worked on the systematics of the sturgeons (Acipenser); 

 he also was interested in the different types of carp, and 

 described the well-known South American lungfish, 

 Lepidosiren paradoxus, which was discovered by 

 Natterer. He was also very interested in birds and mam- 

 mals and their fossil history, and published a multi-vol- 

 ume populär work in the later years of his life on the 

 natural histories of these creatures. All sorts of problems 

 with domestic animals fascinated him, as did also the 

 historical displays he set up at the museum and the zoo- 

 logical gardens. And valuable biographical studies, which 

 he dedicated to his teachers, colleagues, and friends, con- 

 stitute important components of his literary legacy. 



FiTZINGER'S HONORS AND PUBLICATIONS 



Leopold Fitzinger was awarded many distinctions by aca- 

 demic and scientific organizations as well as by investi- 

 ture of several Orders and medals. Suffice it to say that 

 he was awarded the honorary title of a doctor of medi- 

 cine by the University of Königsberg in 1833 and re- 

 ceived an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from 

 the University of Halle in 1834. One can find complete 

 listings of Fitzinger 's publications in the "Almanach der 

 Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften für das Jahr 

 1851" (Vienna), in the "Bibliographia Zoologiae et 

 Geologiae" by Louis Agassiz (London, 1850), in the 

 "Bibliotheca Historica Naturalis" by W. Engelmann 

 (Leipzig, 1846), in the "Bibliotheca Zoologica" by J. V. 

 Carus and W. Engelmann (Leipzig, 1861) and in both 

 editions of the "Catalogue of Scientific Papers" published 

 by the Royal Society of London (vol. 2, 1868; vol. 7, 

 1877). 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



For assistance with bibliographical data I am very much 

 indebted to my co-worker Erika Schimer and to my col- 

 leagues Dr. Joseph Eiselt of the Vienna Naturhistorisches 

 Museum and Dr. F. Hodes of the Senckenberg- 

 Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main. 



LiTERATURE ON FITZINGER 



Adler, K. 1989. Fitzinger, Leopold (1802-1884), p. 24-25. In 



K. Adler (editor), Contributions to the History of Herpe- 



tology. Soc. Study Amphib. Reptiles, Oxford (Ohio), Contr. 



Herpetol., vol. 5. 

 Anonymous. 1851. Fitzinger, Leopold [list of publications]. 



Almanach Akad. Wissensch. Wien, 1: 178-182. 

 Dumeril, A. M. C, and G. Bibron. 1 844. Erpetologie Generale, 



vol. 6. Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris. 

 Fitzinger, L. 1885. Autobiographische Skizze. Almanach Akad. 



Wissensch. Wien, 35: 182-190. 

 Gebhardt, L. 1964. Fitzinger, Leopold Josef, p. 95. In Die 



Omithologen Mitteleuropas. Brühlscher Verlag, Giessen. 

 Koch, A. (editor). 1886. Fitzinger, Leopold Josef. Encyclopädie 



der gesamten Thierheilkunde und Thierzucht, 6: 173-174. 

 Mertens, R. 1969. Hemprich, Friedrich Wilhelm. Neue Deutsch 



Biogr., München, 8: 514-515. 

 Mertens, R., and L. Müller. 1928. Liste der Amphibien und 



Reptilien Europas. Abhandl. Senckenb. Naturforsch. 



Gesellsch., 41: 1-62. 

 Natterer, J. 1839. Beitrag zur näheren Kenntnis der 



südamerikanischen Alligatoren. Ann. Wiener Mus. 



Naturgesch. 2(2): 311-324. 

 Obermayer-Mamach, E. 1957. Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph, p. 



326. In Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815- 



1950, Vol. I. Hermann Böhlaus, Graz-Köln. 

 Siebenrock, F. 1901. Amphibien und Reptilien. Botanik und 



Zoologie in Österreich in den Jahren 1850 bis 1909. 



Festschr. Zool.-Bot. Gesellsch. Wien, pp. 444-462. 

 Tiedemann, F., and H. Grillitsch. In Press. A history of the 



herpetological collection at the Naturhistorisches Museum 



Wien. In T. W. Pietsch and W. D. Anderson, Jr. (editors), 



Collection Building in Ichthyology and Herpetology. Amer. 



Soc. Ichthyol. Herpetol., Lawrence, Spec. Publ. 3. 

 Wagler, J. G. 1833. Descriptiones et Icones Amphibiomm., 



fasc. 3. J. G. Cotta, München, Stuttgart, Tübingen. 

 Wolff, P 1884. Heimgegangene Mitarbeiter des "Weidmarm" 



. . . Herr Leopold Josef Fitzinger. Weidmann, 15: 15. 

 Wurzbach, C. von. 1858. Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph. Biogr. 



Lexikon Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Wien, 4: 258-260. 



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