Carlos de la Torre y Huerta

Huerta circa 1915

Carlos de la Torre y Huerta (May 15, 1858 in Matanzas, Cuba – February 19, 1950 in Havana)[1] was a Cuban naturalist.[2]

He was the president of House of Representatives from November 1903 to April 1904.[3]

He is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Cuban gecko, Sphaerodactylus torrei.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Cuba Arqueologica - Personalidades de la arqueologia en Cuba y el Caribe". www.cubaarqueologica.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  2. ^ "Carlos de la Torre y la Huerta". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-16. Carlos de la Torre y la Huerta was the foremost Cuban naturalist of his era, following in the footsteps of Felipe Poey. De la Torre was a naturalist of the old school, with broad interests in natural history. He focused his research on mollusks, both living and paleontological specimens. ...
  3. ^ Representantes, Cuba Congreso Cámara de (5 May 2019). "Compendio legislativo, 1902 a 1950" – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Torre", pp. 266-267).


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