René Léon Bourret, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

René Léon Bourret

French zoologist

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1884

Place of Birth: Nérac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1957

Profession: zoologist, geologist, herpetologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

René Léon Bourret (28 January 1884, Nérac, (Lot-et-Garonne) – 28 July 1957) was a French herpetologist and geologist. In 1900, he arrived in French Indochina as a member of the military.
Beginning in 1907, he worked as a surveyor for the "cadastral survey".
From 1919 to 1925 he performed geological surveys in Indochina, becoming a professor in 1925 at the École Supérieure des Sciences, Université Indochinoise in Hanoi.
Two years later he released his first zoological publication, a general review on vertebrates native to Indochina. During the ensuing years he published three major works on herpetofauna native to Indochina; monographs on snakes (1936), chelonians (1941) and amphibians (1942).
During the Japanese occupation of Indochina, he remained in Hanoi, where he continued regular publications.
In 1947 he returned to France and settled in Toulouse.
Most of his specimens are preserved in museums in Toulouse and Paris. The following are herpetological species/subspecies that are named after him: Bourret's blind skink, Dibamus bourreti Bourret's box turtle, Cuora bourreti Bourret's cat snake, Boiga bourreti Bourret's emo skink, Emoia laobaoense Bourret's odd-scaled snake, Achalinus ater Bourret's pit viper, Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti.