Fritz Nieden Explained

Fritz Nieden (1883–1942) was a German zoologist who specialized in African herpetology.^[1]

He worked as a zoologist at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. His name is associated with Nieden's dwarf skink, Panaspis megalurus.^[2] In 1911 he was the first to describe Callulina kreffti, a species of frog, which until 2004 was the only known species of the genus Callulina.^{[3] [4]}

The Sagala caecilian, Boulengerula niedeni, is named after him.^{[1] [5]}

Selected writings

• Die Amphibienfauna von Kamerun (1908), Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 3: 491–518 ("Amphibian fauna of Cameroon")
• Die Reptilien (außer den Schlangen) und Amphibien, 1910 - Reptiles (other than snakes) and amphibians.
• Gymnophoina (Amphibia apoda), 1913 - Gymnophiona (caecilians).
• Amphibia : Anura I subordo Aglossa und Phanerglossa, sectio 1 Arcifera, 1923 - Anura I, suborders Aglossa and Phaneroglossa.
• Amphibia. Anura II. Engystomatidae ... Mit 55 Abbildungen, 1926 - Anura II, Engystomatidae.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Beolens, Bo. Watkins, Michael. Grayson, Michael. The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. 22 April 2013. Exeter, England. Pelagic Publishing. 978-1-907807-44-2. 155.
2. Book: Beolens, Bo. Watkins, Michael. Grayson, Michael. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. 26 July 2011. Baltimore, Maryland. Johns Hopkins University Press. 978-1-4214-0135-5. 190.
3. http://squamates.blogspot.com/2010/12/recently-discovered-diversity-in.html Squamates
4. Web site: Callulina Nieden, 1911. Frost, Darrel R.. Darrel R. Frost. 2016. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. 27 January 2016.
5. http://africanamphibians.lifedesks.org/pages/27814 Lifedesks
6. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6062443 WorldCat Identities