Frank N. Blanchard

Frank Nelson Blanchard (December 19, 1888 – September 21, 1937) was an American herpetologist, and professor of zoology at the University of Michigan from which institution he received his Ph.D. In 1936, Blanchard was elected vice president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. His most enduring legacy to the field of herpetology is his techniques for studying live animals in the field.

In 1922, Blanchard married Frjeda Blanchard (née Cobb), the geneticist who first demonstrated Mendelian inheritance in reptiles.

Taxa named in honor of Blanchard Blanchard is commemorated in the scientific names of four taxa of reptiles (two species and two subspecies). Geophis blanchardi Lampropeltis triangulum blanchardi Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi Tribolonotus blanchardi