Ernst Ahl
Christoph Gustav Ernst Ahl (1 September 1898 – 14 February 1945) was a German zoologist, born in Berlin.
He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde.
He was also the editor in chief of the review Das Aquarium from 1927 to 1934.
He was executed while in refuge in Yugoslavia, after the partisans knew he was a German.
He did one of the first studies on bearded dragons and determined what genus they belonged to.
References
- Paepke, Hans-Joachim. 1995. Über das Leben und Werk von Ernst Ahl [= About the Life and Work of Ernst Ahl]. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 71 (1): 79-101.
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