Biography

Miguel Carlos Francisco Alvarez del Toro, Mexican zoologist, taxidermist and ecologist (Colima 23 August 1917 – Chiapas 02 August 1996)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Gained world renown in ecology and vertebrate conservation 

Described 6 valid reptilian species and one subspecies (with H.M. Smith) 

Abronia lythrochila 1963 

Anolis microlepis 1956 

Anolis parvicirculatus 1956 

Anolis pygmaeus 1956 

Anolis spilorhipis 1956

Lepidophyma lipetzi 1977

Norops tropidonotus spilorhipis 1956 

Co-described one avian subspecies

Chordeiles minor neotropicalis 1955 (with Selander) 

BIBLIOGRAPHY  

A complete bibliography can be found in http://www.alvarezdeltoro.com/articulos.pdf

HONORS (in the following species)

Ceratozamia alvarezii Perez-Farrera, Vovides & Iglesias 1996 (Cycadaceae)

Troglopedetes toroi Palacios-Vargas 1985 (Collembola)

Pulex alvarezi Barrera Marín 1955 (Siphonaptera)

Diaethria mixteca alvarezi Maza & Maza 1985 (Lepidoptera)

Dismorphia crisia alvarezi Maza & Maza 1984 (Lepidoptera)

Nototriton alvarezdeltoroi Papenfuss & Wake 1987 (Amphibia)

Heloderma horridum alvarezi Bogert 1956 (Reptilia)

Lepidophyma alvarezi Smith 1975 (Reptilia)

Coniophanes alvarezi Campbell 1989 (Reptilia)

Anolis alvarezdeltoroi Montes de Oca 1996 (Reptilia)

Piranga bidentata alvarezi Phillips 1975 (Aves)

The site http://www.alvarezdeltoro.com is totally dedicated to him (in Spanish).