Samuel Walton Garman* (1843-06-05 - 1927-09-30) person

Student of Louis Agassiz. Assistant director of herpetology and ichthyology at MCZ,  from 1870.  Assistant naturalist aboard the U.S. Coastal Survey Steamer 'Blake' with Alexander Agassiz from 1877 to 1880. Published on deep-sea fishes off Panama and on sharks and rays.

Names for this agent

  • Samuel Walton Garman
  • Samuel Walton Garman (preferred)
  • Garman, S. W. (author)
  • S. W. Garman (second author)
  • S. Garman (initials plus last)

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Range of years collected is greater than 80 (1826-1979)

Collecting Event Map

  • Actinopterygii: Clupeidae (11 records) in year 1884
  • Actinopterygii: Lophiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Amphibia: Ambystomatidae (7 records) in years 1872-1880
  • Amphibia: Bufonidae (57 records) in years 1872-1979
  • Amphibia: Dendrobatidae (9 records) in year 1879
  • Amphibia: Hylidae (18 records) in years 1878-1880
  • Amphibia: Leptodactylidae (277 records) in years 1874-1979
  • Amphibia: Microhylidae (2 records) in year 1878
  • Amphibia: Pelobatidae (5 records) in year 1890
  • Amphibia: Plethodontidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Amphibia: Proteidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Amphibia: Ranidae (7 records) in years 1872-1880
  • Amphibia: Salamandridae (12 records) in year 1895
  • Amphibia: [no family] (5 records) none known to year
  • Arachnida: Araneidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Arachnida: Buthidae (4 records) in years 1878-1914
  • Arachnida: Corinnidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Arachnida: Sparassidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Arachnida: Theraphosidae (6 records) in year 1879
  • Arachnida: Vaejovidae (1 record) in year 1882
  • Asteroidea: Ophidiasteridae (1 record) in year 1874
  • Aves: Accipitridae (2 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Anatidae (25 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Ardeidae (5 records) in year 1922
  • Aves: Charadriidae (6 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Columbidae (10 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Emberizidae (19 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Falconidae (3 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Fringillidae (4 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Furnariidae (5 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Hirundinidae (2 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Icteridae (9 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Laridae (4 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Muscicapidae (5 records) none known to year
  • Aves: Pelecanidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Aves: Phalacrocoracidae (3 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Picidae (3 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Podicipedidae (18 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Psittacidae (5 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Rallidae (17 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Recurvirostridae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Aves: Rynchopidae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Aves: Scolopacidae (10 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Thinocoridae (5 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Threskiornithidae (11 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Tinamidae (2 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Trochilidae (5 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: Tyrannidae (10 records) in year 1875
  • Aves: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Pisidiidae (1 record) in year 1876
  • Bivalvia: Thraciidae (1 record) in year 1973
  • Bivalvia: Veneridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: [no family] (1 record) in year 1873
  • Branchiopoda: Artemiidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Chilopoda: Lithobiidae (3 records) in year 1875
  • Chilopoda: Scolopendridae (5 records) in years 1878-1879
  • Chilopoda: Scolopocryptopidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Chondrichthyes: Alopiidae (1 record) in year 1873
  • Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae (7 records) in years 1873-1879
  • Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae (4 records) in years 1873-1878
  • Chondrichthyes: Narkidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Chondrichthyes: Odontaspididae (2 records) none known to year
  • Chondrichthyes: Pristidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Chondrichthyes: Rajidae (6 records) in year 1873
  • Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae (1 record) in year 1873
  • Chondrichthyes: Sphyrnidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Chondrichthyes: Squalidae (1 record) in year 1873
  • Chondrichthyes: Triakidae (7 records) none known to year
  • Diplopoda: Pachybolidae (2 records) in year 1879
  • Diplopoda: Rhinocricidae (4 records) in years 1879-1897
  • Gastropoda: Amphibulimulidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: Bradybaenidae (5 records) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: Bulimulidae (5 records) in years 1877-1879
  • Gastropoda: Conidae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Gastropoda: Helicidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: Helicinidae (3 records) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Gastropoda: Limacidae (3 records) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: Naticidae (1 record) in year 1873
  • Gastropoda: Neritidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: Oleacinidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: Physidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Planorbidae (24 records) in years 1875-1879
  • Gastropoda: Poteriidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: Subulinidae (3 records) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: Truncatellidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Gastropoda: [no family] (9 records) in years 1875-1879
  • Hirudinea: Piscicolidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Hirudinea: [no family] (1 record) in year 1875
  • Hydrozoa: Corynidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Insecta: Andrenidae (18 records) none known to year
  • Insecta: Apidae (12 records) none known to year
  • Insecta: Colletidae (22 records) none known to year
  • Insecta: Formicidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Insecta: Halictidae (6 records) none known to year
  • Insecta: Lycaenidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Insecta: Megachilidae (40 records) none known to year
  • Insecta: Nymphalidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Insecta: Vespidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Anthuridae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Malacostraca: Cambaridae (5 records) in years 1872-1878
  • Malacostraca: Gammaridae (3 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Gecarcinidae (3 records) in years 1878-1895
  • Malacostraca: Goneplacidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Grapsidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Hippidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Malacostraca: Hyalellidae (11 records) in year 1875
  • Malacostraca: Hyalidae (7 records) in year 1875
  • Malacostraca: Inachoididae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Malacostraca: Leucosiidae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Malacostraca: Majidae (5 records) in year 1875
  • Malacostraca: Ocypodidae (3 records) in years 1877-1879
  • Malacostraca: Oniscidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Palaemonidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Malacostraca: Porcellanidae (6 records) in year 1875
  • Malacostraca: Portunidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Pseudothelphusidae (3 records) in year 1879
  • Malacostraca: Trapeziidae (2 records) in year 1875
  • Malacostraca: Xanthidae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Mammalia: Amphicyonidae (3 records) in year 1879
  • Mammalia: Anthracotheriidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Antilocapridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Brontotheriidae (590 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Camelidae (55 records) in year 1882
  • Mammalia: Canidae (21 records) in years 1879-1882
  • Mammalia: Castoridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Caviidae (5 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Cebidae (8 records) in year 1878
  • Mammalia: Chinchillidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Dasyproctidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Elephantidae (38 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Entelodontidae (102 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Equidae (1145 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Felidae (9 records) in year 1880
  • Mammalia: Gomphotheriidae (6 records) in years 1882-1883
  • Mammalia: Heteromyidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Hyaenodontidae (47 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Hypertragulidae (1 record) in year 1880
  • Mammalia: Hyracodontidae (217 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Ischyromyidae (2 records) in year 1880
  • Mammalia: Leporidae (9 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Megalonychidae (2 records) in year 1882
  • Mammalia: Mephitidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Merycoidodontidae (655 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Molossidae (5 records) in year 1879
  • Mammalia: Mustelidae (5 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Mylodontidae (1 record) in year 1880
  • Mammalia: Nimravidae (18 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Palaeogalidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae (753 records) in years 1880-1882
  • Mammalia: Sciuridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Ursidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Vespertilionidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Mammalia: undefinable (24 records) in year 1882
  • Mammalia: [no family] (711 records) in years 1875-1882
  • Maxillopoda: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae (2 records) in year 1879
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiodermatidae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Osteichthyes: Amblyopsidae (1 record) in year 1882
  • Osteichthyes: Anguillidae (2 records) in year 1859
  • Osteichthyes: Atherinidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Atherinopsidae (1 record) in year 1874
  • Osteichthyes: Aulostomidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Belonidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Carangidae (3 records) in years 1878-1879
  • Osteichthyes: Catostomidae (9 records) in year 1880
  • Osteichthyes: Centrarchidae (4 records) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Centropomidae (2 records) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Characidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Clinidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Clupeidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Cottidae (2 records) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae (61 records) in years 1878-1894
  • Osteichthyes: Cyprinodontidae (29 records) in years 1875-1878
  • Osteichthyes: Diodontidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Eleotrididae (13 records) in years 1859-1879
  • Osteichthyes: Engraulidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Fundulidae (4 records) in year 1880
  • Osteichthyes: Gerreidae (4 records) in years 1878-1879
  • Osteichthyes: Gobiidae (26 records) in years 1875-1879
  • Osteichthyes: Haemulidae (2 records) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Hiodontidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Ictaluridae (4 records) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Istiophoridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Labrisomidae (2 records) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Lepisosteidae (59 records) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Lutjanidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Monacanthidae (2 records) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Mugilidae (11 records) in years 1859-1879
  • Osteichthyes: Percidae (19 records) in year 1878
  • Osteichthyes: Poeciliidae (11 records) in years 1878-1894
  • Osteichthyes: Pomacentridae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Rivulidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Osteichthyes: Serranidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Sparidae (2 records) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae (2 records) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Synodontidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae (3 records) in years 1859-1879
  • Osteichthyes: Trichomycteridae (5 records) in year 1875
  • Osteichthys: Bythitidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Osteichthys: Centrolophidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthys: Cichlidae (1 record) in year 1879
  • Osteichthys: Exocoetidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthys: Stromateidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Ostracoda: Cypridae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Polyplacophora: Chitonidae (2 records) in years 1873-1875
  • Reptilia: Amphisbaenidae (1 record) in year 1875
  • Reptilia: Anguidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • Reptilia: Boidae (10 records) in year 1879
  • Reptilia: Chelydridae (4 records) in year 1852
  • Reptilia: Colubridae (92 records) in years 1872-1921
  • Reptilia: Elapidae (3 records) in year 1875
  • Reptilia: Emydidae (27 records) in years 1873-1889
  • Reptilia: Gekkonidae (38 records) in years 1874-1918
  • Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae (5 records) in year 1879
  • Reptilia: Iguanidae (489 records) in years 1826-1957
  • Reptilia: Kinosternidae (8 records) in years 1878-1883
  • Reptilia: Mosasauridae (1 record) in year 1882
  • Reptilia: Scincidae (14 records) in years 1878-1879
  • Reptilia: Teiidae (85 records) in years 1878-1879
  • Reptilia: Testudinidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Reptilia: Typhlopidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Reptilia: Viperidae (10 records) in years 1874-1880
  • Reptilia: [no family] (5 records) in years 1875-1879
  • Rhynchonellata: Cancellothyrididae (1 record) in year 1873
  • : Antennariidae (1 record) in year 1878
  • : Brontotheriidae (1 record) in year 1883
  • : Camelidae (8 records) in year 1882
  • : Diplodocidae (3 records) none known to year
  • : Echeneididae (2 records) in years 1878-1879
  • : Gadiformes (1 record) none known to year
  • : Gallinuloididae (1 record) none known to year
  • : Gobiesocidae (4 records) in year 1879
  • : Grammistidae (1 record) in year 1875
  • : Hypertragulidae (2 records) in year 1880
  • : Leporidae (1 record) in year 1882
  • : Leptochoeridae (4 records) none known to year
  • : Oromerycidae (1 record) in year 1880
  • : Tayassuidae (1 record) none known to year
  • : Testudinidae (2 records) in year 1880
  • : [no family] (93 records) in years 1873-1882

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