André Peyriéras
Dr André Peyriéras (born 1927)[1] was a doctor at the University of Montpellier in France. He settled in Madagascar in 1954 and lived there until 2005. He became one of Madagascar's most eminent entomologist, herpetologist and plant collector.[1]
He discovered over 3000 new insects.[2] The Peyrieras' dwarf chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi), Brygoo's chameleon (Calumma peyrierasi) and Peyrieras' woolly lemur (Avahi peyrierasi) are all named after him, he discovered a new Brookesia species, Brookesia vadoni, in 1968, prospecting for insects in Iaraka, in the Masoala massif, that was described by E-R Brygoo and A. Domergue from the Institut Pasteur de Tananarive.
Peyriéras founded and ran the Mandraka Nature Farm, now known as Peyrieras Reserve Madagascar Exotic, about 75 km (47 mi) east of Antananarivo in Madagascar. Here they breed many of Madagascar's' rare and endangered reptiles, frogs and insects.The farm is now run by his daughter Sylviane Peyriéras.[3] [4]
Publications
In French:
- Contribution à l'étude des Scaritinae de Madagascar (thesis)[5]
- Faune de Madagascar: Issue 41, Insectes Coléoptères Carabidae Scaritinae, part II: Biologie[6]
- Faune de Madagascar: Issue 57, Insectes Coléoptères Cetoniidae Euchroeina, part II: Biologie et formes larvaires[7]
In English:
- A new species of Hapalemur (primates) from south east Madagascar[8]
This list is incomplete.
References
- 1 2 "Peyriéras, André (1927-)". http://plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 10 October 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2 Sep 2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 312. ISBN 9781421401355.
- ↑ "Peyrieras Madagascar Exotic Reserve". http://travel.michelin.com/. Michelin Travel. Retrieved 9 September 2014. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "Mandraka Nature Farm". CORTEZ USA Tours and Travel. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ Peyrieras, André (1974). Contribution à l'étude des Scaritinae de Madagascar. Paris: Thèse Université Montpellier.
- ↑ Peyrieras, André; Basilewsky, Pierre (1976). Faune de Madagascar; 41: Publiée sous les auspices du Gouvernement de la République Malgache. Paris: ORSTOM CNRS.
- ↑ Lumaret, Jean-Pierre; Peyrieras, André (1982). Faune de Madagascar; 57: Publiée sous les auspices du Gouvernement de la République Malgache. Paris: ORSTOM CNRS.
- ↑ Meier, Bernard; Albignac, Roland; Peyriéras, André; Rumpler, Yves; Wright, Patricia (1987). "A new species of Hapalemur (primates) from south east Madagascar". Folia Primatologica 48 (3-4): 211–5. doi:10.1159/000156299. PMID 3443422.