Achille Raffray

Achille Marie Jacques Raffray (17 October 1844 – 25 September 1923) was a French, diplomat, traveller, zoologist and entomologist.

He wrote:- Partial List

Entomology

Geography

Achille Raffray was a member of the Société entomologique de France and the Société de Géographie His massive collections of world beetles were sold and are conserved in many European museums.

Eponyms

Raffray's bandicoot, Peroryctes raffrayana, was named for him by the Parisian zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards.

A species of African snake, Scaphiophis raffreyi, was named in his honor by French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[1]

References

  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Raffrey", pp. 215-216).

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