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T. Paul Maslin

Best known as a Colorado herpetologist, this writer helped document the region’s amphibians and reptiles and left a lasting mark on museum collections as well as scientific naming. His work centers on lizards, snakes, and careful field observation in the American West and Mexico.

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Occurrence of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

Occurrence of the Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

by Henry S. (Henry Sheldon) Fitch, T. Paul Maslin

About the author

Thomas Paul Maslin, Jr. (1909–1984) was an American herpetologist associated with the University of Colorado in Boulder. Sources identify him with the Department of Biology and Museum there, and later accounts credit him as one of the major architects of the university’s amphibian and reptile collection.

His published work includes An annotated check list of the amphibians and reptiles of Colorado (1959), Guide to the lizards of Colorado, and later taxonomic work on whiptail lizards and rattlesnakes. Wikispecies also lists him as the author of several taxon names, reflecting his role in the scientific study and classification of reptiles.

Although detailed biographical information is limited in the sources I could confirm, his scientific legacy is clear: field records, museum specimens, and regional guides that helped shape how Colorado’s reptile and amphibian life was documented and studied.