and formally described in 2008 by a team of herpetologists led by JosephR. Mendelson III. It was named in honor of the conservationists and herpetologists
Medem Seth Eugene Meek Lajos Méhelÿ Harald Meier Rudolf Mell Joseph R. Mendelson [fr] Édouard Ménétries James I. Menzies [fr] Blasius Merrem Robert Mertens
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