Taxacom: Barnes - collector of zoological & natural history specimens in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

[Dilrukshan Wijesinghe]

Wow, that is so interesting! Thanks very much, Peter. And what a fascinating book that sounds, thanks very much for this information!

Priyantha 


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> On Jan 15, 2024, at 5:39 AM, Peter Uetz <uetz at vcu.edu> wrote:
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> Interestingly, there is another Barnes, Richard Hawksworth Barnes, who was born in Colombo in 1831.
> He made a collection of reptiles in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and sent it to the British Museum.
> He lived in Kensington, London (1871), and Dorset (1901), according to
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> Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011
> The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles.
> Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA
> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjhupbooks.press.jhu.edu%2Fcontent%2Feponym-dictionary-reptiles&data=05%7C02%7Ctaxacom%40lists.ku.edu%7C36ba3ad4d9704b6f3d9b08dc15b789e8%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C638409125246812134%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZXr9UKIi18OE7WYOamhp2SCi0PmOUZYXPUm61VhaJaw%3D&reserved=0
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> Barnes' Cat Snake, Boiga barnesi Günther, 1869, was named after him.
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> Peter
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