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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Günther, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf
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Other form(s) of name
- Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf
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Description area
Dates of existence
1830-1914
History
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist. He is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. He served on the council of the Zoological Society of London for nearly 40 years (1868-1905)