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Harald Meier (1922 – 2007) was a German herpetologist.

Taxa described by Meier

Meier described several new taxa of geckos, including Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni and Phelsuma borbonica mater, subspecies of geckos.

Taxa named in honor of Meier

Meier is commemorated in the scientific names of three taxa:

• Mantella haraldmeieri, a frog
• Geoscincus haraldmeieri, a lizard
• Zonosaurus haraldmeieri, a lizard

References

1. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. xiii + 262 pp. ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1. (Harald Meier, p. 89).
2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Harald Meier, p. 115; Meier, p. 175).
3. Meier, Harald (1980). "Zur Taxonomie und Ökologie der Gattung Phelsuma (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) auf den Komoren, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art )" (PDF). Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 31 (3–4): 323–332. (in German).
4. Meier, Harald (1977). "Beobachtungen an Phelsuma standingi". Salamandra. 13: 1–12. (in German).

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