Charles Domergue

Charles Domergue (Charles Antoine Domergue), born on January 5th, 1914 with Besancon, is a herpetologist, Naturaliste, Spéléologue, Géologue, resistant Ornithologue and French.

Biography

Charles Domergue furrows the countries of North Africa of the colonial Empire French to create Oasis until the independence of the Tunisia then of the Algérie. He becomes then Herpétologiste for the national Muséum of natural history of Paris then for the Institut Pasteur of Tananarive to Madagascar. He publishes many articles and works on his many subjects of predilections.

He has a son Claude Domergue, aviator born in 1944.

Kind described

Brygophis Domergue & Bour, 1988

Described species

Brookesia peyrierasi Brygoo & Domergue, 1975
Brookesia ramanantsoai Brygoo & Domergue, 1975
Brookesia griveaudi Brygoo, White & Domergue, 1974
Brookesia therezieni Brygoo & Domergue, 1970
Brookesia thieli Brygoo & Domergue, 1969
Brookesia lambertoni Brygoo & Domergue, 1970
Brookesia vadoni Brygoo & Domergue, 1968
Brookesia antoetrae Brygoo & Domergue, 1971
Brookesia karchei Brygoo, White & Domergue, 1970
Brookesia betschi Brygoo, White & Domergue, 1974
Calumma hilleniusi Brygoo, White & Domergue, 1973
Calumma tsaratananensis Brygoo & Domergue, 1968
Calumma peyrierasi Brygoo, White & Domergue, 1974
Calumma capuroni Brygoo, White & Domergue, 1972
Furcifer angeli Brygoo & Domergue, 1968
Furcifer tuzetae Brygoo, Bourgat & Domergue, 1972
Furcifer belalandaensis Brygoo & Domergue, 1970
Furcifer petteri Brygoo & Domergue, 1966
Pararhadinaea albignaci Domergue, 1984
Liophidium apperti Domergue, 1984
Liophidium chabaudi Domergue, 1984
Liophidium therezieni Domergue, 1984
Liopholidophis thieli Domergue, 1972
Langaha pseudoalluaudi Domergue, 1988
Brygophis coulangesi Domergue, 1988
Ithycyphus perineti Domergue, 1986
Ithycyphus oursi Domergue, 1986
Geodipsas vinckei Domergue, 1988

Charles Domergue describes also eight species of the kind Stenophis in one or more publications of 1994 or posterior.

Dedications

The sub-genus Domerguella , gathering five species of geckos kind Lygodactylus , is dedicated to him.

For many naturalists, forest km No 32 in the north of the town of Toliara to Madagascar is known under the name of “Domergue Forest” in homage to its prospections on this remarkable site and to its action for its retention.

List partial of the publications

1942 : the Snake S of Franche-Comté”: Description, habitat, reproduction, Venom, drive out, life in captivity, legends followed by a short study of the Lézard S (with 27 illustrations including 17 drawings of the author). edition Printing works of the East (Besancon).
1962: A poisonous snake with Madagascar: Madagascarophis colubrina . Bull. Acad. malg.
1963 : Observation on the Hémipénis of the Ophidien S and Saurien S of Madagascar. Bull. Acad. malg. , 21-23.
1967: Key simplified for the determination on the ground of the common snakes of Madagascar. Bull. Acad. malg.
1970 : Notes on the Snakes of the Malagasy Area. Lycodryas maculatus (Günther, 1858), species of the Comoros. Description of two females. Bull. Driven. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris , 42: 449-451.
1972-1973: II. Study of three Malagasy Snakes: Liopholidophis lateralis (D. & B.), L. stumpffi (Boettger) and L. thieli N. sp. Bull. Driven. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris , 77: 1397-1412.
1983: The forest of the km No 32 in the north of Tuléar. Note preliminary for its retention. Bull. Acad. malg. , 61: 105-114.
1994: New species of the complex Stenophis and Lycodrias . Bull. Acad. malg. April 21st.
1994: Notes on the snakes of the Malagasy area. X. Boïginae new of the kinds Stenophis and Lycodrias . Bull. Acad. malg.

Source

Glaw F. & Vences Mr. (1994) has off Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles Madagascar . Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, 480 p.

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