# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-n-blanchard
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:01:40.757Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-n-blanchard"
name: "Frank N. Blanchard"
slug: "frank-n-blanchard"
description: "Frank Nelson Blanchard was an American herpetologist, and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan from which institution he received his Ph.D. He is credited with describing several new subspecies, including the broad-banded water snake, Nerodia fasciata confluens, and the Florida king snake, Lampropeltis getula floridana. Additionally, he has been honored by having reptiles and amphibians named after him, including the western smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi, and Blanchard's cricket frog, Acris crepitans blanchardi."
tagline: "American zoologist (1888-1937)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1888-12-19"
deathDate: "1937-09-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.03
  momentum:             2
  historical:           5.470986666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Frank N. Blanchard"
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    title: "فرانك ن. بلانشارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D9%86._%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
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  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nelson_Blanchard"
    title: "Frank Nelson Blanchard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nelson_Blanchard"
    title: "Frank Nelson Blanchard"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Nelson_Blanchard"
    title: "Frank Nelson Blanchard"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082748"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump