Fritz Nieden (1883–1942) was a German zoologist who specialized in African herpetology.
He worked as a zoologist at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. His name is associated with Nieden's dwarf skink, Panaspis megalurus. In 1911 he was the first to describe Callulina kreffti, a species of frog, which until 2004 was the only known species of the genus Callulina.Squamates Recently Discovered Diversity in Brevicipitid Frogs.
The Sagala caecilian, Boulengerula niedeni, is named after him.Lifedesks African amphibians.
Selected writings Die Amphibienfauna von Kamerun (1908), Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 3: 491–518 ("Amphibian fauna of Cameroon") Die Reptilien (außer den Schlangen) und Amphibien, 1910 - Reptiles (other than snakes) and amphibians. Gymnophoina (Amphibia apoda), 1913 - Gymnophiona (caecilians). Amphibia : Anura I subordo Aglossa und Phanerglossa, sectio 1 Arcifera, 1923 - Anura I, suborders Aglossa and Phaneroglossa. Amphibia. Anura II. Engystomatidae ... Mit 55 Abbildungen, 1926 - Anura II, Engystomatidae.WorldCat Identities (list of published works).
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