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William Edward Duellman
1930–2022
A leading American herpetologist, he helped reshape the study of amphibians through decades of fieldwork, taxonomy, and writing. His work on Neotropical frogs made him one of the most influential figures in modern amphibian systematics.
15 Audiobooks
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México
by William Edward Duellman
Systematic Status of the Colubrid Snake, Leptodeira discolor Günther
by William Edward Duellman
A New Subspecies of Lizard, Cnemidophorus sacki, from Michoacán, México
by William Edward Duellman
A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus
by Linda Trueb, William Edward Duellman
A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, México
by William Edward Duellman
A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla
by William Edward Duellman
A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group
by William Edward Duellman
A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, Pituophis deppei
by William Edward Duellman
Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca
by William Edward Duellman, Linda Trueb
Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V
by William Edward Duellman
Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America
by William Edward Duellman
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Petén, Guatemala
by William Edward Duellman
Middle American Frogs of the Hyla microcephala Group
by William Edward Duellman, M. J. Fouquette
The Genera of Phyllomedusine Frogs (Anura: Hylidae)
by William Edward Duellman
Type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas
by William Edward Duellman, Barbara Berg
About the author
Born in Dayton, Ohio, William Edward Duellman (1930–2022) was an American zoologist and herpetologist best known for his deep expertise in amphibians. He earned his degrees in zoology at the University of Michigan and went on to build a long career at the University of Kansas, where he served as professor and curator of herpetology.
Duellman became especially important in the study of Neotropical amphibians. Through field expeditions, specimen-based research, and an enormous body of scientific publications, he helped clarify the diversity and relationships of frogs and other amphibians across Central and South America. Colleagues remembered him not only for his scholarship, but also for the generations of students and researchers influenced by his work.
Over the course of his career, he described many species and became a central figure in 20th-century herpetology. His legacy endures in the science of amphibians, in museum collections, and in the many researchers who continue to build on the foundations he helped set.