George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger

Belgian-British zoologist (19.X.1858 – 23.XI.1937). Described 1,096 species of fish, 556 species of amphibians, and 872 species of reptiles.

Publications

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• Boulenger, G.A. 1881: Description of a new species of Anolis from Yucatan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881: 921-922. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01350.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1882: Description of an apparently new species of lizard of the genus Sceloporus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882: 761-762, 1 plate. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1883.tb02794.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1882: Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the Collection of the British Museum. Second Edition. London: Taylor and Francis. BHL BHL BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1883: Description of a new species of lizard of the genus Enyalius. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1883: 46, plate X. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1883.tb06642.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1883: On a collection of frogs from Yurimaguas, Huallaga River, Northern Peru. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1883: 635-638, plates LVII-LVIII. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1883.tb06669.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1883: Notes on little-known species of frogs. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 11: 16-19. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1883: Description of a new genus of Caeciliæ. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 11: 202-203. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1883: Descriptions of new species of lizards and frogs collected by Herr A. Forrer in Mexico. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 11: 342-344. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1883: Description of new species of reptiles and batrachians in the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 12: 161-167, 1 plate. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1883: Remarks on the Nyctisaura. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 12: 308. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1884: Diagnoses of new reptiles and batrachians from the Solomon Islands, collected and presented to the British Museum by H. B. Guppy Esq., M.B., H.M.S. ‘Lark.’ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1884: 210–213. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1884.tb02822.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1884: Descriptions of new species of reptiles and batrachians in the British Museum. Part II. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 13: 396-398. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1884: Synopsis of the families of existing Lacertilia. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 14: 117-122. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1884: Notes on Batrachians. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 14: 387-391. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885: Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1. Second edition. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885: Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1887: Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3. Second edition. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575pp. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1887: On the systematic position of the genus Miolania, Owen (Ceratochelys, Huxley). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1887: 554-555. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1887.tb03018.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1889: On the Species of Rhacophorus confounded under the name of R. maculatus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1889: 27–32. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1889.tb06743.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1891: On new or little-known Indian and Malayan reptiles and batrachians. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 8: 288-292. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1891: Description of a new lizard of the genus Ctenoblepharis, from Chili. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891: 3. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1891.tb06802.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1891: On some chelonian remains preserved in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891: 4-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1891.tb06803.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1891: On British remains of Homoeosaurus, with remarks on the classification of the Rhynchocephalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891: 167-172. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1891.tb06820.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1891: On reptiles, batrachians, and fishes from the Lesser West Indies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891: 351–357. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1891.tb01759.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1891: A contribution to the knowledge of the races of Rana esculenta and their geographical distribution. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891: 374–384. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1891.tb01762.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893: On remains of an extinct gigantic tortoise from Madagascar (Testudo grandidieri, Vaillant). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 13: 305–311, plates XXXIX-XLI. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1893.tb00003.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893: Concluding report on the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Burma by Signor L. Fea dealing with the collection made in Pegu and the Karin Hills in 1887-88. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (2), 13: 304-347. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1894: Third report on additions to the batrachian collection in the Natural-History Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1894: 640-646, 2 pls. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1894: Second report on additions to the lizard collection in the Natural-History Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1894: 722-736, 3 pls. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1894: List of reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. J. Bohls near Asuncíon, Paraguay. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 13: 342-348. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1894: On the genus Phryniscus of Wiegmann. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 14: 374-375. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1894: Description of a new Anolis from Antigua, West Indies. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 14: 375-376. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1895: On the nursing-habits of two South-American frogs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895: 209-210, plate X. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1895.tb00004.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1895: On the American box-tortoises. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 15: 330-331. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1895: Description of a new batrachian (Oreophryne quelchii) discovered by Messrs. J. J. Quelch and F. McConnell on the Summit of Mount Roraima. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 15: 521-522. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1895: Description of a new Anolis from Brazil. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 15: 522-523. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1895: Correction to p. 521 (Annals, June 1895). Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 16: 125. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1895: A synopsis of the genera and species of apodal batrachians, with description of a new genus and species (Bdellophis vittatus). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895: 401-414, 2 plates. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896: Remarks on the dentition of snakes and on the evolution of the poison-fangs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1896: 614-616. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1896.tb03069.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896: Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians from Colombia. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 17: 16-21. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896: Descriptions of new batrachians in the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 17: 401-406, 1 plate. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Descriptions of new batrachians collected by Mr. C. F. Underwood in Costa Rica. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 18: 340-342. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896: On a case of Simous malformation in a snake. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 18: 399. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896: Ueber einige Reptilien von der Insel Mona (Westindien). Jahrberichte und Abhandlungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Magdeburg, 1894-1896: 112-114. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1897: Description of a new fish from Lake Nyassa. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 19: 155. BHL PDF
• Boulenger, G.A. 1897: Description of a new snake from the Andes of Colombia. Annals and magazine of natural history (6), 20: 523. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1898: On a collection of fishes from the Rio Jurua, Brazil. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 14: 421–428. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb00064.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1898: A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae.--Part I. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1898 (pt 2): 132-152, Pl. 19. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1898: Report on the fishes recently obtained by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1898 (3): 494-497. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1898: Fourth report on additions to the batrachian collection in the Natural-History Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1898: 473-482, 2 plates. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1898: A list of reptiles and batrachians collected by the late Prof. L. Balzan in Bolivia. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova (2), 19: 128-133. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1898(1899): Third report on additions to the lizard collection in the Natural-History Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1898: 912-923, 3 plates. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1899: Second contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika.–On the fishes obtained by the Congo Free State Expedition under Lieut. Lemaire in 1898. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 87-96. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1899.tb00020.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1899: A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae.--Part II. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1899 (pt 1): 98-143 [1-47], Pls. 11-12. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1899: Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Troisième Partie. Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Mastacembles, Plectognathes. Annales du Musée du Congo (Série Zoologie), 1 (3): 39-58, Pls. 20-29.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1899: A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae. Part II. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1899 (pt 1): 98-143 [1-47], Pls. 11-12. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1899: Reptiles. pp. 354-356. In E. A. Fitz Gerald (eds.) The Highest Andes. Methuen & Co., London. Complete book considered
• Boulenger, G.A. 1899: Descriptions of new batrachians in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History). Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 3: 275-277, 2 plates. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1899: Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. P. O. Simons in the Andes of Ecuador. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 4: 454-457. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1900: Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Sixième Partie. Mormyres, Characins, Cyprins, Silures, Acanthoptérygiens, Dipneustes. Annales du Musée du Congo (Ser. Zoology), 1 (5): 129-164, Pls. 48-56.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1900: Descriptions of new batrachians and Reptiles collected by Mr. P. O. Simons in Peru. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 6: 181-186. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1900: Description of a new lizard from Jamaica. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 6: 193-194. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1901: Further descriptions of new reptiles collected by Mr. P. O. Simons in Peru and Bolivia. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 7: 546-549. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: On some characters distinguishing the young of various species of Polypterus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902(1): 121–125. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1902.tb08211.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: On the fishes collected by Mr. S. L. Hinde in the Kenya District, East Africa, with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902(2): 221–224. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1902.tb08233.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: On the southern snapping-turtle (Chelydra rosignonii, Bocourt). Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 9: 49-51. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: Diagnoses of new cichlid fishes discovered by Mr. J. E. S. Moore in Lake Nyassa. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 10: 69-71. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: Contributions to the ichthyology of the Congo.--I. On some new fishes from the French Congo. Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London, 1: 234-237, Pls. 22-24. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: List of the fishes, batrachians, and reptiles collected by the late Mr. P. O. Simons in the Provinces of Mendoza and Cordova, Argentina. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 9: 336-339. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: Descriptions of two new South-American apodal batrachians. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 10: 152-153. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1902: Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles from the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 10: 394-402. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1903: On the fishes collected by Mr. G. L. Bates in southern Cameroon. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1 (pt 1): 21-29, plates 1-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1903.tb08256.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1903: List of the batrachians and reptiles collected by M. A. Robert at Chapadá, Matto Grosso, and presented by Mrs. Percy Sladen to the British Museum. (Percy Sladen Expedition to Central Brazil). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1903(2): 69-70. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1903: [Remarks on a specimen of Ceratohyla bubalus Espada]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1903(2): 115-116. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1903: On some batrachians and reptiles from Venezuela. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 11: 481-484. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1903: Descriptions of new snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 12: 350-354. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1903: Descriptions of new lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 12: 429-435. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1903: Descriptions of new batrachians in the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 12: 552-557. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1904: Descriptions of new West-African freshwater fishes. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 14(79): 16-20. doi: 10.1080/03745480409442961 BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1904: Descriptions of three new snakes. Annals and magazine of natural history (7), 13: 450-452. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1904: Description of a new tree-frog of the genus Hyla, from British Guiana, carrying eggs on its back. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1904(2): 106, 1 plate. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1904: Descriptions of three new frogs from southern India and Ceylon. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 15: 430-431. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1905: Description of a new newt from Yunnan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1905(1): 277. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1906: Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika.--Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the Third Tanganyika Expedition, 1904-1905. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 17 (part 6, no. 1): 537-619, plates XXX-XLI. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1906.tb07891.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1906: Descriptions of new fishes discovered by Mr. E. Degen in Lake Victoria. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 7) 17 (101): 433-452. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1906: Description of two new Indian frogs. Journal and proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (2), 2: 385-386. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1908: Diagnoses of new fishes discovered by Capt. E. L. Rhoades in Lake Nyassa. Annals and magazine of natural history (8), 2 (9): 238-243. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1908: Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles discovered by Mr. M. G. Palmer in South-western Colombia. Annals and magazine of natural history (8), 2: 515-522. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1909: Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). London. 1: i-xii + 1-373. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1909: Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). London. 2: i-xii + 1-529. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1911: Descriptions of new reptiles from the Andes of South America, preserved in the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history (8), 7: 19-25. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1915: Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). London. 3: i-xii + 1-526. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1916: Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). London. 4: i-xxviii + 1-392. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1919: Descriptions of two new lizards and a new frog from the Andes of Colombia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1919: 79-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1919.tb02114.x BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1919: On a collection of fishes from Lake Tanganyika, with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1919(1-2): 17-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1919.tb02107.x BHL

Authored Taxa

Fishes

• Toxotes blythii 1892 (Archer Fish)

Amphibians

• Allobates femoralis, 1884
• Allobates kingsburyi, 1918 (Kingsbury's Rocket Frog)
• Allobates ranoides, 1918 (Llanos Rocket Frog)
• Allobates trilineatus, 1884 (Three-striped Rocket Frog)
• Ansonia muelleri 1887, (Muller's Toad)
• Aromobates alboguttatus, 1903 (Whitebelly Rocket Frog)
• Arthroleptis spinalis, 1919 (Tanganyika Screeching Frog)
• Arthroleptis taeniatus, 1906 (Striped Screeching Frog)
• Arthroleptis xenochirus, 1905 (Marimba Screeching Frog)
• Arthroleptis xenodactylus, 1909 (Anani Screeching Frog)
• Astylosternus batesi, 1900 (Benito River Night Frog)
• Atelopus elegans, 1882
• Atelopus erythropus, 1903
• Atelopus oxyrhynchus, 1903
• Atelopus pulcher, 1882
• Atelopus spurrelli, 1914
• Atelopus tricolor, 1902 (Three-colored Harlequin Toad)
• Bombina maxima, 1905 (Large-webbed Bell Toad)
• Bombina orientalis, 1890 (Oriental Fire-bellied Toad)
• Breviceps macrops, 1907 (Desert Rain Frog)
• Bufo blanfordii, 1882 (Blanford's Toad)
• Bufo dodsoni, 1895 (Dodson's Toad)
• Bufo gracilipes, 1899 (French Congo Toad)
• Bufo latifrons, 1900
• Bufo lemairii, 1901 (Lemaire's Toad)
• Bufo luetkenii, 1891 (Yellow Toad)
• Bufo microtympanum, 1882 (Southern Hill Toad)
• Bufo parietalis, 1882 (Indian Toad)
• Bufo superciliaris, 1888 (Cameroon Toad)
• Bufo vittatus, 1906 (Banded Toad)
• Cardioglossa elegans, 1906 (Elegant Long-fingered Frog)
• Cardioglossa escalerae, 1903 (Equatorial Guinea Long-fingered Frog)
• Cardioglossa gracilis, 1900 (Rio Benito Long-fingered Frog)
• Cardioglossa leucomystax, 1903 (Silver Long-fingered Frog)
• Hypselotriton wolterstorffi [as Molge wolterstorffi], 1905
• Ischnocnema ramagii, 1888 (Paraiba Robber Frog)
• Leptodactylodon albiventris, 1905 (Whitebelly Egg Frog)
• Leptodactylodon ventrimarmoratus, 1904 (Speckled Egg Frog)
• Leptopelis brevipes, 1906 (Musole Forest Treefrog)
• Leptopelis calcaratus, 1906 (Efulen Forest Treefrog)
• Leptopelis christyi, 1912 (Christy's Forest Treefrog)
• Leptopelis gramineus, 1898 (Badditu Forest Treefrog)
• Leptopelis millsoni, 1895 (Niger Forest Treefrog)
• Leptopelis ragazzii, 1896 (Shoa Forest Treefrog)
• Leptopelis vannutellii, 1898 (Dime Forest Treefrog)
• Leptopelis vermiculatus, 1909 (Anani Forest Treefrog)
• Mannophryne collaris, 1912 (Collared Poison Frog)
• Nyctibates corrugatus, 1904 (Southern Night Frog)
• Pseudophilautus annandalii as Ixalus annandalii Boulenger, 1906
• Pseudophilautus flaviventris as Ixalus flaviventris Boulenger, 1882
• Pseudophilautus halyi as Ixalus halyi Boulenger, 1904
• Pseudophilautus parvulus as Ixalus parvulus Boulenger, 1893
• Pseudophilautus pleurotaenia as Rhacophorus pleurotaenia Boulenger, 1904
• Pseudophilautus signatus as Ixalus signatus Boulenger, 1882
• Pseudophilautus travancoricus as Ixalus travancoricus Boulenger, 1891
• Scotobleps gabonicus, 1900 (Gaboon Forest Frog)
• Trichobatrachus robustus, 1900 (Hairy Frog)

Reptiles

• Anolis antonii Boulenger, 1908: 517
• Anolis apollinaris Boulenger, 1919: 79
• Anolis beckeri Boulenger, 1881
• Anolis boettgeri Boulenger, 1911: 19
• Cuora yunnanensis, 1906 (Yunnan Box Turtle)
• Homopus femoralis, 1888 (Karroo Tortoise)
• Indotestudo travancorica, 1907 (Travancore Tortoise)
• Lamprophis fiskii, 1887 (Fisk's House Snake)
• Lamprophis fuscus, 1893 (Yellow-Bellied House Snake)
• Psammobates tentorius trimeni, 1886
• Terrapene carolina yucatana, 1895 (Yucatan Box Turtle)

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