- Jacques von Bedriaga
Jacques Vladimir von Bedriaga; (last name sometimes spelled Bedryagha) (1854-1906) was a Russian
herpetologist who was a native of the village Kriniz. He studied sciences atMoscow University under the direction ofAnatoly Bogdanov (1834-1896), and afterwards moved to Germany, where he studied at theUniversity of Jena withErnst Haeckel (1834-1919) andCarl Gegenbaur (1826-1903). In 1875 he obtained his doctorate with a thesis concerning theurogenital organs ofreptiles .After graduation, Bedriaga continued his research on reptiles with Gegenbaur, and made frequent scientific trips to regions around the Mediterranean. In 1880 he published an important work on Greek herpetology called "Die Amphibien und Reptilien Griechenlands". He also made occasional visits back to Russia, where he studied collections reported from Russian expeditions to Central Asia, including those of
Nikolai Przewalski (1839-1888). In 1881 he moved toNice for reasons of health, and later lived inFlorence , where he died in 1906.Bedriaga has a handful of herpetological species named after him, including
Bedriaga's Rock Lizard ,Bedriaga's Fringe-fingered Lizard , Bedriaga's Skink, and "Rana bedriagae" (Levant Water Frog ).Selected publications
* "Ueber die Entstehung der Farben bei den Eidechsen" (About the emergence of color in lizards) 1874
* "Die Amphibien und Reptilien Griechenlands" (The Amphibians and Reptiles of Greece) 1880
* "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Amphibien und Reptilien der Fauna von Corsika" (Contributions to the Knowledge of Amphibians and Reptiles of Corsica) 1883
* "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lacertiden-Familie. (Lacerta, Algiroides, Tropidosaura, Zerzumia und Bettaia)" (Contributions to the Knowledge of the Lacertiden Family) 1886
* "Wissenschaftliche Resultate der von N. M. Przewalski nach Central-Asien untemammenen Reisen"References
* "This article is based on a translation of an article from the French Wikipedia."
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