Eugênio Izecksohn

Eugênio Izecksohn (1932 – June 2013) was a Brazilian herpetologist.^[1] Izecksohn graduated from Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro in 1953.^[1] Among others, he discovered and scientifically described the flea frog Brachycephalus didactylus,^[2] one of the smallest frogs in the world.^[1][3] Several taxa have been named in honour of him, mostly frogs like the tiny B. izecksohni,^[4] and the extremely rare—if not already extinct—Bokermannohyla izecksohni, but also a few from other groups like the fish Xenurolebias izecksohni and the bat Myotis izecksohni.^[5]