Andrew Gray (zoologist) explained

Andrew Gray is a British zoologist, teacher and conservationist.^[1]

Biography

Andrew Gray is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at The University of Manchester. He was appointed Curator of Herpetology at Manchester Museum in September 1995. Here he established ‘The Vivarium’, a free to the public purpose-built facility dedicated to the conservation of tropical amphibians.^[2] Gray's interest in amphibians and reptiles began from a very early age.^[3] During his career as a professional herpetologist he has discovered new species^[4] and established conservation initiatives to save some of the rarest frogs in the world,^[5] for example the critically endangered lemur leaf frog.^[6] Gray is an authority on frogs of the Phyllomedusinae genus Cruziohyla.^[7] He described the tadpole of Cruziohyla calcarifer^[8] and in 2018 described the new species Cruziohyla sylviae^[9] which is named after his first grandchild Sylvia Beatrice Gray.^[10]

Gray's conservation efforts have mainly focused in Central America, where he has initiated multi-disciplined collaborative projects,^[11] developed international environmental education programmes,^[12] and jointly established student field courses for the University of Manchester.^[13] In 2006 Gray was a main scientific adviser for the BBC's landmark series Planet Earth and worked further with Sir David Attenborough on the BBC Natural World's programme Fabulous Frogs.^[14] Apart from wildlife conservation, Gray also has an keen interest in conserving English heritage and in 2004 completely restored the then derelict Euxton Hall Chapel, which was designed by E. W. Pugin in 1866.^[15]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lovell Lecture : The World of Frogs: Manchester Leaping into Action : Professors Amanda Bamford and Andrew Gray - Jodrell Bank.
2. Web site: Museums Heritage . 2018 . frogblogmanchester.files.wordpress.com .
3. Web site: Museum Journal . 2018 . frogblogmanchester.files.wordpress.com .
4. Web site: New leaf frog species named after this zoologist's granddaughter, Sylvia. https://web.archive.org/web/20190716234729/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/scientist-discovered-new-frog-species-sylvias-leaf-frog/. dead. 16 July 2019. National Geographic Society. 11 July 2019.
5. Web site: Curator of Herpetology, Andrew Gray in The Times Magazine 5.12.09 feature 'The New Victorians' Report by Bill Dunn Portrait Jude Edgington. twitpic.com.
6. Web site: Newsletter . www.amphibianark.org .
7. Review of the genus Cruziohyla (Anura: Phyllomedusidae), with description of a new species. Andrew R.. Gray. 26 July 2018. Zootaxa. 4450. 4. 401–426 . www.mapress.com. 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.1. 30313830. 52976498.
8. Gray . Andrew R. . Description of the tadpole of Cruziohyla calcarifer (Boulenger, 1902) (Amphibia, Anura, Phyllomedusidae) . Herpetological Journal . British Herpetological Society. 31 . 3 . July 2021 . 0268-0130 . 10.33256/31.3.170176 . 170–176. free .
9. Web site: Cruziohyla sylviae Gray, 2018 - Amphibian Species of the World. research.amnh.org.
10. Web site: Researcher names spectacular new frog after his granddaughter. 31 July 2018.
11. Web site: Info . 2013 . frogblogmanchester.files.wordpress.com . 22 September 2018 . 23 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923010230/https://frogblogmanchester.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/prk.pdf . dead .
12. Web site: Learning with Lucy - The University of Manchester. www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk.
13. Web site: An education in conservation - The University of Manchester Magazine. www.manchester.ac.uk.
14. Web site: Web exclusive: Lemur leaf frog conservation, Attenborough's Fabulous Frogs, 2014-2015, Natural World - BBC Two. BBC. 18 August 2014 .
15. Web site: Euxton Hall. www.parksandgardens.org. 2018-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180918230756/http://www.parksandgardens.org/places-and-people/site/5431/history. 2018-09-18. dead.