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Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral (1 December 1894 in Belém – 29 November 1982 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian herpetologist.

As a youngster, he collected snakes for Augusto Emilio Goeldi (1859-1917). He studied medicine in Salvador, Bahia, later finding employment at the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo. Here, his work involved research and production of anti-venom serum. In 1921 he succeeded Vital Brazil (1865-1950) as director of the Instituto Butantan. During his career, he was the author of over 450 published works. ^[1]

Taxa

Amaral was the taxonomic authority of several herpetological genera (e.g., Mastigodryas, Anotosaura, Colobodactylus) and of around 40 new species ( Listing of species described by Amaral at French Wikipedia).

The following species are named in his honor:

• Gymnodactylus amarali Barbour, 1925
• Caaeteboia amarali ( Wettstein, 1930)
• Mastigodryas amarali ( Stuart, 1938) ^[1]

Also, the following subspecies is named in his honor:

• Boa constrictor amarali ( Stull, 1932) ^[2]

Selected works

• "A general consideration of snake poisoning and observations on neotropical pit-vipers", 1925.
• "South American snakes in the collection of the United States National Museum", 1925.
• "Animaes venenosos do Brasil", 1930.
• "Animais veneniferos, venenos e antivenenos", 1945.
• "Linguagem científica", 1976.
• "Serpentes do Brasil: iconografia colorida" [Brazilian snakes: a color iconography], 1977. ^[3]

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