.Behler, J. L. and F. W. King. (1979) ''National Audubon Society Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians'', Kn ...

'' Nussbaum, 1970 *''

Duttaphrynus ''Duttaphrynus'', named after Sushil Kumar Dutta, is a genus of true toads endemic to southwestern and southern China (including Hainan), Taiwan and throughout southern Asia from northern Pakistan and Nepal through India and Bangladesh to Sri Lan ...

'' Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 *'' Ebenavia maintimainty'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1998 *'' Echinotriton'' Nussbaum & Brodie, 1982 *'' Feihyla'' Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 *'' Heteroliodon fohy'' Glaw, Vences & Nussbaum, 2005 *'' Heteroliodon lava'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000 *'' Hypogeophis pti'' Maddock, Wilkinson, Nussbaum & Gower, 2017 *'' Ingerophrynus'' Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 *'' Litoria michaeltyleri'' Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 *'' Madascincus minutus'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993 *'' Matoatoa spannringi'' Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk, 1998 *'' Microcaecilia grandis'' Wilkinson, Nussbaum & Hoogmoed, 2010 *'' Microcaecilia taylori'' Nussbaum & Hoogmoed, 1979 *'' Microgale fotsifotsy'' Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997 *'' Mimosiphonops reinhardti'' Wilkinson & Nussbaum, 1992 *'' Paragehyra gabriellae'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1994 *'' Paroedura karstophila'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000 *'' Paroedura maingoka'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000 *'' Paroedura masobe'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1994 *'' Paroedura tanjaka'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000 *'' Paroedura vahiny'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000 *'' Paroedura vazimba'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2000 *'' Phelsuma antanosy'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993 *''

Phelsuma malamakibo ''Phelsuma malamakibo'' is a species of gecko endemic to the Anosy Region of Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagas ...

'' Nussbaum, Raxworthy, Raselimanana & Ramanamanjato, 2000 *'' Phelsuma masohoala'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994 *''

Plethodontohyla mihanika ''Plethodontohyla mihanika'' is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of ...

'' Vences, Raxworthy, Nussbaum & Glaw, 2003 *''

Poyntonophrynus ''Poyntonophrynus'', also known as pygmy toads, are a genus consisting of ten true toad species native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Originally, all ''Poyntonophrynus'' species were included in the genus ''Bufo''. The genus was split due to large enoug ...

'' Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 *'' Pseudepidalea'' Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 *'' Pseudoacontias angelorum'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1995 *'' Pseudoxyrhopus analabe'' Nussbaum, Andreone & Raxworthy, 1998 *'' Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994 *'' Pseudoxyrhopus kely'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994 *'' Pseudoxyrhopus sokosoko'' Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1994 *

Rhinatrematidae Rhinatrematidae is a family of caecilians, also known as the Neotropical tailed caecilians, American tailed caecilians. or beaked caecilians. They are found in the equatorial countries of South America South America is a continent entir ...

Nussbaum, 1977 *'' Scaphiophryne boribory'' Vences, Raxworthy, Nussbaum & Glaw, 2003 *''

Sechellophryne ''Sechellophryne'' is a small genus of sooglossid frogs with only two members living in the Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel' ...

'' Nussbaum & Wu, 2007 *'' Trachylepis dumasi'' (Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1995) *'' Trachylepis lavarambo'' (Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1998) *'' Trachylepis nancycoutuae'' (Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1998) *'' Trachylepis tandrefana'' (Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Ramanamanjato, 1999) *'' Trachylepis tavaratra'' (Ramanamanjato, Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1999) *'' Trachylepis vato'' (Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1994) *'' Trachylepis vezo'' (Ramanamanjato, Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1999) *'' Trachylepis volamenaloha''(Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Ramanamanjato, 1999) *''

Uraeotyphlus gansi ''Uraeotyphlus gansi'', the Gansi caecilian, is a rare species of caecilian, endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It was discovered in the Kaakkaachi-Naalumukku area of the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. ''U. gansi'' was named after Ca ...

'' Gower, Rajendran, Nussbaum & Wilkinson, 2008 *'' Uroplatus malahelo'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1994 *'' Uroplatus malama'' Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1995 *'' Vandijkophrynus'' Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006 *'' Zonosaurus anelanelany'' Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000 *'' Zonosaurus bemaraha'' Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000 *'' Zonosaurus maramaintso'' Raselimanana, Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 2006 *'' Zonosaurus tsingy'' Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000

Citations

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nussbaum, Ronald Archie 1942 births Living people American herpetologists University of Michigan faculty People from Minidoka County, Idaho University of Idaho alumni Central Washington University alumni Oregon State University alumni