Yehudah L. Werner
Yehudah Leopold Werner is an Israeli herpetologist and Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
He and his parents were forced to flee from Nazi Germany in 1933, and reached Palestine via France and England in 1935. Georg Haas, an emigrant from Austria who was Professor in Jerusalem, guided his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his long scientific career, Werner published more than 400 titles. Among other things, the biology of the geckos, including
their vocal communication, as well as the zoogeography and conservation of the reptiles and amphibians in the Middle East are his main themes. Werner was a co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and served as chairperson of the Zoological Society of Israel.Taxa described by Yehudah Werner
Yehudah Werner described or redescribed a number of amphibian and reptile taxa:
- Hyla heinzsteinitzi Grach, Plesser & Werner, 2007
- Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii Werner, 2004
- Acanthodactylus beershebensis Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999
- Acanthodactylus pardalis Moravec, Baha El Din, Seligmann, Sivan & Werner, 1999
- Asaccus nasrullahi Werner, 2006
- Cerastes cerastes Werner, Sivan, Kushnir & Motro 1999
- Cerastes cerastes hoofieni Werner & Sivan, 1999
- Cerastes gasperettii Werner, 1987
- Cerastes gasperettii Werner, Le Verdier, Rosenman & Sivan, 1991
- Cerastes gasperettii mendelssohni Werner & Sivan, 1999
- Eirenis coronella ibrahimi Sivan & Werner, 2003
- Eirenis coronelloides Sivan & Werner, 2003
- Laudakia stellio salehi Werner, 2006
- Mesalina bahaeldini Segoli, Cohen & Werner, 2002
- Micrelaps tchernovi Werner, Babocsay, Carmely & Thuna, 2006
- Ptyodactylus hasselquistii krameri Werner, 1995
Note: Amphibian and reptile taxa with the author's name "Werner" described between 1893 and 1938 are by the Austrian zoologist Franz Werner.Taxa named in honor of Yehudah Werner
Yehudah Werner is commemorated in the scientific names of two reptiles:
