Mykola Mykolaiovych Szczerbak (also Nikolai Nikolayevich, also Shcherbak; Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Щербак; 31 October 1927 – 27 January 1998) was a Ukrainian zoologist and ecologist, a prolific herpetologist, a full professor, and a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Mykola Mykolaiovych Szczerbak | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 October 1927 |
| Died | 27 January 1998 |
| Alma mater | Kyiv University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | zoology, ecology, herpetology |
| Institutions | I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
Described species of reptiles
edit- Darevskia lindholmi (Szczerbak, 1962)
- Eremias kopetdaghica Szczerbak, 1972
- Eremias andersoni Darevsky & Szczerbak, 1978
- Tenuidactylus turcmenicus (Szczerbak, 1978)
- Teratoscincus rustamowi (Szczerbak, 1979)
- Altiphylax levitoni (Golubev & Szczerbak, 1979)
- Altiphylax mintoni (Golubev & Szczerbak, 1981)
- Altiphylax tokobajevi (Eremchenko & Szczerbak, 1984)
- Eremias afghanistanica W. Böhme & Szczerbak, 1991
- Gekko badenii Szczerbak & Nekrasova, 1994
- Cyrtodactylus paradoxus (Darevsky & Szczerbak, 1997)
Species of reptiles named in honor of Prof. Szczerbak
edit- Darevskia szczerbaki (Lukina, 1963)
- Alsophylax szczerbaki Golubev & Sattarov, 1979
- Eremias szczerbaki Jeremčenko, Panfilov & Zarinenko, 1992
- Emydocephalus szczerbaki Dotsenko, 2011
References
edit- Memorial website
- To the 80 anniversary - biography (2007)
- Memorial page on the website of Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology
- Citations in Google Scholar
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