Harald Meier Explained

Harald Meier (1922 – 2007)^[1] was a German herpetologist.^[2]

Taxa described by Meier

Meier described several new taxa of geckos, including Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni and Phelsuma borbonica mater, subspecies of geckos.^{[3] [4]}

Taxa named in honor of Meier

Meier is commemorated in the scientific names of three taxa:

• Mantella haraldmeieri, a frog^[1]
• Geoscincus haraldmeieri, a lizard^[2]
• Zonosaurus haraldmeieri, a lizard^[2]

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Harald Meier, p. 115; Meier, p. 175).
3. Zur Taxonomie und Ökologie der Gattung Phelsuma (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) auf den Komoren, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art ) . 1980 . Meier, Harald . Bonn. Zool. Beitr. . 31 . 3–4 . 323–332. (in German).
4. Beobachtungen an Phelsuma standingi . Meier, Harald . Salamandra . 1977 . 13 . 1–12. (in German).