Jean Marius René Guibé

Jean Marius René Guibé was a French naturalist especially herpetologist. He was born on 18 February 1910 in Paris and died on 4 May 1999 in Caen. He was professor in Paris National Museum of Natural History.

Frogs Boophis guibei, Mantidactylus guibei and Ptychadena guibei, chameleon Calumma guibei, gecko Lygodactylus guibei, and snake Oxyrhopus guibei were named in his honor.^[1]

The genus Guibemantis, which includes several species of amphibians that are endemic to Madagascar, was also named in reference to Jean Guibé.

Biographical reference

• Bour, 2006 : Professeur Jean Guibe (1910-1999) : biographie et bibliographie Alytes 24 pp. 133–146.

Some taxa he described first

Anodonthyla rouxae Boophis erythrodactylus Boophis laurenti Boophis pauliani Boophis williamsi Madecassophryne truebae Mantella nigricans Mantidactylus bertini Mantidactylus blanci Mantidactylus blommersae

Mantidactylus domerguei Mantidactylus eiselti Mantidactylus elegans Mantidactylus grandisonae Mantidactylus klemmeri Mantidactylus leucomaculatus Mantidactylus madecassus Mantidactylus microtis Mantidactylus pauliani Mantidactylus pseudoasper

Mantidactylus tricinctus Mantidactylus wittei Paradoxophyla palmata Phrynobatrachus alticola Phrynobatrachus guineensis Phrynobatrachus villiersi Platypelis alticola Platypelis milloti Platypelis tsaratananaensis Plethodontohyla bipunctata

Plethodontohyla guentherpetersi Plethodontohyla minuta Plethodontohyla serratopalpebrosa Rhinoleptus Stumpffia grandis Stumpffia roseifemoralis Stumpffia tridactyla

Bibliography

In French :

• Les poissons, 1958, 111 pages, Fernand Nathan, co-authored with Hans Hvass
• Les plus beaux reptiles, 1959, 96 pages, Larousse
• Les reptiles, 1962, 124 pages, Presses Universitaires de France
• Les batraciens, 1965, 125 pages, Presses Universitaires de France
• Les batraciens de Madagascar, 1978, 222 pages

References

1. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Guibé", pg. 111).