Enrica Calabresi

Enrica Calabresi (10 November 1891, in Ferrara – 20 January 1944, in Castelfiorentino) was an Italian zoologist, herpetologist, and entomologist. Her family was part of the Jewish community, which has played an important role in Ferrara continuously since the Middle Ages.

Life Calabresi was the last of four children of Vito Calabresi and Ida Fano, a family that was part of the wealthy Jewish bourgeoisie of Ferrara, Italy.

Research In Entomology she worked on Hoplopistiini, Arrhenodini and the genus Stratiorrhina. In Herpetology she worked on African Amphibia and Reptilia and on the European species Vipera aspis. In Invertebrate Zoology she worked on the life history of Ceriantharia of the Red Sea.

Recognition In recognition of her work, a snake was named after her, Afrotyphlops calabresii Gans & Laurent 1965.