Coleman Jett Goin

Coleman Jett Goin (February 25, 1911 – May 12, 1986) was an American herpetologist.

Biography Goin was born in Gainesville, Florida in 1911. He began his higher education in 1935 at the University of Pittsburgh, and later transferred to the University of Florida, where he earned a B.Sc. in 1939 and an M.Sc. in 1941.

Eponyms The Guaniguanico yellow-mottled frog (Eleutherodactylus goini) is named in honor of Coleman Goin, and the Tarauaca snouted treefrog (Scarthyla goinorum) is named in honor of Coleman and Lynda Goin.

Selected publications 1947 – Studies on the life history of Eleutherodactylus ricordii planirostris (Cope) in Florida, with special reference to the local distribution of an allelomorphic color pattern. University of Florida Press, Gainesville. 1955 – With Walter Auffenberg, The fossil salamanders of the family Sirenidae. The Museum, Cambridge. 1958 – With Walter Auffenberg, New salamanders of the family Sirenidae from the Cretaceous of North America. Chicago Natural History Museum. 1959 – With Archie Carr, Guide to the reptiles, amphibians and fresh-water fishes of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville. 1960 – Pattern variation in the frog Eleutherodactylus nubicola Dunn. University of Florida Press, Gainesville. 1961 – With Doris Mable Cochran, A new genus and species of frog (Leptodactylidae) from Colombia. Chicago Natural History Museum. 1962 – With Olive Lynda Bown Goin, Introduction to Herpetology. W. H. Freeman, San Francisco. (Revised editions in 1971 and 1978, with George R. Zug). 1963 – Two new genera of leptodactylid frogs from Colombia. San Francisco. 1965 – With Olive Lynda Bown Goin, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. Barnes & Noble, New York. 1970 – With Olive Lynda Bown Goin, Man and the Natural World: An Introduction to Life Science. Macmillan, New York. (Revised 1975). 1970 – With Doris M. Cochran, The New Field Book of Reptiles and Amphibians: More than 200 Photographs and Diagrams. Putnam, New York. 1974 – With Olive Lynda Bown Goin, Journey onto Land. Macmillan, New York.