Yehudah L. Werner

Yehudah Leopold Werner (Hebrew: יהודה ורנר; born 1931 in Munich) is an Israeli herpetologist and Professor Emeritus at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology).

Yehudah L. Werner
יהודה ורנר
Born	Yehudah Leopold Werner 1931 (age 93–94) Munich, Weimar Republic
Nationality	Israeli
Scientific career
Fields	Herpetology
Institutions	Hebrew University of Jerusalem

He and his parents were forced to flee from Nazi Germany in 1933, and reached Palestine via France and England in 1935. Georg Haas (1905–1981), an emigrant from Austria who was Professor in Jerusalem,^[1] guided his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his long scientific career, Werner published more than 400 titles. Among other things, the biology of the geckos, including their vocal communication, as well as the zoogeography and conservation of the reptiles and amphibians in the Middle East are his main themes. Werner was a co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and served as chairperson of the Zoological Society of Israel.

Taxa described by Yehudah Werner

Yehudah Werner described or redescribed (alone or with co-authors) a number of amphibian and reptile taxa:

• Hyla heinzsteinitzi Grach, Plesser & Werner, 2007^[2] (this species is a synonym of H. japonica that has been apparently introduced into Israel, see Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 1019–1024.)
• Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii Werner, 2004^[3]
• Acanthodactylus beershebensis Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999^[4]
• Acanthodactylus pardalis (Lichtenstein, 1823) Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999^[4]
• Asaccus nasrullahi Werner, 2006^[5]
• Cerastes cerastes Werner, Sivan, Kushnir & Motro 1999^[6]
• Cerastes cerastes hoofieni Werner & Sivan, 1999^[6]
• Cerastes gasperettii Werner, 1987
• Cerastes gasperettii Werner, Le Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan, 1991^[7]
• Cerastes gasperettii mendelssohni Werner & Sivan, 1999^[6]
• Eirenis coronella ibrahimi Sivan & Werner, 2003^[8]
• Eirenis coronelloides Sivan & Werner, 2003^[8]
• Laudakia stellio salehi Werner, 2006^[9]
• Mesalina bahaeldini Segoli, Cohen & Werner, 2002^[10]
• Micrelaps tchernovi Werner, Babocsay, Carmely & Thuna, 2006^[11]
• Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri Werner, 1995^[12]

Note: Amphibian and reptile taxa with the author's name "Werner" described between 1893 and 1938 are by the Austrian zoologist Franz Werner.

Taxa named in honor of Yehudah Werner

Yehudah Werner is commemorated in the scientific names of two reptiles:^[13]

• Testudo werneri Perälä, 2001
• Pseudotrapelus sinaitus werneri Moravec, 2002