Benedetto Lanza

Benedetto Lanza (May 24, 1924, Florence – March 10, 2016, Florence) was an Italian herpetologist and chiropterologist. He published over 500 works, with the first one being published in 1946. He described 68 new taxa.^[1] He was Professor of Biology and Director of the Natural History Museum at the Università degli Studi di Firenze.^[2]

Taxon described by him

• See Category:Taxa named by Benedetto Lanza

Taxon named in his honor

• The lizard Agama lanzai Wagner, Leaché, Mazuch & Böhme, 2013
• Lanza's alpine salamander or the large alpine salamander Salamandra lanzai Nascetti, Andreone, Capula & Bullini, 1988
• Lanza's skink Chalcides lanzai G. Pasteur, 1967
• The lizard Latastia longicaudata lanzai Arillo, Balletto & Spanó, 1967^[2]
• The bat species Socotran or Lanza's pipistrelle Hypsugo lanzai Benda, Al-Jumaily, Reiter & Nasher, 2011^[3]