Nicolaus Michael Oppel (December 7, 1782 inSchönficht – February 16, 1820 inMunich) was a Germannaturalist.[1]
He was a student of, and worked as an assistant to,André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860) at theMuséum national d'histoire naturelle inParis, France, cataloging and classifying species ofreptiles. In 1811, he published a book entitledDie Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen der Reptilien als Prodrom einer Naturgeschichte derselben, or "The Orders, Families, and Types of Reptiles..." in which he established theorder,Squamata, and thefamiliesCheloniidae,Colubridae, and the subfamilyCrotalinae, as well as severalgenera which are still in use bytaxonomists today.
WithFriedrich Tiedemann (1781-1861) andJoseph Liboschitz (1783-1824), he was co-author ofNaturgeschichte der Amphibien (Natural history ofamphibians).[2]
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| Born | Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782-12-07)7 December 1782 |
| Died | 16 February 1820(1820-02-16) (aged 37) |
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