Philipp Lehrs
{{Short description|German herpetologist (1881–1956)}}
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| birth_date = 1881
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| death_date = 1956
| field = Herpetology
| known for = Studies on the lizard family Lacertidae
| workplaces = {{ UBL|Zoologischen Forschungsinstitut | Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig }}
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Philipp Lehrs (1881–1956) was a German herpetologist who specialized in the lizard family Lacertidae. During his career, he was associated with the Zoologischen Forschungsinstitut (Zoological Research Institute) and Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (Alexander Koenig Research Museum) in Bonn.[http://www.herplit.com/contents/Mertensiella.html Deutsche Mertensiella] Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde.
Taxa
Lehrs is the binomial author of the following species/subspecies of lizards:
- Gallotia caesaris (Boettger's lizard), (1914). Named in honor of German malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger.[https://books.google.com/books?id=3ovZoFyLhzkC&dq=Lehrs+Boettger&pg=PA29 Google Books] The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson.
- Parvilacerta fraasi (Fraas's lizard), (1910).[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Parvilacerta&species=fraasii The Reptile Database] Parvilacerta fraasii
- Lacerta ionica (1902), synonymous with Podarcis tauricus (Crimean wall lizard). The name Podarcis tauricus ionicus is regarded as a subspecies.[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Podarcis&species=tauricus Reptile Database] Podarcis tauricus
Publications
- Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Lacerta und einer verkannten Form: Lacerta ionica. Zool. Anz. 25: 225-237, 1902 – On the genus Lacerta and an unrecognized species, Lacerta ionica.
- Studien über Abstammung und Ausbreitung in den Formenkreisen der Gattung "Lacerta" und ihrer Verwandten, 1909 – Studies on the lineage and propagation in "Formenkreisen" of the genus Lacerta and its relatives (inaugural dissertation).
- Ueber eine Lacerta ans dem hohen Libanon (L. Frasii n. sp.) und mehrexe Montanformen unter den Eildechsen, 1910 – On Lacerta found in the highlands of Lebanon.
- Goethes naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen, 1914 – On Goethe's scientific collections.
- Goethes Sammlungen zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie, 1920 – Goethe's collections of zoology and comparative anatomy.[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ALehrs%2C+Philipp.&qt=hot_author WorldCat Search] published works
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Category:German herpetologists
Category:20th-century German zoologists
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