Roberto Donoso-Barros | |
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Born | Roberto Donoso-Barros October 5, 1921 |
Died | August 2, 1975
Concepción, Chile |
Alma mater | University of Chile |
Roberto Donoso-Barros (October 5, 1921 – August 2, 1975) was a Chilean zoologist, naturalist, and herpetologist. [1]
Donoso-Barros was born in Santiago, Chile. He attended the University of Chile in Santiago, earning his M.D. from the school in 1947. [2]
Donoso-Barros joined the faculty of the University of Chile in 1954. In 1965, he became a professor at the University of Concepción. [2] He also worked at the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, and at the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. [1]
Donoso-Barros was a prolific herpetological authority in Chile. In 1966, he published Reptiles de Chile which collected and reported on all lizard species described to date in Chile.
Species described by Donoso-Barros include:
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
Donoso-Barros was awarded the Abate Molina Prize by the Chilean Academy of Sciences in 1966. [1] He was also awarded the Atenea Award in 1966 for Reptiles de Chile. [3]
A proposed subspecies of Chelonoidis chilensis, C. chilensis donosobarrosi, is named for Donoso-Barros. A species of lizard, Liolaemus donosobarrosi, is named after him. [4]
Donoso-Barros had four daughters and one son. His children were the source of some of the specific epithets for species he described, including Gonatodes ceciliae, named for his daughter Cecilia; Liolaemus paulinae, named for his daughter Pauline; Pristidactylus valeriae, named for his daughter Valeria; Liolaemus constanzae, named for his daughter Constanza; and Pristidactylus alvaroi, named for his son Álvaro. [4]
He is the grandfather of Gaspar Domínguez Donoso, the son of his daughter Valeria. [5]
Donoso-Barros died on August 2, 1975, as a result of a traffic accident. [1]