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unusual facts about Hermann Schlegel



Congo Serpent Eagle

The Congo Serpent Eagle was first described in 1863 by Hermann Schlegel as Astur spectabilis from a specimen collected near Elmina, Ghana.

Fauna Japonica

Based on the collections made by Philipp Franz von Siebold (who edited the text) and his successor Heinrich Bürger in Japan, Fauna Japonica’s vertebrate volumes were authored by the Leyden Museum naturalists Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel.

Scleropages

Scleropages formosus (Sa. Müller & Schlegel, 1844) (Asian arowana, green arowana, Asian bonytongue, Malayan arowana)


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