Olive Griffith Stull
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Olive Griffith Stull was an American herpetologist.
Stull was born February 10, 1905, in Rochester, New York
. She married Loy Davis in 1930, one year after completing her degree at the University of Michigan
. She worked in the field of veterinary medicine and contributed to research in a variety of fields. Her appointments included fellowships at Harvard's Museum of comparative zoology and at her alma mater, where she was a student of Alexander Grant Ruthven
. She published an important revision of the colubrid snake genus Pituophis
, and is the author of the species Pituophis ruthveni whose name honours her professor at Michigan. In a review of her revision in Copeia
, Klauber
was critical of her indiscriminate acceptance of reported localities of specimens in the genus.
Stull also described a subspecies, Python curtus brongersmai
, a commercially harvested snake of the Malay peninsula
. She conducted research in a variety of other areas, most notably into the physiology and distribution of snakes. Her works include papers on the taxonomy of Serpentes and she is the author of descriptions of many species. She was later employed as an agent of the USDA to investigate the diseases of poultry and avian leukosis.
The abbreviation Stull is used in zoological nomenclature for citations of this author.
Stull was born February 10, 1905, in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
. She married Loy Davis in 1930, one year after completing her degree at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. She worked in the field of veterinary medicine and contributed to research in a variety of fields. Her appointments included fellowships at Harvard's Museum of comparative zoology and at her alma mater, where she was a student of Alexander Grant Ruthven
Alexander Grant Ruthven
Alexander Grant Ruthven was the President of the University of Michigan from 1929 to 1951.-Biography:Alexander Grant Ruthven was born in 1882. In 1906, he received a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Michigan. He worked as a professor, director of the University Museum, and Dean. He became...
. She published an important revision of the colubrid snake genus Pituophis
Pituophis
Pituophis is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes commonly referred to as gopher snakes, pine snakes, and bull snakes. Species within the genus are found throughout the United States and Mexico.- Species :...
, and is the author of the species Pituophis ruthveni whose name honours her professor at Michigan. In a review of her revision in Copeia
Copeia
Copeia is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in ichthyology and herpetology that was named after Edward Drinker Cope, a prominent American researcher in these fields. It is the official journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists...
, Klauber
Klauber
Klauber:* Abraham Klauber * Marcy Klauber * Laurence M. Klauber , an American herpetologist...
was critical of her indiscriminate acceptance of reported localities of specimens in the genus.
Stull also described a subspecies, Python curtus brongersmai
Python curtus brongersmai
Python curtus brongersmai, a subspecies python, is a non-venomous snake found on the Malay Peninsula.-Description:Adults generally grow to 137-182 cm in length, with females usually a little longer than males, and usually weigh 5.4–9 kg ; much more than other snakes of similar length.The...
, a commercially harvested snake of the Malay peninsula
Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula or Thai-Malay Peninsula is a peninsula in Southeast Asia. The land mass runs approximately north-south and, at its terminus, is the southern-most point of the Asian mainland...
. She conducted research in a variety of other areas, most notably into the physiology and distribution of snakes. Her works include papers on the taxonomy of Serpentes and she is the author of descriptions of many species. She was later employed as an agent of the USDA to investigate the diseases of poultry and avian leukosis.
The abbreviation Stull is used in zoological nomenclature for citations of this author.