About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer, Anton Ausserer, Anton Handlirsch, Baron Cajetan von Felder, Carl Eduard Hammerschmidt, Carl Ludwig Doleschall, Carl Tschek, Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid, Edmund Reitter, Eduard Becher, Eduard Knirsch, Erich Wasmann, Ferdinand Kowarz, Franz Friedrich Kohl, Franz Werner, Friedrich Georg Hendel, Friedrich Moritz Brauer, Gabriel Strobl, Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld, Gustav Mayr, Gustav Paganetti-Hummler, Hans Rebel, Heinrich Hugo Karny, Hermann August Krauss, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Ignaz Rudolph Schiner, Ignaz Schiffermuller, Johann Angelo Ferrari, Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, Johann Carl Megerle von Muhlfeld, Johann Christian Mikan, Johann Egger, Johann Nepomuk von Laicharting, Josef Emanuel Fischer von Roslerstamm, Josef Erber (naturalist), Josef Fahringer, Josef Moser, Josef Wilhelm Klimesch, Julius Lederer (entomologist), Julius von Bergenstamm, Karl Borromaeus Maria Josef Heller, Karl Holdhaus, Karl Schawerda, Karl von Moll, Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre, Leander Czerny, Leopold Anton Kirchner, Leopold Fulmek, Ludwig Ganglbauer, Ludwig Redtenbacher, Maximilian Fischer, Max Beier, Michael Denis, Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Robert Gschwandner, Rudolf Felder, Stephan von Breuning (entomologist), Vincenz Kollar, Vinzenz Maria Gredler. Excerpt: Franz Werner (August 15, 1867 in Vienna - February 28, 1939 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist and explorer. Specializing as a herpetologist and entomologist, Werner described numerous species and other taxa of frogs, snakes, insects, and other organisms. His father introduced him at age 6 to reptiles and amphibians. A brilliant student, he corresponded often with George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937) and Oskar Boettger (1844-1910) who encouraged his studies with these animals. Werner obtained his doctorate in Vienna in 1890 and then after spending a year in Leipzig, began to teach at the Vienna Institute of Zoology. In 1919, he became tenured as a professor, maintaining this title until his retirement in 1933. Although working close to the Vienna Natural History Museum, he could not use their herpetological collections, after the death of its director, Franz Steindachner (1834-1919), who did not like Werner, and had barred him from accessing the collections. Werner succeeded in constituting an immense personal collection, and published more than 550 publications principally on herpetology. He named many new species of reptiles, amphibians, and arthropods, of which he specialized in orthopterans and scorpions. He published in 1931, Dritte Klasse der Craniota: dritte und zugleich letzte Klasse der Ichthyopsida: Amphibia, Lurche: allgemeine Einleitung in said Naturgeschichte der Amphibia. His book, 'Amphibian und Reptilien' (1910), contributed to the popularization of terraphilia, or raising pet reptiles and amphibians in terraria. Ida Laura Pfeiffer (October 14, 1797 in Vienna - October 27, 1858 Vienna), was an Austrian traveler and travel book author. She was one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated into seven languages. She was a member of geographical societies of both Berlin and Paris, but not of Royal Geographical Society in London due to her sex. The daughter of a wealthy merchant named Reyer, she was born at Vienna. As a child, s
