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German zoologist
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Male
Place of birth
Riga
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Place of death
Bogotá
Age
71 years
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Biography
Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem (29 August 1912 in Remten, Germany - 1 May 1984 in Bogotá, Colombia) was a German-born zoologist who emigrated to Colombia at age 38 (in 1950) and later became a representative of the IUCN Crocodiles Specialist Group for South America. He was also known as Federico Medem and published under this name.
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Numerous species have been named after Medem, including four reptiles: Micrurus medemi, a coral snake; Amphisbaena medemi, a worm lizard; Neusticurus medemi, a spectacled lizard; and Anolis medemi, an anole lizard.
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