Andreas Kay

{{Short description|Wildlife photographer and naturalist (1963–2019)}}

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| name = Andreas Kay

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|1|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Köln, Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|10|8|1963|1|30|df=y}}

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| occupation = Photographer and naturalist

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Andreas Kay (30 January 1963 – 8 October 2019) was a wildlife photographer and naturalist.{{cite news

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| last = Farah

| title = Peer Into the Rainforest's Stunning Biodiversity

| url = https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/peer-into-the-rainforests-stunning-biodiversity

| work= The New York Times

| date = Nov 22, 2019

| access-date = 2021-07-07

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He was known primarily for his extensive collection of detailed macrophotography of Ecuadorian insects and other small animals.{{cite web

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| quote = }} Kay was responsible for the re-discovery and documentation of Atelopus coynei, a species of frog previously thought to be extinct.{{cite journal

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| first = Nicolás

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| title = Rediscovery of the nearly extinct longnose harlequin frog Atelopus longirostris (Bufonidae) in Junín, Imbabura, Ecuador

| journal = Neotropical Biodiversity

| volume = 3

| issue = 1

| pages = 157–167

| date = 2017

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| doi = 10.1080/23766808.2017.1327000

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| bibcode = 2017NeBio...3..157T

}} Several species have been named after him, including the orchids Lepanthes kayii and Lepanthopsis kayii. He has been cited in nearly 20,000 academic papers.{{cite web

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After being diagnosed with glioblastoma several months earlier, he died on October 8, 2019.{{cite web

| url = https://ecomingafoundation.wordpress.com/2019/10/08/ecominga-friend-andreas-kay-has-died/

| title = EcoMinga friend Andreas Kay has died