Eltio Alegondas Forsten (12 July 1811, Middelburg – 1843,

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) was a Dutch naturalist. He studied medicine at

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, obtaining his degree in 1836 with a thesis on '' Cedrela febrifuga'', titled "''Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga''". In 1838 he became a member of the ''Natuurkundige Commissie'' for the Dutch East Indies, where he would spend the next several years collecting

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and

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specimens (

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, Sulawesi,

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, Ambon).

Eponymy (birds and reptiles)

Forsten's cat snake ''Boiga forsteni'', also known as Forsten's cat snake, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged colubrid endemic to South Asia. Geographic range ''Boiga forstenii'' is found in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and India (Sikkim, West Bengal, Maharas ...

, ''Boiga forsteni'' *

Forsten's lorikeet The sunset lorikeet (''Trichoglossus forsteni''), also known as the scarlet-breasted lorikeet or Forsten's lorikeet, is a species of parrot that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Tanah Jampea (between Sulawesi and ...

, ''Trichoglossus forsteni'' *

Forsten's megapode The dusky megapode (''Megapodius freycinet''), also known as dusky scrubfowl or common megapode, is a medium-sized, approximately 41 cm (16 in) long, blackish bird with a short pointed crest, bare red facial skin, dark legs, brown irises, and a d ...

, ''Megapodius freycinet'' * Forsten's pointed snake, '' Rabdion forsteni'' *

Forsten's tortoise Sulawesi tortoise or Forsten's tortoise (''Indotestudo forstenii'') is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. Is native to sulawesi island, indonesia. Forsten's tortoise is one of three tortoise species placed in the genus ''Indotes ...

, ''Indotestudo forstenii'' The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles
by

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, Michael Grayson *

Purple-bearded bee-eater The purple-bearded bee-eater or Celebes bee-eater (''Meropogon forsteni'') is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is an endemic resident on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This species is often seen in clearings insid ...

, ''Meropogon forsteni'' The Eponym Dictionary of Birds
by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson

References

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