Rose Marie Antoinette Blommers-Schlösser

Rose Marie Antoinette Blommers-Schlösser
Born 1944 (age 73–74)
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Occupation Herpetologist, entomologist

Rose Marie Antoinette Blommers-Schlösser (Eindhoven, 1944) is a Dutch herpetologist and entomologist.

Life and research

Blommers-Schlösser conducted her PhD at the University of Amsterdam on the systematics of the frogs of Madagascar. Together with numerous other herpetologists, especially Charles P. Blanc, she described numerous species of frogs from Madagascar, including Gephyromantis spinifer, Boophis reticulatus, Spinomantis guibei, and Guibemantis punctatus,[1] and contributed extensively to the knowledge of these and other species.[1][2][3][4][5] She contributed particularly significantly to understanding of the reproductive behaviour of numerous microhylids from Madagascar,[6] and supraspecific taxonomy of the Mantellidae.[3][4][5] She also contributed to the literature on the karyotypes of phytoseiid mites of Madagascar in 1975.[7]

Matronyms

The frog genus Blommersia, and the species Blommersia blommersae and Boophis blommersae, were named in honour of Blommers-Schlösser, in recognition of her contributions to the herpetology of Madagascar.

References

  1. 1 2 Blommers-Schlösser, Rose M. A.; Blanc, Charles P. (1991). "Amphibiens (première partie)". Faune de Madagascar. 75 (1): 1–384.
  2. ↑ Blommers-Schlösser, Rose M. A.; Blanc, Charles P. (1993). "Amphibiens (deuxième partie)". Faune de Madagascar. 75 (2): 385–530.
  3. 1 2 Blommers-Schlösser, Rose M. A. (1979). "Biosystematics of the Malagasy frogs II. The genus Boophis (Rhacophoridae)". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 49 (2): 261–312.
  4. 1 2 Blommers-Schlösser, Rose M. A. (1979). "Biosystematics of the Malagasy frogs. I. Mantellinae (Ranidae)". Beaufortia. 29 (352): 1–77.
  5. 1 2 Blommers-Schlösser, Rose M. A. (1993). "Systematic relationships of the Mantellinae Laurent 1946 (Anura Ranoidea)". Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 5: 199–218.
  6. ↑ Blommers-Schlösser, Rose M. A. (1975). "Observations on the larval development of some Malagasy frogs, with notes on their ecology and biology (Anura: Dyscophinae, Scaphiophryninae, and Cophylinae)". Beaufortia. 24: 7–26.
  7. ↑ Blommers-Schlösser, Rose M. A.; Blommers, L. (1975). "Karyotypes of eight species of phytoseiid mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata) from Madagascar". Genetica. 45 (2): 145–148.
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