Wulf Dietrich Haacke’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African herpetologist
A.K.A. Wulf Haacke
Is Zoologist
Herpetologist
From South Africa
Type Biology
Gender male
Birth

15 December 1936, Windhoek, Namibia

Age 84 years
Star sign Sagittarius

Wulf Dietrich Haacke (1936–), South African herpetologist.

  • Chief at Herpetology Section, Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa (Retired).

Taxon names authored

  • 4 taxon names authored by Wulf Dietrich Haacke

Publications

1976

  • Haacke, W.D. 1976. The burrowing geckos of southern Africa, 3 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Annotated taxonomic account (cont.) D. Genus Colopus Peters. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30: 29–39. PDF

1993

  • Poynton, J.C. & Haacke, W.D. 1993. On a collection of amphibians from Angola, including a new species of Bufo Laurenti. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36(2): 9–16. PDF

1996

  • Haacke, W.D., 1996. Description of a new species of Phyllodactylus Gray (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa. Annals Transvaal Mus. 36 (18): 229–237.

1997

  • Haacke W.D. 1997. Systematics and biogeography of the southern African scincine genus Typhlacontias (Reptilia: Scincidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 47(1-2): 139–163.

2017

  • Branch, W.R., Haacke, W., Pinto, P.V., Conradie, W., Baptista, N., Verburgt, L. & Verisimmo, L. 2017. Loveridge’s Angolan geckos, Afroedura karroica bogerti and Pachydactylus scutatus angolensis (Sauria, Gekkonidae): new distribution records, comments on type localities and taxonomic status. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 157–166. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.10915. Reference page. 

Eponyms

  • Haackgreerius Greer & Haacke, 1982
  • Afroedura haackei Onderstall, 1984
  • Pachydactylus haackei Brach, Bauer & Good, 1996
Authority control
  • WorldCat Identities
  • VIAF: 172575636
  • ZooBank: D6464628-C50B-474B-B91B-9DFEB25CFACD
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library author: 127580
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