Gernot Vogel

Gernot Vogel (born 14 June 1963) is a German herpetologist.

As of 2014 he was a self-funded freelance herpetologist and chemist not tied to an institution. As of 2021 he is a member of the Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology in Germany.

Biography Vogel holds a doctorate in chemistry from Heidelberg University. Since 2007, he has worked at the Heidelberg-based company Rifcon GmbH in quality assurance, focusing on the chemical and physical evaluation of pesticides and their effects on reptiles.

His career as a herpetologist was inspired by a meeting with Konrad Klemmer of the Naturmuseum Senckenberg. Since 1985, he has worked as a freelance herpetologist in Asia. His first article, on the bronze back snakes (Dendrelaphis) of Thailand, appeared in herpetofauna in April 1990. During his fieldwork, Vogel has traveled to China, India, Malaysia, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, the Philippines, France, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Greece and Tunisia.

Vogel collaborates frequently with international herpetologists, including the French researcher Patrick David on the genera Xenochrophis, Oligodon, Trimeresurus, Tropidolaemus, Amphiesma, Macrocalamus and Boiga, as well as with Dutch herpetologist Johan van Rooijen on the descriptions of ten new species of Dendrelaphis and the revalidation of several older names.

He is co-author of the books The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo) (with Rudolf Malkmus, Ulrich Manthey, Peter Hoffmann and Joachim Kosuch), The Snakes of Sumatra (with Patrick David) and The Snakes of Sulawesi (with Ruud de Lang). He is also editor of the Terralog series on venomous snakes.

Species described Vogel has been involved in the descriptions of the following genera and species. With the exception of the gecko Dixonius hangseesom, all are snakes:

Eponyms Several species have been named in his honor: Trimeresurus vogeli (2001) Macrocalamus vogeli (2005) Dendrelaphis vogeli (2020)