Yehudah L. Werner


Yehudah Leopold Werner is an Israeli herpetologist and Professor Emeritus at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He and his parents were forced to flee from Nazi Germany in 1933, and reached Palestine via France and England in 1935. Georg Haas, an emigrant from Austria who was Professor in Jerusalem, guided his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his long scientific career, Werner published more than 400 titles. Among other things, the biology of the geckos, including
their vocal communication, as well as the zoogeography and conservation of the reptiles and amphibians in the Middle East are his main themes. Werner was a co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and served as chairperson of the Zoological Society of Israel.

Taxa described by Yehudah Werner

Yehudah Werner described or redescribed a number of amphibian and reptile taxa:Hyla heinzsteinitzi Grach, Plesser & Werner, 2007 Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii Werner, 2004Acanthodactylus beershebensis Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999Acanthodactylus pardalis Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999Asaccus nasrullahi Werner, 2006Cerastes cerastes Werner, Sivan, Kushnir & Motro 1999Cerastes cerastes hoofieni Werner & Sivan, 1999Cerastes gasperettii Werner, 1987Cerastes gasperettii Werner, Le Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan, 1991Cerastes gasperettii mendelssohni Werner & Sivan, 1999Eirenis coronella ibrahimi Sivan & Werner, 2003Eirenis coronelloides Sivan & Werner, 2003Laudakia stellio salehi Werner, 2006Mesalina bahaeldini Segoli, Cohen & Werner, 2002Micrelaps tchernovi Werner, Babocsay, Carmely & Thuna, 2006Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri Werner, 1995
Note: Amphibian and reptile taxa with the author's name "Werner" described between 1893 and 1938 are by the Austrian zoologist Franz Werner.

Taxa named in honor of Yehudah Werner

Yehudah Werner is commemorated in the scientific names of two reptiles: