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Charles Domergue

Charles Antoine Domergue (5 January 1914 – 31 December 2008) was a French naturalist, ornithologist, herpetologist, spelunker and geologist who spent much of his life in Madagascar. He also dealt with the effects of pollution.

Domergue in 1960

Eponyms

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Domergue is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of snake, Madatyphlops domerguei, and a frog, Blommersia domerguei, both of which are endemic to Madagascar.[1][2]

Selected publications

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Decorations

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Domergue (right) receiving a Malagasy Order of Merit

Sources

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References

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  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. ("Domergue", p. 74).
  2. ^ Guibé, Jean (1973). "Batraciens nouveaux de Madagascar". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 145 (109): 1009–1017.