William Edward Duellman
William Edward Duellman was an American zoologist and herpetologist who specialized in the study of amphibians. He was one of the most influential figures in Neotropical amphibian systematics during the second half of the 20th century.
Life and career
Duellman graduated from the University of Michigan in 1956. He spent the majority of his academic career at the University of Kansas, where he served as Curator Emeritus of the Division of Herpetology. His research focused primarily on the diversity, systematics, and biogeography of Neotropical amphibians, particularly frogs of Central and South America.
From the 1960s through the 1980s, Duellman collaborated extensively with John Douglas Lynch in the description of numerous species originally placed in the genus Eleutherodactylus, many of which were later transferred to the genus Pristimantis. He was married to the zoologist Linda Trueb.
Taxa named in his honor
Phyllodactylus duellmani Dixon, 1960Anolis duellmani Fitch & Henderson, 1973 Pristimantis duellmani Phyllomedusa duellmani Cannatella, 1982Duellmania Dubois, 1987 Duellmanohyla Campbell & Smith, 1992Ranitomeya duellmani Noblella duellmani Ceuthomantis duellmani Barrio-Amorós, 2010Cnemidophorus duellmani McCranie & Hedges, 2013
Agalychnis annae Allobates craspedoceps Atelopus onorei Coloma, Lötters, Duellman & Miranda-Leiva, 2007Bolitoglossa compacta Wake, Brame & Duellman, 1973Bryophryne Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008Centrolene heloderma Craugastoridae Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008Duellmanohyla ignicolor Gastrotheca dendronastes Duellman, 1983Hyloscirtus larinopygion Hyloxalus pulcherrimus Isthmohyla graceae Nymphargus anomalus Oreobates saxatilis Phrynopus thompsoni Duellman, 2000Pristimantis danae Psychrophrynella Hedges, Duellman & Heinicke, 2008Rulyrana flavopunctata Scarthyla Duellman & de Sá, 1988