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Jay Mathers Savage

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American herpetologist

United StatesScientistsLived 1928 to 2025 · aged 97
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Jay Mathers Savage was an American herpetologist known for his research on reptiles and amphibians of Central America. He was a past president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Society of Systematic Biologists, and the Southern California Academy of Sciences.

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Jay Mathers Savage was an American herpetologist known for his research on reptiles and amphibians of Central America. He was a past president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Society of Systematic Biologists, and the Southern California Academy of Sciences. He received his bachelor's (1950), master's (1954), and doctoral (1955) degrees from Stanford University. He produced around 200 publications, including the books Evolution and The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Sea. He was an emeritus professor at the University of Miami and adjunct professor at San Diego State University.

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Lived 1928 to 2025 · aged 97
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