Hampton Wildman Parker
Encyclopedia
Hampton Wildman Parker was an English
zoologist.
Parker was Keeper of Zoology at the Natural History Museum
from 1947 to 1957. He is the author of a works on snakes and frogs: Parker discovered the Vesey-Fitzgerald's Burrowing Skink
on the Seychelles which he named after entomologist Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald.
Books
England
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zoologist.
Parker was Keeper of Zoology at the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
from 1947 to 1957. He is the author of a works on snakes and frogs: Parker discovered the Vesey-Fitzgerald's Burrowing Skink
Vesey-Fitzgerald's Burrowing Skink
Vesey-Fitzgerald's Burrowing Skink is a species of lizard in the skink family, Scincidae. It is found only in the Seychelles. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
on the Seychelles which he named after entomologist Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald.
Books
- Snakes London : Hale, 1963
- Natural history of snakes London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1965
- A monograph of the frogs of the family Microhylidae London, Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1934
- Snakes, a natural history University of Queensland Press, 1977