It is named after explorer and antiques dealer, Arthur Vernay, who sponsored the expedition during which the animal was first discovered.
Arthur Stannard Vernay (1877–1960), American antique collector, hunter and explorer
The genus is named after Arthur Stannard Vernay who collected the specimen of V. fulva on an expedition to Burma with Charles Suydam Cutting.
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