Patrick J. Couper

Patrick J. Couper (born 1958) is a herpetologist in Queensland, Australia. Couper began his career at the Queensland Museum in 1984. He was initially employed in display construction, and became a research assistant in herpetology in 1986 under the direction and mentorship of the admired senior curator and head of Vertebrate Zoology, Jeanette Covacevich.[1] Since 1993 he has been Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians at the Queensland Museum.[2] A major research focus has been leaf-tailed geckos that inhabit rainforest and rock habitats in eastern Queensland and New South Wales.[1]

A species of lizard, Lampropholis couperi, is named in honor of Patrick J. Couper.[2]

References

"Patrick Couper biography". The Queensland Museum. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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. ("Couper, P.", p. 60).

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[The_Queensland_Museum-1] "Patrick Couper biography". The Queensland Museum. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[Bo-2] 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. ("Couper, P.", p. 60).