Johannes Theodor Reinhardt
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zoologist and herpetologist. He was the son of Johannes Christopher Hagemann Reinhardt
Johan Reinhardt
Johannes Christopher Hagemann Reinhardt was a professor in zoology at the University of Copenhagen.Born in Rendalen parish in Norway, his father, Johannes Henrik Reinhardt, was a priest, and his mother, Johanne Elisabeth Mommesen, was from Holmestrand . He was not baptized Johannes, but adopted...
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In 1847 he became the Curator of Land Vertebrates at the Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museum in Kopenhagen (now University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum
University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum
The Copenhagen Zoological Museum is a part of the Natural History Museum of Denmark which consist of four natural science museums.The permanent exhibition 'From pole to pole' show animals from around the world in big displays...
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In 1848 Hermann Schlegel
Hermann Schlegel
Hermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.-Early life and education:Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated Schlegel's interest in natural history...
named the Calabar "python"
Calabar Python
Charina reinhardtii is a nonvenomous erycine boa species endemic to west and central Africa. The specific name or epithet, reinhardtii, is dedicated to Danish herpetologist Johannes Theodor Reinhardt .-Taxonomy:...
, Charina reinhardtii, in his honor.