Juraj Kolombatović Explained

Juraj Kolombatović
Birth Date:8 December 1843
Birth Place:Split, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austrian Empire
Death Place:Split, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary
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Juraj Kolombatović (8 December 1843 - 21 September 1908) was a Croatian zoologist, best known for his work in the field of ichthyology and the Marjan hill reforestation project.

A high school professor from 1864 to 1900,[1] Kolombatović is remembered for his discovery of nine new species of fish and in 1886, he described a species of lizard - Dinarolacerta mosorensis - the Mosor rock lizard, the goby Gobius kolombatovici is named in his honour.[2] In addition, in 1852 an afforestation project was launched planting Aleppo pine on Marjan, and he participated in the founding of the Marjan society in 1903.

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  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-03-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141204154527/http://81.10.184.26:9001/personen_add/Korb_Ernst_Ornithologen_Mitteleuropas.pdf . 2014-12-04 . dead .
  2. Web site: Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (d-h) . 1 September 2018 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 29 May 2018.