Eltio Alegondas Forsten
{{Short description|Dutch naturalist (1811–1843)}}
Eltio Alegondas Forsten (12 July 1811, Middelburg – 1843, Ambon Island) was a Dutch naturalist.[https://books.google.com/books?id=XJ27q_g8X24C&pg=PA224 Levensberichten van Zeeuwen, Volume 1] by Frederik Nagtglas, Pieter de la Rue
He studied medicine at Leiden, obtaining his degree in 1836 with a thesis on Cedrela febrifuga, titled "Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga".[https://books.google.com/books?id=RaMvQwAACAAJ Google Books] Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga In 1838 he became a member of the Natuurkundige Commissie for the Dutch East Indies, where he would spend the next several years collecting zoological and botanical specimens (Java, Sulawesi, Ternate, Ambon).[http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/fmcollectors/F/ForstenEA.htm Nationaal Herbarium Nederland] Sources: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors & Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II.
Eponymy (birds and reptiles)
- Forsten's cat snake, Boiga forsteni
- Forsten's lorikeet, Trichoglossus forsteni
- Forsten's megapode, Megapodius freycinet
- Forsten's pointed snake, Rabdion forsteni
- Forsten's tortoise, Indotestudo forstenii [https://books.google.com/books?id=0F758vNQ0UUC&pg=PT303 The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles] by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
- Purple-bearded bee-eater, Meropogon forsteni [https://books.google.com/books?id=En4wBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT442 The Eponym Dictionary of Birds] by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
- White-bellied imperial pigeon, Ducula forsteni
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