Samuel B. McDowell
Born
Samuel Booker McDowell Jr.

September 13, 1928
DiedDecember 31, 2014(2014-12-31) (aged 86)
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University
B.Sc. (1947)
Ph.D. (1957)
Scientific career
FieldsHerpetology
InstitutionsAMNH
Author abbrev. (zoology)McDowell

Samuel Booker McDowell Jr. (1928 - 2014)[1][2] was an American herpetologist who worked on the comparative anatomy of turtles and snakes[2] and studied snakes of Oceania.[3][4]

McDowell earned a B.Sc. (1947) and a Ph.D. (1957) from Columbia University.[2] and worked at the American Museum of Natural History.[2] His zoological author abbreviation is McDowell. Several snakes are named in his honour.[1]

Some taxa authored

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b "Gerrhopilus mcdowelli". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Crumly, Charles R. (2015), "Obituary: Samuel Booker McDowell Jr. (13 Sept 1928 - 31 Dec 2014) The most important herpetologist you never knew" (PDF), Herpetological Review, 46 (3): 489–493
  3. ^ S. B. McDowell (26 February 1979). "A Catalogue of the Snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with Special Reference to Those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part III. Boinae and Acrochordoidea (Reptilia, Serpentes)". Journal of Herpetology. 13 (1): 1–92. doi:10.2307/1563761. ISSN 0022-1511. JSTOR 1563761. Wikidata Q56037668.
  4. ^ S. B. McDowell (24 February 1975). "A Catalogue of the Snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with Special Reference to Those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part II. Anilioidea and Pythoninae". Journal of Herpetology. 9 (1): 1. doi:10.2307/1562691. ISSN 0022-1511. Wikidata Q99974549.