Collins, Joseph T.

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Name (Latin)
Collins, Joseph T.
Other forms of name
Collins, Joe
Date of birth
1938
Date of death
2012-01-14
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Vertebrate preparator, Museum of Natural History, Univ. of Kansas
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Other Identifiers
VIAF: 66619327
Wikidata: Q19845209
Library of congress: n 50026850
HAI10: 000073664
Sources of Information
  • His Amphibians and reptiles in Kansas, 1974.
  • His Kansas wildlife, c1991:CIP t.p. (Joseph T. Collins) pub. info. (Joe Collins)
Wikipedia description:

Joseph Thomas Collins, Jr. (July 3, 1939, Crooksville, Ohio – January 14, 2012) was an American herpetologist. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, Collins authored 27 books and over 300 articles on wildlife, of which about 250 were on amphibians and reptiles. He was the founder of the Center for North American Herpetology (CNAH). He died while studying amphibians and reptiles on St. George Island, Florida on 14 January 2012. "For 60 years I was obsessed with herpetology," Joe Collins claimed.

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