Helen Thompson Gaige

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Masters Zoology University of Kansas

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According to Wikipedia, Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige was an American herpetologist, curator of Reptiles and Amphibians for the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan, and a specialist in neotropical frogs. Gaige was born in Bad Axe, Michigan, and studied at the University of Michigan with Frank Nelson Blanchard, under professor Alexander Grant Ruthven. From 1910 until 1923 she was an assistant curator of reptiles and amphibians for the Museum of Zoology at the University of Michigan. In 1923 she became curator of amphibians. In 1928, she co-authored The Herpetology of Michigan with Ruthven. In 1937 she became editor in chief of the ichthyological and herpetological periodical Copeia, and wrote extensively on Central American amphibians and reptiles. Her research chiefly concerned the geographical distribution, habitats, and life histories of amphibians. In 1917 she discovered the salamander genus Rhyacotriton, which would later be divided into four distinct species. She also assisted in organizing the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, of which she was named honorary president in 1946. She is further honored by having several species and subspecies of reptiles named after her, including Atractus gaigeae, Dipsas gaigeae, Epicrates cenchria gaigeae, Lepidophyma gaigeae, Plestiodon multivirgatus gaigeae, Podarcis gaigeae, Pristimantis gaigei, Rhadinaea gaigeae, Sceloporus lundelli gaigeae, Sphaerodactylus gaigeae, Sphenomorphus helenae, and Trachemys gaigeae. The latter she collected the first specimen of on a trip to the Big Bend region of Texas in 1928.

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Observations upon the habits of Ascaphus truei Stejneger (24)
Three new tree-frogs from Panama and Bolivia (15)
A new frog from British Guiana (12)
Notes on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from eastern Nicaragua (1937) (9)
A new Leposoma from Panama (7)
Observations on Typhlops from Puerto Rico and some of the adjacent islands (1935) (6)
The reptiles and amphibians collected in northeastern Nevada by the Walker-Newcomb Expedition of the University of Michigan (6)
Description of a new salamander from Washington (5)
Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes (1930) (5)
The Status of Bufo copei (1932) (3)
Description of a new species of Pipa from Venezuela (3)
The breeding habits of Prostherapis subpunctatus Cope (2)
A new Gastrotheca from Venezuela (2)
A new Hyla from Guatemala (1934) (2)
Notes on Syrrhophus marnockii Cope (1931) (1)
A new skink from Mexico (1933) (1)
The amphibians and reptiles collected by the Bryant Walker Expedition to Schoolcraft County, Michigan (0)
The herpetology of Michigan, by Alexander B. Ruthven. Crystal Thompson and Helen Thompson; Memoranda towards a bibliography of the archaeology of Michigan, by Harlan I. Smith; prepared under the direction of Alexander G. Ruthven. (0)
A new Gastrotheca from Columbia (1933) (0)

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