Herndon Dowling

Herndon Glenn Dowling Jr.
Dowling at NYU
Born(1921-04-02)April 2, 1921
Cullman, Alabama, USA
DiedJune 24, 2015(2015-06-24) (aged 94)
OccupationHerpetologist

Herndon Glenn Dowling Jr. (1921–2015) was an American herpetologist whose work focused on identifying, reclassifying, and describing new species and genera through a refined system of classification based on anatomical features. By focusing on hemipenes and other key anatomical structures, he was responsible for reclassification of various snake species and identified their evolutionary relationships.

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