Gabriel Bibron | |
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| Born | 20 October 1805 |
| Died | 27 March 1848 (1848-03-28) (aged 42) |
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| Fields | Zoology,Herpetology |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Bibron |
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was aFrenchzoologist andherpetologist. He was born inParis. The son of an employee of theMuseum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation innatural history and was hired to collectvertebrates inItaly andSicily. Under the direction ofJean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846), he took part in theMorea expedition toPeloponnese.[1]
He classified numerousreptilespecies withAndré Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860), whom he had met in 1832. Duméril was interested mainly in the relations betweengenera, and he left to Bibron the task of describing the species. Working together they produced theErpétologie Générale, a comprehensive account of thereptiles, published in ten volumes from 1834 to 1854.[2] Also, Bibron assisted Duméril with teaching duties at the museum and was an instructor at a primary school in Paris.
Bibron contractedtuberculosis and retired in 1845 toSaint-Alban-les-Eaux, where he died aged 42.
Bibron is commemorated in the scientific names of ten species of reptiles.[3]
An eleventh species, which was more commonly known asAgama impalearis, had been namedAgama bibronii by André Marie Constant Duméril in 1851, however a decision by the ICZN in 1971 confirmed that the correct name wasA. bibroni.[4]
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