Lorenz Müller

German herpetologist

Lorenz Müller
Born	18 February 1868 Mainz
Died	February 1, 1953(1953-02-01) (aged 84) Munich
Occupation	herpetologist

Lorenz Müller (18 February 1868 in Mainz – 1 February 1953 in Munich) was a German herpetologist.

Professor Lorenz Müller was known for his studies on the Balearic Islands species of the genus Podarcis (wall lizards) during the 1920s, in which he described several new subspecies, including the now extinct Ratas Island lizard, Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi.

Together with his colleague Professor Robert Mertens he made several studies about European amphibians and reptiles.

Lorenz Müller died at 85 from a bronchitis.

A species of South American lizard, Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri, is named in his honor.^[1]

Works

Mertens R, Müller L (1928). "Liste der Amphibien und Reptilien Europas ". Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. 41 (1): 1-62. (in German).
Müller L (1923). "Über neue und seltene Mittel- und Südamerikanische Amphibien und Reptilien ". (in German).

References

^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Lorenz", p. 160; "Mueller, L.", p. 184).