Emmett Reid Dunn

Emmett Reid Dunn (November 21, 1894 – February 13, 1956) was an American herpetologist and educator who worked in Panama and studied salamanders in the Eastern United States.

Early life and education Emmett Reid Dunn was born on November 21, 1894, in Arlington, Virginia, to Emmett Clark Dunn, a civil engineer, and Mary Reid. He spent much of his childhood at a family farm near the James River in Nelson County. He attended Haverford College in Philadelphia, receiving his B.A. and M.A. in 1915 and 1916, respectively. His childhood connection to Arlington allowed him to connect with his first professional mentor, Leonhard Stejneger, the Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians at the Smithsonian Institution, who in 1913 suggested he study salamanders. Henry Sherring Pratt, his professor at Haverford, also guided him. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1921. In 1926, he published The Salamanders of the Family Plethodontidae, the most detailed analysis of amphibians published at the time. and subspecies (trinomials), including the following.

Species: Anolis dunni H.M. Smith, 1936 – Dunn's anole Atractus dunni Savage, 1955 – Dunn's ground snake Geophis dunni K.P. Schmidt, 1932 – Dunn's earth snake Hydromorphus dunni Slevin, 1942 – Dunn's water snake Kinosternon dunni K.P. Schmidt, 1947 – Colombian mud turtle Micrablepharus dunni – Dunn's tinyfoot teiid, a synonym of Micrablepharus maximiliani Porthidium dunni (Hartweg & J.A. Oliver, 1938) – Dunn's hognose pitviper Sibon dunni J.A. Peters, 1957 – Dunn's snail sucker Sinonatrix dunni , a synonym of Natrix tessellata Sphaerodactylus dunni K.P. Schmidt, 1936 – Dunn's least gecko

Subspecies: Liasis mackloti dunni Stull, 1932 – Wetar python Mastigodryas boddaerti dunni (L.C. Stuart, 1933) – Dunn's tropical racer Micrurus dissoleucus dunni Barbour, 1923 – Dunn's pygmy coral snake

This author abbreviation is not to be confused with Dunn in botany, where it refers to Stephen Troyte Dunn.