Carl Gans* (1923-09-07 - 2009-11-30) person

Collector (in 7 collections)

• Herp (2436 records) in years 1954-1963
• Mala (219 records) in years 1953-1961
• IZ (27 records) in years 1956-1962
• Ich (24 records) in year 1961
• Orn (3 records) in years 1954-1956
• Ent (2 records) in year 1956

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Collector (in 130 families)

• Amphibia: Ambystomatidae (2 records) in year 1960
• Amphibia: Bufonidae (266 records) in years 1954-1961
• Amphibia: Dendrobatidae (13 records) in year 1954
• Amphibia: Hylidae (180 records) in years 1954-1960
• Amphibia: Hyperolidae (4 records) in year 1961
• Amphibia: Leptodactylidae (269 records) in years 1954-1956
• Amphibia: Microhylidae (24 records) in years 1954-1961
• Amphibia: Pelobatidae (14 records) in year 1956
• Amphibia: Pipidae (11 records) in year 1961
• Amphibia: Plethodontidae (376 records) in years 1956-1960
• Amphibia: Pseudidae (4 records) in year 1954
• Amphibia: Ranidae (280 records) in years 1956-1961
• Amphibia: Rhacophoridae (19 records) in year 1961
• Amphibia: Salamandridae (14 records) in years 1959-1960
• Amphibia: [no family] (1 record) in year 1954
• Arachnida: Barychelidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Arachnida: Buthidae (9 records) in years 1956-1962
• Arachnida: Diplocentridae (1 record) in year 1956
• Arachnida: Scorpionidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Arachnida: Sparassidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Arachnida: Vaejovidae (1 record) in year 1956
• Aves: Caprimulgidae (1 record) in year 1954
• Aves: Emberizidae (1 record) in year 1956
• Aves: Tyrannidae (1 record) in year 1956
• Bivalvia: Anomiidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Arcidae (4 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Cardiidae (5 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Chamidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Corbulidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Cultellidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Donacidae (3 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Isognomonidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Kelliidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Lucinidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Mactridae (2 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Myidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Mytilidae (3 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Ostreidae (2 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Pharidae (2 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Plicatulidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Pteriidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Semelidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Spondylidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Tellinidae (5 records) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Unionidae (1 record) none known to year
• Bivalvia: Veneridae (4 records) none known to year
• Cephalopoda: Spirulidae (1 record) none known to year
• Chilopoda: [no family] (2 records) in year 1961
• Diplopoda: Oxydesmidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Diplopoda: Pachybolidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Gastropoda: Achatinidae (2 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Acmaeidae (2 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Ampullariidae (8 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Buccinidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Bulimulidae (3 records) in year 1953
• Gastropoda: Bullidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Bullinidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Cassidae (3 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Cerastidae (2 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Cerithiidae (4 records) in year 1961
• Gastropoda: Conidae (7 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Cypraeidae (17 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae (3 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Ficidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Fissurellidae (2 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Harpidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Helicinidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Janthinidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Littorinidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Marginellidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Melongenidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Modulidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Muricidae (11 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Nassariidae (4 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Naticidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Neritidae (11 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Olividae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Physidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Planaxidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Planorbidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Polygyridae (5 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Pomatiasidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Ranellidae (3 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Spiraxidae (2 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Strombidae (6 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Subulinidae (3 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Succineidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Terebridae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Tonnidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Trochidae (5 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Turbinidae (4 records) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Turritellidae (1 record) none known to year
• Gastropoda: Urocyclidae (3 records) none known to year
• Insecta: Formicidae (2 records) in year 1956
• Malacostraca: Potamonidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Malacostraca: [no family] (7 records) in year 1961
• Osteichthyes: Blenniidae (9 records) in year 1961
• Osteichthyes: Carangidae (2 records) in year 1961
• Osteichthyes: Gobiidae (2 records) in year 1961
• Osteichthyes: Haemulidae (2 records) in year 1961
• Osteichthyes: Lutjanidae (2 records) in year 1961
• Osteichthyes: Mugilidae (1 record) none known to year
• Osteichthyes: Muraenidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Osteichthyes: Ostraciidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Osteichthyes: Pomacentridae (1 record) in year 1961
• Osteichthyes: Serranidae (1 record) none known to year
• Osteichthyes: Sparidae (2 records) none known to year
• Polychaeta: Serpulidae (1 record) none known to year
• Reptilia: Agamidae (53 records) in year 1961
• Reptilia: Alligatoridae (1 record) in year 1956
• Reptilia: Anguidae (1 record) in year 1956
• Reptilia: Anomalepididae (1 record) in year 1956
• Reptilia: Boidae (2 records) in year 1961
• Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae (3 records) in year 1961
• Reptilia: Colubridae (98 records) in years 1956-1961
• Reptilia: Elapidae (10 records) in year 1956
• Reptilia: Emydidae (13 records) in years 1956-1958
• Reptilia: Gekkonidae (308 records) in years 1956-1961
• Reptilia: Iguanidae (141 records) in years 1956-1963
• Reptilia: Kinosternidae (4 records) in year 1956
• Reptilia: Lacertidae (121 records) in year 1961
• Reptilia: Pelomedusidae (1 record) in year 1961
• Reptilia: Scincidae (130 records) in years 1956-1961
• Reptilia: Teiidae (15 records) in year 1956
• Reptilia: Testudinidae (15 records) in years 1956-1961
• Reptilia: Trogonophidae (2 records) in year 1961
• Reptilia: Typhlopidae (15 records) in year 1961
• Reptilia: Viperidae (25 records) in years 1956-1961
• : [no family] (46 records) none known to year

Preparator (of material in 0 collections)

• Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase

Determiner (in 1 collection)

• 323 identifications for 320 Herpetology cataloged items

Attribute Determiner (0 categories)

• None

Publications (16) [Those Citing MCZ material (8)]

• Gans, C. and E. E. Williams. 1954. Present knowledge of the snake Elachistodon westermanni Reinhardt. Breviora 36:1–17.
• Gans, C. 1957. Dasypeltis medici lamuensis, a new race of egg-eating snake (Ophidia, Reptilia) from coastal East Africa. Breviora 79:1–13. 3 citations
• Broadley, D. G. and C. Gans. 1976. Studies on Amphisbaenians (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia) 6. The genera Monopeltis and Dalophia in Southern Africa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 157(5):311–486. 3 citations
• Gans, C. and A. E. Agassiz. 1962. Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 128(3):65–158. 9 citations
• Gans, C. 1965. A systematic review of Ancylocranium Parker (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). Israel Journal of Zoology 14:87–121. 2 citations
• Gans, C. 1957. "Anguimorph" tooth replacement in Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758, and A. fuliginosa Linnaeus, 1758 (Reptilia: Amphisbaenidae). Breviora 70:1–12.
• Gans, C. 1964. Amphisbaena schmidti, a third species of the genus from Puerto Rico (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). Breviora 198:1–11. 1 citation
• Gans, C. and A.A. Alexander. 1962. Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2 On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 128(3):65–158.
• Roth, W.D. and C. Gans. 1960. The luminous organs of Proctoporus (Sauria, Reptilia) - a re-evaluation. Breviora (125):1-12
• Shreve, B. and C. Gans. 1958. Thamnophis bovallii Dunn rediscovered (Reptilia, serpentes). Breviora 83:1–8.
• Gans, C. 1964. Redescription of Amphisbaena dubia Müller (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia). Breviora 205:1–11.
• Broadley, D. G. and C. Gans. 1969. A new species of Zygaspis (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia) from Zambia and Angola. Arnoldia, Miscellaneous Publications of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 4(25):1–4. 2 citations
• Gans, C. 1962. Notes on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia; Reptilia). 6. Redescription and range extension of Amphisbaena spurrelli Boulenger. Breviora 171:1–11.
• Gans, C. 1963. Notes on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia; Reptilia). 10. Redescription and redefinition of Amphisbaena pericensis Noble from the mountains of northwestern Peru. Breviora 189:1–15.
• Gans, C. 1963. Redescription of Amphisbaena ridleyi Boulenger. Copeia 1963(1):102–107. 1 citation
• Gans, C., R. F. Laurent, and H. Pandit. 1965. Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic. Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Series 8, 134:1–93. 126 citations