Yehudah L. Werner

Yehudah Leopold Werner (born 1931 in Munich) is an Israeli herpetologist and Professor Emeritus at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology).

He and his parents were forced to flee from Nazi Germany in 1933, and reached Palestine via France and England in 1935. Georg Haas (1905–1981), an emigrant from Austria who was Professor in Jerusalem, guided his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his long scientific career, Werner published more than 400 titles. Among other things, the biology of the geckos, including
their vocal communication, as well as the zoogeography and conservation of the reptiles and amphibians in the Middle East are his main themes. Werner was a co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and served as chairperson of the Zoological Society of Israel.

Taxa described by Yehudah Werner

Yehudah Werner described or redescribed (alone or with co-authors) a number of amphibian and reptile taxa:

* '' Hyla heinzsteinitzi'' Grach, Plesser & Werner, 2007 (this species is a synonym of ''H. japonica'' that has been apparently introduced into Israel, see ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 49: 1019–1024.)
* ''Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii'' Werner, 2004
* '' Acanthodactylus beershebensis'' Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999Moravec, J., Baha El Din, S., Seligmann, H., Sivan, N. & Y. L. Werner (1999): "Systematics and distribution of the ''Acanthodactylus pardalis'' group (Lacertidae) in Egypt and Israel". - ''Zoology in the Middle East'' 17: p. 21–50.
* ''Acanthodactylus pardalis'' (Lichtenstein, 1823) Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999
* '' Asaccus nasrullahi'' Werner, 2006
* '' Cerastes cerastes'' Werner, Sivan, Kushnir & Motro 1999Werner, Y. L., Sivan, N., Kushnir, V. & U. Motro (1999): "A statistical approach to variation in ''Cerastes'' (Ophidia: Viperidae) with the description of two endemic subspecies". - In: Joger, U. d. ''Phylogeny and Systematics of the Viperidae''. ''Kaupia'' 8: p. 83–97.
* '' Cerastes cerastes hoofieni'' Werner & Sivan, 1999
* ''Cerastes gasperettii'' Werner, 1987
* ''Cerastes gasperettii'' Werner, Le Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan, 1991
* '' Cerastes gasperettii mendelssohni'' Werner & Sivan, 1999
* '' Eirenis coronella ibrahimi'' Sivan & Werner, 2003Sivan, N. & Y. L. Werner (2003): "Revision of the Middle-Eastern dwarf-snakes commonly assigned to ''Eirenis coronella'' (Colubridae)". - ''Zoology in the Middle East'' 28: p. 39–59.
* ''Eirenis coronelloides'' Sivan & Werner, 2003
* '' Laudakia stellio salehi'' Werner, 2006
* ''Mesalina bahaeldini'' Segoli, Cohen & Werner, 2002
* ''Micrelaps tchernovi'' Werner, Babocsay, Carmely & Thuna, 2006
* ''Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri'' Werner, 1995

Note: Amphibian and reptile taxa with the author's name "Werner" described between 1893 and 1938 are by the Austrian zoologist Franz Werner.

Taxa named in honor of Yehudah Werner

Yehudah Werner is commemorated in the scientific names of two reptiles:Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Werner, Y.L.", p. 282).

*'' Testudo werneri'' Perälä, 2001
*'' Pseudotrapelus sinaitus werneri'' Moravec, 2002

References

External links

*
Yehudah Leopold Werner: General Information, Curriculum Vitae, Publications
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* Article with photos of ''Hyla heinzsteinitzi'' and Yehudah L. Werner

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1931 births
Israeli herpetologists
Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Living people
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine