Theodore Cantor
Danish zoologist (1809–1860) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Theodore Edward (Theodor Edvard)[clarification needed] Cantor (1809–1860) was a Danish physician, zoologist and botanist.[1] He described several new species of reptiles and amphibians, and six species have been named in his honor.
Theodore Edward Cantor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1809 |
| Died | 1860 (age 58/59) |
| Occupation(s) | physician zoologist botanist |
| Employer | British East India Company |
Born to a Danish Jewish family,[2] his mother was a sister of Nathaniel Wallich. Cantor worked for the British East India Company, and made natural history collections in Penang and Malacca.[3]
Career
Cantor was the first Western scientist to describe the Siamese fighting fish.[4][5][6][7] In the scientific field of herpetology he described many new species of reptiles and amphibians.[8] Species first described by Cantor include Bungarus bungaroides (1839),[9] Bungarus lividus (1839),[10] Channa argus (1842),[11] Elaphe rufodorsata (1842),[12] Euprepiophis mandarinus (1842),[13] Hippocampus comes (1850),[14] Lycodon effraenis (1847),[15] Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (1842),[16] Naja atra (1842),[17] Oligodon albocinctus (1839),[18] Oligodon cyclurus (1839),[19] Ophiophagus hannah (1836),[20] Oreocryptophis porphyracea (1839),[21] Pareas monticola (1839),[22] Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (1839),[23] Ptyas dhumnades (1842),[24] and Trimeresurus erythrurus (1839).[25]
The snake genus Cantoria with the type species Cantoria violacea (Cantor's water snake) is named in Cantor's honour,[26] as are Acanthodactylus cantoris (Indian fringe-fingered lizard), Elaphe cantoris (eastern trinket snake), Hydrophis cantoris (Cantor's small-headed sea snake), Pelochelys cantorii (Cantor's giant softshell turtle), and Trimeresurus cantori (Cantor's pit viper).[27]
Publications
- Notes respecting some Indian fishes (1839)
- — (1841). Conspectus of Collections Made by Dr. Cantor, Assistant Surgeon, During His Employment with H.M. 26th Regt. on Expedition to China, 1840.
- — (1842). "General Features of Chusan, with Remarks on the Fauna and Flora of That Island". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9: 481. doi:10.1080/03745484209445368.
- — (1846). On a Species of Semnopithecus from the Peninsula of Malacca. R. and J.E. Taylor.
- — (1842). Zoology of Chusan.
- — (1846). Catalogue of Mammalia inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula and Islands, etc. (Extracted from the Journal of the Asiatic Society.). Bishop's College Press.
- — (1981). Catalogue of Reptiles: Inhabiting the Asian Continent. Cosmo Publications. ISBN 978-81-7020-107-6.
- — (1849). Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Baptist Mission Press.
Taxon described by him
References
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