Werner Carlos Augusto Bokermann (4 July 1929 - 1 April 1995) was a Brazilian zoologist who specialized in herpetology and ornithology. He collected and described numerous new species.

Life

Bokerman was born in

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. After schooling at

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he became an assistant in the department of zoology under the agriculture department. He then headed the herpetology department with the secretary being the ornithologist Hélío Ferraz de Almeida Camargo (1922-2006). He worked along with

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(1924-2013) and served as curator for the amphibia until 1993. He published nearly 83 papers, describing nearly 70 new species. He maintained a private collection from 1956 and received a Guggenheim fellowship to study collections in

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and the

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. In 1969 he worked in the ornithology department of the Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo. He enrolled for higher studies in 1977, graduating in 1978, and obtaining a doctorate in 1991 at the age of 61 with studies on '' Tinamus solitarius''. (in Portuguese).

Eponymy

Bokermann is named in numerous taxa including: ''

Simpsonichthys bokermanni ''Simpsonichthys'' is a genus of killifish from the family Rivulidae the species of which are endemic to temporary freshwater habitats like ponds in the upper Paraná, upper Araguaia, upper Jequitinhonha and São Francisco basins on the centra ...

'', ''

lonchophylla bokermanni Bokermann's nectar bat (''Lonchophylla bokermanni'') is a bat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil. It feeds on nectar, and is listed as an endangered species. Etymology This species was discovered by Ivan Sazima and Marlies Sazima ...

'', '' Dendropsophus bokermanni'', '' Phrynomedusa bokermanni'', '' Aparasphenodon bokermanni'', '' Caecilia bokermanni'', '' Pterolebias bokermanni'', '' Neobidessus bokermanni'', '' Protometers bokermanni'', '' Canthidium bokermanni'' and the rare Araripe manakin ''( Antilophia bokermanni'').

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bokermann, Werner 1995 deaths 1929 births Brazilian ornithologists Herpetologists 20th-century Brazilian zoologists