Carl Kauffeld

Carl Frederick Kauffeld
Born(1911-04-17)April 17, 1911
DiedJuly 10, 1974(1974-07-10) (aged 63)
Staten Island, New York, U.S.
OccupationsCurator of Reptiles, Director
Years active1936–1973
OrganizationStaten Island Zoo
Notable work
  • Snakes and their Ways (1937)
  • Snakes and Snake Hunting (1957)
  • Snakes: The Keeper and the Kept (1969)
SpousePauline Goodman

Carl Frederick Kauffeld (April 17, 1911 – July 10, 1974) was an American herpetologist. He served as curator of reptiles at the Staten Island Zoo from 1936 to 1963, and director of the zoo from 1963 to 1973.

Early life

Carl Kauffeld did not attend college. Prior to working at the Staten Island Zoo, he worked for six years as an assistant to G.K. Noble, curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History.

Career

Carl Kauffeld authored over 200 publications. He wrote three books, including Snakes and Their Ways (1937), co-authored with Charles Howard Curran; Snakes and Snake Hunting (1957); and Snakes: The Keeper and the Kept (1969). He co-authored the species description for the rattlesnake species Crotalus totonacus.

Species names

In 1936, Carl Kauffeld proposed that a third, unnamed leopard frog species occurred in the New York Metropolitan Area. In 2014, this species was formally described and named Lithobates kauffeldi in honor of him.

References

  1. 1 2 "Carl F. Kauffeld, Expert on Snakes". The New York Times. 11 July 1974. p. 34.
  2. ↑ Adler, Kraig, ed. (1989). Contributions to the History of Herpetology (1 ed.). Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. ISBN 978-0-916984-89-2.
  3. ↑ Gloyd, Howard Kay; Kauffeld, Carl Frederick (1940). "A new rattlesnake from Mexico". Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. 6 (2): 11–14.
  4. ↑ Kauffeld, Carl F. (1936). "New York the type locality of Rana pipiens Schreber". Herpetologica. 1: 11.
  5. ↑ Feinberg, Jeremy A.; Newman, Catherine E.; Watkins-Colwell, Gregory J.; Schlesinger, Matthew D.; Zarate, Brian; Curry, Brian R.; Shaffer, H. Bradley & Burger, Joanna (2014). "Cryptic diversity in Metropolis: confirmation of a new leopard frog species (Anura: Ranidae) from New York City and surrounding Atlantic Coast regions". PLOS One. 9 (10) e108213. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j8213F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108213. PMC 4212910. PMID 25354068.