Salomon Müller (7 April 1804 – 29 December 1864) was a Germannaturalist. He was born inHeidelberg, and died inFreiburg im Breisgau.
Müller was the son of a saddler inHeidelberg. Along withHeinrich Boie andHeinrich Christian Macklot, he was sent byCoenraad Jacob Temminck to collect specimens in theEast Indies. Here, he worked as an assistant for theNatuurkundige Commissie (Commission for Natural Sciences), an organization that he eventually became a member of.[1]
Müller arrived inBatavia in 1826, then journeyed toNew Guinea andTimor in 1828 aboard theTriton. Beginning in October 1828, he remained at the port city ofKupang, penetrating the interior of Timor during the following year. In 1831, he was stationed inJava, and later explored westernSumatra from 1833 to 1835.[1][2]
Hermann Schlegel namedAspidomorphus muelleri (Müller's crown snake)[3][4] andSphenomorphus muelleri (Müller's forest skink) in 1837,[4] andTyphlops muelleri (Müller's blind snake) in 1839,[4] all in honor of Salomon Müller. (Müller in turn namedTomistoma schlegelii (the False gharial) in 1838 in honor of Hermann Schlegel.[5][6])
Similarly,André Marie Constant Duméril,Gabriel Bibron andAuguste Duméril namedLycodon muelleri (Java wolf snake) in 1854 in honor of Müller.[4]
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