Carlos de la Torre y Huerta explained

Carlos de la Torre y Huerta (May 15, 1858 in Matanzas, Cuba – February 19, 1950 in Havana)^[1] was a Cuban naturalist.^[2]

He was the president of House of Representatives from November 1903 to April 1904.^[3]

He is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Cuban gecko, Sphaerodactylus torrei.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cuba Arqueologica - Personalidades de la arqueologia en Cuba y el Caribe . www.cubaarqueologica.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033635/http://www.cubaarqueologica.org/html/person/torres.htm . 2016-03-04.
2. Web site: Carlos de la Torre y la Huerta . 2010-12-16 . Carlos de la Torre y la Huerta was the foremost Cuban naturalist of his era, following in the footsteps of Felipe Poey. De la Torre was a naturalist of the old school, with broad interests in natural history. He focused his research on mollusks, both living and paleontological specimens. ... . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717001731/http://anthropology.si.edu/laexped/torresns.htm . 2011-07-17 .
3. Web site: Compendio legislativo, 1902 a 1950. Cuba Congreso Cámara de. Representantes. 5 May 2019. Google Books.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Torre", pp. 266-267).