Oskar Boettger

Oskar Boettger ( born March 31, 1844 in Frankfurt am Main, † September 25, 1910 ) was a German zoologist. During his tenure as an administrator in the field of herpetology at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt whose herpetological collection was one of the best in Europe.

Biography

Boettger 1863-1866 visited the Mining Academy in Freiberg. However, since he could not reach the desired position as a mining engineer, nor perform any other profession in this area, he continued to study at the Julius- Maximilians- University of Würzburg. In 1869 he wrote a thesis on paleontology, a topic which interested him since his childhood. In 1870, he was a paleontologist at the Senckenberg Museum of Frankfurt, 1875 managers in the field of herpetology. Since he was not paid, he taught also in Offenbach am Main and Frankfurt am Main. In 1876 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina. Due to a agoraphobia, he was not to leave 1876-1894 to be able to at home, he did not, therefore, in the museum. For his research he allowed himself to bring copies required of assistants. In 1892 he published the " Catalogue of batrachians collection in the Museum of the Senckenberg Nature Research Society in Frankfurt am Main" and from 1893 to 1898 the " Catalogue of reptiles in the museum collection of the Senckenberg Nature Research Society in Frankfurt am Main.

Taxa

George Albert Boulenger was named after him Anolis boettgeri, a lizard the Polychrotidae. Were also named after him

  • Testudo hermanni boettgeri ( subspecies of the Greek Tortoise )
  • Xenophrys boettgeri, an Asian turtle species
  • Calumma boettgeri, a Malagasy chameleon
  • Cacosternum boettgeri, a Froschlurch
  • Striped Canary Islands Gecko ( Tarentola boettgeri )
  • Hymenochirus boettgeri, an African dwarf frog
  • Argonauta boettgeri, a kind of paper boats
  • Sarcophyton boettgeri, a leather coral of the genus Sarcophyton.

Boettger also studied molluscs and beetles. His collection is mainly in the Senckenberg Museum, but can also be found in the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. He also described Schneckentaxa, namely

Caesar-Rudolf Boettger Polychrus Boettger's Wall Gecko National Museum Cardiff Neue Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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