Franz Werner was an Austrian

Austrians

Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....

 zoologist

Zoology

Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...

 and explorer

Exploration

Exploration is the act of searching or traveling around a terrain for the purpose of discovery of resources or information. Exploration occurs in all non-sessile animal species, including humans...

. Specializing as a herpetologist

Herpetology

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles...

 and entomologist

Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...

, Werner described numerous species and other taxa of frogs, snakes, insects, and other organisms.

His father introduced him at age 6 to reptile

Reptile

Reptiles are members of a class of air-breathing, ectothermic vertebrates which are characterized by laying shelled eggs , and having skin covered in scales and/or scutes. They are tetrapods, either having four limbs or being descended from four-limbed ancestors...

s and amphibian

Amphibian

Amphibians , are a class of vertebrate animals including animals such as toads, frogs, caecilians, and salamanders. They are characterized as non-amniote ectothermic tetrapods...

s. A brilliant student, he corresponded often with George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...

 (1858–1937) and Oskar Boettger

Oskar Boettger

Oskar Boettger was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was an uncle of the noted malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger ....

 (1844–1910) who encouraged his studies with these animals. Werner obtained his doctorate in Vienna in 1890 and then after spending a year in Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

, began to teach at the Vienna Institute of Zoology. In 1919, he became tenured as a professor, maintaining this title until his retirement in 1933.

Although working close to the Vienna Natural History Museum

Naturhistorisches Museum

The Naturhistorisches Museum Wien or NHMW is a large museum located in Vienna, Austria.The collections displayed cover , and the museum has a website providing an overview as a video virtual tour....

, he could not use their herpetological collections, after the death of its director, Franz Steindachner

Franz Steindachner

Franz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...

 (1834–1919), who did not like Werner, and had barred him from accessing the collections.

Werner succeeded in constituting an immense personal collection, and published more than 550 publications principally on herpetology. He named many new species of reptiles, amphibians, and arthropod

Arthropod

An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton , a segmented body, and jointed appendages. Arthropods are members of the phylum Arthropoda , and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others...

s, of which he specialized in orthoptera

Orthoptera

Orthoptera is an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.Many insects in this order produce sound by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps...

ns and scorpion

Scorpion

Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping claws and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger...

s.

He published in 1931, Dritte Klasse der Craniota: dritte und zugleich letzte Klasse der Ichthyopsida: Amphibia, Lurche: allgemeine Einleitung in said Naturgeschichte der Amphibia. His book, 'Amphibian und Reptilien' (1910), contributed to the popularization of terraphilia, or raising pet reptiles and amphibians in terraria.

higher order taxa

• Family: Leptodactylidae
  Leptodactylidae
  Leptodactylidae is a diverse family of frogs that probably diverged from other hyloids during the Cenozoic era, or possibly at the end of the Mesozoic. There are roughly 50 genera, one of which is Eleutherodactylus, the largest vertebrate genus, with over 700 species...
  
   (Werner, 1896) (49 genera of Southern frogs or tropical frogs)
• Subfamily: Leptodactylinae
  Leptodactylinae
  Leptodactylinae is a subfamily of leptodactylid frogs.-Genera:* Adenomera Steindachner, 1867.* Edalorhina Jiménez de la Espada, 1871.* Hydrolaetare Gallardo, 1963.* Leptodactylus Fitzinger, 1826.* Limnomedusa Fitzinger, 1843....
  
   (Werner, 1896)
• Genus: Astylosternus
  Astylosternus
  Astylosternus also known as "Night Frogs" is a genus of frog in the Arthroleptidae family. It contains 11 species.- Species :- References :* Amphibian Species of the World 5.1, an Online Reference Accessed on 29 Mar 2008....
  
   (Werner, 1898)

Fishes

• Himantura schmardae (Werner, 1904) (Chupare Stingray)
• Neobola nilotica Werner, 1919

Frogs and Toads

• Turkish Frog, Rana holtzi (Werner, 1898)
• Rana leporipes
  Rana leporipes
  Odorrana leporipes is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to China.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. Its status is insufficiently known.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1930)
• Nikkō Frog, Rana ornativentris (Werner, 1903)
• Garman New Guinea Tree Frog, Litoria jeudii
  Litoria jeudii
  The Garman New Guinea Treefrog is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Richards, S. & Zweifel, R. 2004. . Downloaded on 21 July 2007....
  
  (Werner, 1901)
• Humming Frog
  Humming Frog
  The Humming Frog is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.It is endemic to Australia.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, intermittent freshwater marshes, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, and open...
  
  , Neobatrachus pelobatoides (Werner, 1914)
• Eleutherodactylus affinis
  Eleutherodactylus affinis
  Eleutherodactylus affinis is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland....
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Eleutherodactylus appendiculatus
  Eleutherodactylus appendiculatus
  Eleutherodactylus appendiculatus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest....
  
  (Werner, 1894)
• Eleutherodactylus bisignatus
  Eleutherodactylus bisignatus
  Eleutherodactylus bisignatus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Bolivia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Eleutherodactylus frater
  Eleutherodactylus frater
  Eleutherodactylus frater is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Eleutherodactylus laevissimus
  Eleutherodactylus laevissimus
  Craugastor laevissimus is a species of frog in the Craugastoridae family.It is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, possibly El Salvador, and possibly Guatemala....
  
  (Werner, 1896)
• Eleutherodactylus rostralis (Werner, 1896)
• Rheobates palmatus (Werner, 1899)
• Astylosternus diadematus
  Astylosternus diadematus
  Astylosternus diadematus is a species of frog in the Astylosternidae family.It is found in Cameroon and possibly Nigeria.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest.It is threatened by...
  
  (Werner, 1898)
• Leptopelis boulengeri
  Leptopelis boulengeri
  Leptopelis boulengeri is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, possibly Angola, and possibly Central African Republic....
  
  (Werner, 1898)
• Leptopelis brevirostris
  Leptopelis brevirostris
  Leptopelis brevirostris is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.It is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, possibly the Central African Republic, and possibly the Republic of the Congo....
  
  (Werner, 1898)
• Leptopelis modestus
  Leptopelis modestus
  Leptopelis modestus is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, and possibly Uganda....
  
  (Werner, 1898)
• Craugastor laevissimus (Werner, 1896)
• Craugastor rostralis
  Craugastor rostralis
  Craugastor rostralis is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is found in Guatemala and Honduras.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, plantations , and heavily degraded former forest....
  
  (Werner, 1896)
• Eleutherodactylus affinis
  Eleutherodactylus affinis
  Eleutherodactylus affinis is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland....
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Eleutherodactylus appendiculatus
  Eleutherodactylus appendiculatus
  Eleutherodactylus appendiculatus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, and heavily degraded former forest....
  
  (Werner, 1894)
• Eleutherodactylus bisignatus
  Eleutherodactylus bisignatus
  Eleutherodactylus bisignatus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Bolivia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Eleutherodactylus frater
  Eleutherodactylus frater
  Eleutherodactylus frater is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Phrynopus columbianus
  Phrynopus columbianus
  Phrynopus columbianus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Atelopus subornatus
  Atelopus subornatus
  Atelopus subornatus is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Chaunus limensis
  Chaunus limensis
  Chaunus limensis is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is endemic to Peru.Its natural habitats are rivers, hot deserts, sandy shores, arable land, and rural gardens.-References:...
  
  (Werner, 1901)
• Chaunus schneideri (Werner, 1894)
• Rhaebo nasicus (Werner, 1903)
• Wolterstorffina parvipalmata
  Wolterstorffina parvipalmata
  Wolterstorffina parvipalmata is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria.Its natural habitat is rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1898)
• Telmatobius verrucosus
  Telmatobius verrucosus
  Telmatobius verrucosus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Bolivia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Cycloramphus asper
  Cycloramphus asper
  Cycloramphus asper is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1899)
• Cycloramphus bolitoglossus
  Cycloramphus bolitoglossus
  Cycloramphus bolitoglossus is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1897)
• Fejervarya schlueteri
  Fejervarya schlueteri
  Fejervarya schlueteri is a species of frog in the Ranidae family.Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches.-Source:* Inger, R. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 July 2007....
  
  (Werner, 1893)
• Hypsiboas pellucens (Werner, 1901)
• Osteocephalus verruciger (Werner, 1901)
• Scinax dolloi (Werner, 1903)
• Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus
  Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus
  Sphaenorhynchus platycephalus is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches.-References:* Cox, N. & Stuart, S.N. 2004. . Downloaded on 22 July 2007....
  
  (Werner, 1894)
• Litoria jeudii
  Litoria jeudii
  The Garman New Guinea Treefrog is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Richards, S. & Zweifel, R. 2004. . Downloaded on 21 July 2007....
  
  (Werner, 1901)
• Afrixalus quadrivittatus
  Afrixalus quadrivittatus
  Afrixalus quadrivittatus is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, possibly Angola,...
  
  (Werner, 1908)
• Incertae sedis: Hyperolius papyri (Werner, 1908)
• Hyperolius balfouri
  Hyperolius balfouri
  Hyperolius balfouri is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family.It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, possibly Chad, and possibly Nigeria....
  
  (Werner, 1908)
• Neobatrachus pelobatoides (Werner, 1914)
• Oreophryne brachypus
  Oreophryne brachypus
  Oreophryne brachypus is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
  
  (Werner, 1898)
• Oreophryne wolterstorffi
  Oreophryne wolterstorffi
  Oreophryne wolterstorffi is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-Source:...
  
  (Werner, 1901)
• Plethodontohyla angulifera
  Plethodontohyla angulifera
  Plethodontohyla angulifera is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar.-Source:* Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 July 2007....
  
  (Werner, 1903)
• Phrynomantis annectens (Werner, 1910)
• Ptychadena aequiplicata (Werner, 1898)
• Ptychadena schillukorum (Werner, 1908)
• Incertae Sedis: Rana temporaria var. nigromaculata (Werner, 1897)
• Huia leporipes (Werner, 1930)
• Rana holtzi (Werner, 1898)
• Rana ornativentris (Werner, 1903)
• Buergeria pollicaris (Werner, 1914)

Salamanders

• Bolitoglossa dofleini
  Bolitoglossa dofleini
  Bolitoglossa dofleini is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, plantations , and heavily degraded former forest.It is...
  
  (Werner, 1903)
• Bolitoglossa palmata
  Bolitoglossa palmata
  Bolitoglossa palmata is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  (Werner, 1897)

Snakes

• Vipera bornmuelleri
  Vipera bornmuelleri
  Vipera bornmuelleri is a venomous viper species found in Lebanon and Syria. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:Grows to a maximum length of about 75 cm, but usually much less. Males tend to be larger than females in some populations. In specimens from Mt. Lebanon, the maximum...
  
  (Werner, 1898)
• Vipera palaestinae
  Vipera palaestinae
  Vipera palaestinae is a venomous viper species found in the geographical region of Palestine, more specifically, an area spanning western Syria, northwestern Jordan, northern and central Israel, the West Bank and Lebanon. It is considered a leading cause of snakebite within its range...
  
  (Werner, 1938)
• Bothriopsis oligolepis
  Bothriopsis oligolepis
  Bothriopsis oligolepis is a venomous pitviper species found in Peru and Bolivia. The specific name is derived from the Greek words oligo and lepis, meaning "few scales"; probably an allusion to the lower numbers of dorsal and ventral scales that it has compared to B. bilineata...
  
  (Werner, 1901)
• Atheris ceratophora
  Atheris ceratophora
  Atheris ceratophora is a venomous viper species found only in a few mountain ranges in Tanzania. This is the only horned, arboreal viper in Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:...
  
  (Werner, 1895)
• Macrovipera schweizeri
  Macrovipera schweizeri
  Macrovipera schweizeri is a venomous viper species found in Greece on the islands of the Cyclades Archipelago in the Aegean sea. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Geographic range:...
  
  (Werner, 1935)
• Paranaja multifasciata
  Paranaja multifasciata
  Paranaja multifasciata is a species of venomous elapid snake commonly known as the Many-banded Snake or Burrowing Cobra, the only species within the genus Paranaja. The species is found in the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon in Africa...
  
  (Werner, 1902)
• Elaphe persica (Werner, 1913)
• Elapsoidea laticincta (Werner, 1919)
• Coluber andreanus (Werner, 1917)
• Lampropeltis triangulum arcifera (Werner, 1903)
• Leptotyphlops rubrolineatus
  Leptotyphlops rubrolineatus
  Leptotyphlops rubrolineatus, or the Red-lined blind snake, is a species of snake in the Leptotyphlopidae family....
  
  (Werner, 1901)
• Micrurus diastema alienus (Werner, 1903)
• Micrurus diastema sapperi (Werner, 1903)
• Micrurus frontifasciatus (Werner, 1927)
• Micrurus lemniscatus frontifasciatus (Werner, 1927)
• Micrurus multifasciatus hertwigi (Werner, 1897)
• Micrurus steindachneri steindachneri (Werner, 1901)
• Morelia spilota macrospila (Werner, 1910)
• Chrysopelea ornata ornatissima (Werner, 1925)

Lizards

• Werner's Leaf-toed Gecko, Asaccus elisae
• Ebner's Skink, Chalcides ebneri
  Chalcides ebneri
  Chalcides ebneri, or Ebner's Skink, is a species of skink that lives in Morocco. It is only found in two small locations and has not been sighted since 1970. It is threatened by some agricultural practices and habitat loss, and populations presumably continue to decline. It is found in rocky areas...
  
  ( Werner, 1931)

Insects

• Creobroter fasciatus
  Creobroter fasciatus
  Creobroter fasciatus is a species of praying mantis in the genus Creobroter in the order Mantodea....
  
  (Werner, 1927) (a west Asian mantid)

Taxa named in honor of Franz Werner

• Werneria
  Werneria
  Werneria is a genus of true toads endemic to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.-Species:-References:, 2004 Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon Zootaxa 720: 1–28 -External links:. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an...
  
  (genus of toads)
• Dendropsophus werneri
  Dendropsophus werneri
  Dendropsophus werneri is a species of frog in the Hylidae family.It is endemic to Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, pastureland, and seasonally flooded agricultural...
  
  (frog species)
• Arthroseps werneri (lizard species)
• Chamaelycus werneri (snake species)
• Achalinus werneri
  Achalinus werneri
  Achalinus werneri is a colubrid snake species endemic to Japan. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Conservation status:This species is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List for the following criteria: B1+2c...
  
  (snake species)
• Testudo werneri (tortoise species)
• Stenaelurillus werneri (spider species)
• Olios werneri (spider species)
• Firmicus werneri (spider species)
• Chamaeleo werneri (chamaeleon species)