Theodorus Willem van Lidth de Jeude
Theodorus Willem van Lidth de Jeude was a Dutch zoologist and herpetologist. He is not to be confused with his grandfather's brother, the Dutch veterinarian and zoologist Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude.T.W. van Lidth de Jeude was born on 1 February 1853 in Helmond, about 15 km east of Eindhoven. He attended the University of Utrecht where his grandfather, T.G. van Lidth de Jeude, taught zoology and veterinary science. Theorodus Willem received his Ph.D. in 1882 for a thesis on coleopteran larvae. Between 1882 and 1884 he studied fishes in Naples and at Kralingen. In 1884, he became curator of Lower Vertebrates at the Rijksmuseum in Leiden. He retired from his curatorship in 1923 but kept working at the museum until 1931. T.W. von Lidth de Jeude died in Leiden on 29 May 1937.Species described
Lidth de Jeude described many species, e.g. 23 species of reptiles that are still recognized today, including
- Anomochilus weberi
- Aphaniotis ornata
- Arthrosaura kockii
- Arthrosaura versteegii
- Asthenodipsas tropidonotus
- Calamaria crassa
- Calamaria prakkei
- Cnemidophorus arubensis
- Dendrelaphis lorentzi
- Dopasia buettikoferi
- Eremiascincus emigrans
- Gonatodes antillensis
- Hemidactylus tenkatei
- Lamprolepis nieuwenhuisii
- Opisthotropis rugosa
- Phyllodactylus martini
- Sphenomorphus buettikoferi
- Trimeresurus hageni
- Tropidonophis montanus
- Tropidonophis novaeguineae
- Tropidophorus iniquus
- Tropidophorus micropus
- Tytthoscincus hallieri
