author
John D. Lynch
Drawn to the astonishing diversity of tropical frogs and reptiles, this American herpetologist built a career exploring, describing, and teaching the wildlife of Latin America. His work helped reveal just how rich Colombia’s amphibian life really is.
3 Audiobooks
A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope
by John D. Lynch
Genera of Leptodactylid Frogs in México
by John D. Lynch
Systematic Status of a South American Frog, Allophryne ruthveni Gaige
by John D. Lynch, Howard L. Freeman
About the author
John Douglas Lynch was an American herpetologist known for his work on Neotropical amphibians and reptiles, especially frogs. He studied at the University of Illinois and later earned a Ph.D. in zoology at the University of Kansas under William E. Duellman.
From 1969 to 1997 he taught at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and later worked at the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, where he served as a professor and curator of herpetology. Much of his research focused on the extraordinary frog diversity of Ecuador and Colombia, and he took part in the scientific description of more than 200 species.
Lynch spent decades doing fieldwork in remote areas and became a major figure in Colombian herpetology. Species and even whole genera have been named in his honor, a sign of how widely his work was respected in the scientific community.