Eugênio Izecksohn

{{Short description|Brazilian herpetologist (1932–2013)}}

Eugênio Izecksohn (1932 – June 2013) was a Brazilian herpetologist.[http://oglobo.globo.com/ciencia/eugenio-izecksohn-especialista-em-anfibios-morre-aos-81-anos-8588787 "Eugênio Izecksohn, especialista em anfíbios, morre aos 81 anos"]. O Globo (June 4, 2013). (In Portuguese). Izecksohn graduated from Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro in 1953. Among others, he discovered and scientifically described the flea frog Brachycephalus didactylus, one of the smallest frogs in the world. Several taxa have been named in honour of him, mostly frogs like the tiny B. izecksohni,{{cite journal | last1 = Ribeiro | first1 = L.F. | last2 = Alves | first2 = A.C.R. | last3 = Haddad | first3 = C.F.B. | last4 = Dos Reis | first4 = S.F. | year = 2005 | title = Two new species of Brachycephalus Günther, 1858 from the State of Paraná, southern Brazil (Amphibia, Anura, Brachycephalidae) | journal = Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio J. Zool. | volume = 519 | pages = 1–18 }} and the extremely rare—if not already extinct—Bokermannohyla izecksohni, but also a few from other groups like the fish Xenurolebias izecksohni and the bat Myotis izecksohni.{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.mambio.2011.01.003|title=Geographic variation in South American populations of Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with the description of two new species|journal=Mammalian Biology|volume=76|issue=5|pages=592–607|year=2011|last1=Moratelli|first1=Ricardo|last2=Peracchi|first2=Adriano L.|last3=Dias|first3=Daniela|last4=De Oliveira|first4=João A.}}