Edwin Nicholas Arnold Explained

Edwin Nicholas Arnold (16 October 1940 – 23 September 2023) was a British herpetologist and the Curator of Herpetology at the Natural History Museum, London. Arnold made seminal contributions to the herpetology of Europe and North Africa, especially on geckos and lizards of the family Lacertidae. He discovered and described 36 species and 4 subspecies of reptiles,^[1] and wrote A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe, which appeared over multiple editions.^[2] Arnold died of heart failure on 23 September 2023, at the age of 82.^{[3] [4]}

Honors

At least four species of reptiles have been named in Arnold's honor:^{[5] [6]}

• Arnold's leaf-toed gecko Hemidactylus arnoldi is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.
• Asaccus arnoldi
• Mesalina arnoldi
• Dipsochelys arnoldi (sometimes considered a subspecies of Aldabrachelys gigantea)
• Calotriton arnoldi

Publications

• Arnold EN (1973). "Relationships of the Palearctic lizards assigned to the genera Lacerta, Algyroides and Psammodromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 25: 289-366.
• Arnold EN (2009). "Relationships, evolution and biogeography of Semaphore geckos, Pristurus (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) based on morphology". Zootaxa 2060: 1-21.
• Arnold EN, Arribas O, Carranza S (2007). "Systematics of the Palearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera". Zootaxa 1430: 1-86.
• Arnold EN, Burton JA (1978). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. (Illustrated by D. W. Ovenden). London: Collins. 272 pp. + Plates 1-40. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reptile species described by E. N. Arnold . 16 December 2019 . Reptile Database . live . 16 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180217202748/http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?author=Arnold&submit=Search . 17 February 2018 .
2. Lambert. M.R K.. species:Michael Roderick Kirkby Lambert. November 1978 . [A review of ] A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe, by E.N. Arnold and J.A. Burton, illustrated by D.W. Ovenden. Collins, £4.95.. Oryx. en. 14. 4. 428–429. 10.1017/S0030605300016082. 1365-3008. free.
3. News: Edwin Nicholas "Nick" Arnold . 28 September 2023 . The Times . 28 September 2023.
4. News: Nicholas Arnold obituary . 6 October 2023 . The Times . 6 October 2023.
5. Web site: THE REPTILE DATABASE. www.reptile-database.org. 16 December 2019.
6. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]