Andrew Gray (zoologist)

Andrew Gray is a British zoologist, teacher and conservationist.[1]

Biography

Andrew Gray was appointed Curator of Herpetology at Manchester Museum in September 1995. Here he established ‘The Vivarium’, a free to the public purpose built facility dedicated to the conservation of tropical amphibians.[2] Gray's interest in amphibians and reptiles began from a very early age.[3] During his career as a professional herpetologist he has discovered new species[4] and established conservation initiatives to save some of the rarest frogs in the world,[5] for example the critically endangered lemur leaf frog.[6] Gray is an authority on frogs of the Phyllomedusinae genus Cruziohyla.[7] In 2018 he described the new species Cruziohyla sylviae,[8] which is named after his first grandchild Sylvia Beatrice Gray.[9]

Gray’s conservation efforts have mainly focused in Central America, where he has initiated multi-disciplined collaborative projects,[10] developed international environmental education programmes,[11] and jointly established student field courses for the University of Manchester.[12] In 2006 Gray was a main scientific adviser for the BBC's landmark series Planet Earth and worked further with Sir David Attenborough on the BBC Natural World’s programme Fabulous Frogs.[13] Apart from wildlife conservation, Gray also has an keen interest in conserving English heritage and in 2004 completely restored the then derelict Euxton Hall Chapel, which was designed by E. W. Pugin in 1866.[14]

References
  1. "Lovell Lecture : The World of Frogs: Manchester Leaping into Action : Professors Amanda Bamford and Andrew Gray - Jodrell Bank".
  2. "Museums Heritage" (PDF). frogblogmanchester.files.wordpress.com. 2018.
  3. "Museum Journal" (PDF). frogblogmanchester.files.wordpress.com. 2018.
  4. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/07/scientist-discovered-new-frog-species-sylvias-leaf-frog/
  5. "Curator of Herpetology, Andrew Gray in The Times Magazine 5.12.09 feature 'The New Victorians' Report by Bill Dunn Portrait Jude Edgington". twitpic.com.
  6. "Newsletter" (PDF). www.amphibianark.org.
  7. Gray, Andrew R. (26 July 2018). "Review of the genus Cruziohyla (Anura: Phyllomedusidae), with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 4450 (4): 401–426. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.1. PMID 30313830 – via www.mapress.com.
  8. "Cruziohyla sylviae Gray, 2018 - Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org.
  9. "Researcher names spectacular new frog after his granddaughter". 31 July 2018.
  10. "Info" (PDF). frogblogmanchester.files.wordpress.com. 2013.
  11. "Learning with Lucy - The University of Manchester". www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk.
  12. "An education in conservation - The University of Manchester Magazine". www.manchester.ac.uk.
  13. "Web exclusive: Lemur leaf frog conservation, Attenborough's Fabulous Frogs, 2014-2015, Natural World - BBC Two". BBC.
  14. "Euxton Hall". www.parksandgardens.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
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