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RIP Don Broadley

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 12:34 pm
by Martti Niskanen
Dr. Don Broadley died a few hours ago. A great loss to sub-Saharan herpetology.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_George_Broadley

Re: RIP Don Broadley

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:06 pm
by Mario Schweiger
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but they missed a species at the Wiki-list :shock:

A complete overlooked species of Leptotyphlopidae has been described in 2014!!!
Myriopholis lanzai BROADLEY, WADE & WALLACH,2014
destributed in SW Libya (Ghat oasis, Fezzan province), and adjacent Chad.

See:
BROADLEY, D.G., E. WADE & V. WALLACH (2014): A NEW SPECIES OF MYRIOPHOLIS FROM GHAT OASIS, SOUTH-WESTERN LIBYA (SQUAMATA: LEPTOTYPHLOPIDAE).- Arnoldia, Zimbabwe 10(30): 351 - 359

Re: RIP Don Broadley

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:36 pm
by Martti Niskanen
Mario Schweiger wrote::(
but they missed a species at the Wiki-list :shock:


I wouldn't expect that list to be up to date. Also binning the "sub-saharan"-bit in the first post.

A loss, nonetheless.