Johann Georg Wagler

Johann Georg Wagler ( born March 28, 1800, Nuremberg, † August 23 1832 in Moosach, Munich) was a German zoologist and herpetologist. After finishing high school in his hometown, he began in 1818 as a student at the University of Erlangen his scientific studies. He was the assistant to the famous naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix and was after his death in 1826, director of the Zoological Museum of the Ludwig- Maximilians- University of Munich. He worked on the extensive material which had brought Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (1781-1826) from Brazil, and wrote in 1832 the Monographia Psittacorum, which also contains a scientific description of the Spix 's Macaw. Wagler in 1827 was elected as an associate member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. On August 23, 1832 Johann Georg Wagler died at the age of 32 years in Moosach (Munich ) from a gunshot wound he had accidentally self-inflicted while collecting.

Named after him, birds or - subspecies

  • Kolumbiasittich ( Aratinga wagleri )
  • Viewed Waglerarassari ( Aulacorhynchus wagleri ), by some scientists as a subspecies of Laucharassaris ( Aulacorhynchus prasinus wagleri )
  • Wagler - Oriole (Icterus wagleri )
  • Viewed Wagler - Treecreeper ( Lepidocolaptes wagleri ), by some scientists as a subspecies of spotted belly - tree -climber ( Lepidocolaptes squamatus wagleri )
  • Rotbauchguan ( Ortalis wagleri )
  • Red-headed bird forehead ( Psarocolius wagleri )

Works

  • Monographia Psittacorum (1832 )
  • Serpentum Brasiliensium (1824 )
  • Descriptiones et Icones Amphibiorum (1828-1823)

Swell

  • Kraig Adler ( 1989). Contributions to the History of Herpetology, Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles.
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