Christopher John Raxworthy (born 5 February 1964) is an English herpetologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Biography
Christopher John Raxworthy studied at the University of London (Royal Holloway and Bedford New College). He received his bachelor's degree in 1985 and his doctorate from The Open University in 1989. In 1996, he became an assistant professor at the University of Kansas, and from 1998 to 2000 he worked at Columbia University. In 2000, he became an associate professor and curator at the American Museum of Natural History.
He specializes in the study of the herpetofauna of Madagascar, particularly geckos and chameleons. As part of his field research, he has worked in Vietnam, Ghana, and Mali. He works on the application of geographic information systems and satellite data to species conservation and ecological questions. In 2010, he had been credited with describing 50 species of reptiles.
Described taxa
Raxworthy has particularly studied the fauna of Madagascar, especially its herpetological fauna. He has described a number of taxa in collaboration with other researchers.
With Ronald Archie Nussbaum: Amphiglossus anosyensis, Amphiglossus mandokava and Amphiglossus punctatus, 1993. Madascincus minutus, 1993. Paroedura masobe, 1994. Trachylepis vato, 1994. Paragehyra gabriellae, 1994. Brookesia ambreensis, Brookesia antakarana, Brookesia bekolosy, Brookesia brygooi, Brookesia lineata and Brookesia lolontany, 1995. Trachylepis dumasi, 1995. Ebenavia maintimainty, 1998. Trachylepis lavarambo and Trachylepis nancycoutuae, 1998. Paroedura karstophila, Paroedura maingoka, Paroedura tanjaka and Paroedura vazimba, 2000. Zonosaurus anelanelany, Zonosaurus bemaraha and Zonosaurus tsingy, 2000. Heteroliodon lava, 2000. Calumma amber, Calumma crypticum, Calumma hafahafa, Calumma jejy, Calumma peltierorum and Calumma tsycorne, 2006. With Nussbaum and Jean-Baptiste Ramanamanjato: Trachylepis tandrefana, Trachylepis tavaratra and Trachylepis vezo, 1999. With Steven M. Goodman, C. P. Maminirina and Link E. Olson: Microgale jobihely, 2006.
Selected publications
With Paulina D. Jenkins and Steven M. Goodman:
References
External links
Biographical page List of publications