Marie Firmin Bocourt (19 April 1819 – 4 February 1904) was a French

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and

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. As a young man, he worked as a preparateur for the zoologist

Gabriel Bibron Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hir ...

(1805–1848), later serving as a museum artist. In 1861, he was sent to

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(then called Siam), where he explored the fauna and brought back an important collection of specimens. He collaborated with

Auguste Duméril Auguste Henri André Duméril (30 November 1812 – 12 November 1870) was a French zoologist. His father, André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860), was also a zoologist. In 1869 he was elected as a member of the Académie des sciences. Duméril ...

(1812–1870) on a series called ''Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale'', a result of Bocourt's scientific expedition to

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and

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in 1864–1866, in one part during the French Intervention in Mexico led by

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. Auguste Duméril died in 1870, and the project was continued by Bocourt with assistance from

Léon Vaillant Léon Louis Vaillant (; 11 November 1834 – 24 November 1914) was a French zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology, malacology, and ichthyology. In 1854 he graduated from the College d'Arras, followed by studie ...

(1834–1914),

François Mocquard François Mocquard (27 October 1834 – 19 March 1917) was a French herpetologist born in Leffond, Haute-Saône. In 1860 he was named ''préparateur du physique'' after receiving his Bachelor of Science degree at the Faculty of Besançon. Subseque ...

(1834–1917) and

Fernand Angel Fernand Angel (2 February 1881, Douzy – 13 July 1950, Paris) was a French herpetologist. In 1905 he began work as Assistant Preparator under Léon Vaillant and François Mocquard at the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' in Paris. Later o ...

(1881–1950). With Vaillant, he published a study on fishes, "''Études sur les poissons'' ", that was included in ''Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale''. As an artist, he specialized in

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s, doing portraits of contemporary people as well as zoological illustrations. Delalande's Coua

Taxa named in honor of Bocourt

Bocourt has a number of zoological species and subspecies named after him, including the following. *Bocourt's swimming crab, ''

Callinectes bocourti ''Callinectes bocourti'' is a species of swimming crab. Its native range extends from Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil, but it has been found as a nonindigenous species as far north as North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in th ...

'' , native to the

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*Bocourt's eyelid skink, ''

Phoboscincus bocourti The terror skink (''Phoboscincus bocourti''), also called commonly Bocourt's terrific skink, Bocourt's eyelid skink and Bocourt's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Île des Pins (Isle of Pin ...

'' ,Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Bocourt", pp. 28-29). native to

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*Bocourt's black-headed snake, ''

Tantilla ''Tantilla'' is a large genus of harmless New World snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus includes 66 species, which are commonly known as centipede snakes, blackhead snakes, and flathead snakes.Wilson, Larry David. 1982. Tantilla. ...

bocourti'' , native to

*''

Incilius bocourti ''Incilius bocourti'' (formerly ''Bufo bocourti''; common name Bocourt's toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in southwestern Guatemala and in Chiapas in the adjacent Mexico. Its phylogenetic position is uncertain; it ...

'' , a Central American

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Craugastor bocourti ''Craugastor'' is a large genus of frogs in the family Craugastoridae with 126 species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often ...

'' , a frog native to

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Hyla bocourti Bocourt's tree frog (''Dryophytes bocourti''), or Bocourt's treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae endemic to Guatemala and found on the mountains of the southern Alta Verapaz Department and Baja Verapaz Department. It is named aft ...

'' , a frog native to

*'' Cincelichthys bocourti'' , a Central American

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Vaillant, Léon Louis; Pellegrin, Jacques (1902). "''Cichlidés nouveaux de l'Amérique Centrale'' ". ''Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle'' 8: 85-86. (in French). *'' Agama bocourti'' , a lizard native to

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*'' Anolis bocourtii'' , a lizard native to northern

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Atractus bocourti ''Atractus bocourti'', Bocourt's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species can be found from Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , oth ...

'' , a snake native to northwestern South America *''

Micrurus bocourti ''Micrurus'' is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae. Geographic range Species in the genus ''Micrurus'' are endemic to the Americas. Species The following 83 species are recognized as being valid. *''Micrurus albicinctus'' ...

'' , a

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native to northwestern South America *''

Mystus bocourti ''Mystus bocourti'' is a species of catfish endemic to Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam, known only from Chao Phraya River and Mekong River The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is ...

'' , a catfish native to

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Pangasius bocourti Basa (''Pangasius bocourti'') is a species of catfish in the family Pangasiidae. Basa are native to the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins in Mainland Southeast Asia. These fish are important food fish with an international market. They are often l ...

'' , a catfish native to

*'' Polemon bocourti'' , a rear-fanged snake native to

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*'' Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii'' , a lizard native to

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*'' Subsessor bocourti'' , a snake native to Southeast Asia ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different

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Works

* Bocourt, F. (1868) ''Descriptions de quelques crotaliens nouveaux appartenant au genre Bothrops, recueillis dans le Guatemala''. Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool., ser. 5, vol. 10, p. 201–202. * Duméril, A., Bocourt, F. ''Études sur les reptiles et les batraciens''. en la serie "Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique centrale., recherches zoologiques", 3e partie, 1ère section. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale. * Duméril, A., Bocourt, F. & Mocquard, F. (1870-1909). ''Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques.'' Paris: Imprimerie Impériale * Bocourt, F. (1873a) ''Caractères d'une espèce nouvelle d'iguaniens le Sceleporus acathhinus''. 'Characters on a New Iguana Species, Sceleporus acathinus''Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. (5)17(6): 1. * Bocourt, F. (1873b) ''Deux notes sur quelques sauriens de l'Amérique tropicale''. 'Two Notes on Its Tropical (Pan-)American Lizards''Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. Paleontol. (5)19(4): 1–5. * Bocourt, F. (1873c) ''Note sur quelques espèces nouvelles d'iguaniens du genre Sceleporus''. 'Notes on the New Iguana Species of the Genre Sceleporus''Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. (5)17(10): 1–2. * Bocourt, F. (1873–1897)'' Études sur les reptiles''. 'Studies on Reptiles'' Part 3, Sect. 1, Book. 2–15, pp. 33–860, Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale - Recherches Zoologiques. Paris, Imprimerie Imperiale. p. 1012 * Bocourt, F. (1876a) ''Note sur quelques reptiles du Mexique''. 'Notes on Its Reptiles of Mexico''Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool.(6)3(12): 1–4. * Bocourt, F. (1876b) ''Note sur quelques reptiles de l'Isthme de Tehuantepec (Mexique) donnés par M. Sumichrast au Muséum''. J. Zool. (Paris) 5: 386–411. * Bocourt, F. (1879) ''Etudes sur les reptiles''. 'Studies on Reptiles''Miss. Sci. Mexique, Rech. ZooL. Book. 6:361-440, p. 21–22, 22A-22D

References

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