# Benjamin Shreve

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American herpetologist

Benjamin Shreve Born 1908 Died 1985 (aged 76–77) Known for Herpetology Scientific career Author abbrev. (zoology) Shreve

**Benjamin Shreve** (1908–1985) was an [American](/source/American_people) amateur [herpetologist](/source/Herpetologist). He was from a wealthy Boston family of jewellers (partners and managers of [Shreve, Crump & Low](/source/Shreve%2C_Crump_%26_Low)) and worked at the [Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology](/source/Museum_of_Comparative_Zoology) as a volunteer.[1][2] He was trained by [Arthur Loveridge](/source/Arthur_Loveridge) to deal with materials from elsewhere than [Africa](/source/Africa). Shreve described many species from the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies) together with [Thomas Barbour](/source/Thomas_Barbour). In these papers, Shreve is said to have done the "spadework" while Barbour wrote "florid" introductions.[3]

## Species named in honor of Benjamin Shreve

[Reptiles](/source/Reptile) [named](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) in honor of Shreve include:[1]

- *[Dipsadoboa shrevei](/source/Dipsadoboa_shrevei)* – Shreve's (nocturnal) tree snake

- *[Oreosaurus shrevei](/source/Oreosaurus_shrevei)* – Shreve's lightbulb lizard (*Riama shrevei* is a synonym)

- *[Anolis shrevei](/source/Anolis_shrevei)* – Shreve's anole

- *[Sphaerodactylus shrevei](/source/Sphaerodactylus_shrevei)* – Shreve's least gecko

[Amphibians](/source/Amphibian) named in honor of Shreve are:[2][4][5]

- *Dendrobates shrevei* (now a synonym of *[Andinobates minutus](/source/Andinobates_minutus)*) – bluebelly poison frog

- *Hyla shrevei* (now a synonym of *[Osteopilus wilderi](/source/Osteopilus_wilderi)*) – green bromeliad frog or Wilder's treefrog

- *[Anomaloglossus shrevei](/source/Anomaloglossus_shrevei)* – Shreve's rocket frog

- *[Pristimantis shrevei](/source/Pristimantis_shrevei)*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-JHUP_-_2011_-_The_Eponym_Dictionary_of_Reptiles_-_Shreve_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-JHUP_-_2011_-_The_Eponym_Dictionary_of_Reptiles_-_Shreve_1-1) Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2011). [*The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0F758vNQ0UUC&q=%22Benjamin+Shreve%22+Harvard+herpetologist&pg=PT765). Baltimore: [Johns Hopkins University Press](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University_Press). p. 243. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: publisher location ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_publisher_location))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-The_Eponym_Dictionary_of_Amphibians_-_page_197_-_Benjamin_Shreve_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-The_Eponym_Dictionary_of_Amphibians_-_page_197_-_Benjamin_Shreve_2-1) Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2013). [*The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&q=%22Benjamin+Shreve%22+Harvard+herpetologist&pg=PA197). Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. p. 197. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-907807-44-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-907807-44-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Crother, Brian I. (1999). *Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles*. Waltham, Massachusetts: Academic Press. 493 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0121979553](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0121979553).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Frost, Darrel R.](/source/Darrel_Frost) (2014). ["*Osteopilus wilderi* (Dunn, 1925)"](http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Osteopilus/Osteopilus-wilderi). *Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0*. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Frost, Darrel R. (2014). ["*Andinobates minutus* (Shreve, 1935)"](http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Dendrobatidae/Dendrobatinae/Andinobates/Andinobates-minutus). *Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0*. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

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