Glen Milton Storr

Dr Glen Milton Storr (22 December 1921 – 26 June 1990) was an Australian ornithologist and herpetologist. He joined the Western Australian Museum in 1962 and became Curator of Ornithology and Herpetology in 1965. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), and served as Secretary of the Western Australian Branch of the RAOU in 1954.

Legacy

Storr is commemorated in the scientific names of five species of reptiles: Carlia storri, Ctenotus storri, Lerista storri, Morethia storri, and Varanus storri.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii = 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Storr", p. 256).
  • Davies, S.J.J.F. (1991). "Obituary. Glen Milton Storr". Emu. 91: 66. doi:10.1071/mu9910066.
  • Smith, Laurie A. (1991). "Glen Milton Storr 1921–1990". Copeia. 1991 (2): 550–552. JSTOR 1446616.


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