Jens Bødtker Rasmussen

Jens Bødtker Rasmussen was a Danish herpetologist and museum curator. He is known for his contributions to the knowledge of the snakes of Africa, especially regarding their biogeography and phylogeny. He died in 2005 after a short period of illness. As curator, he undertook several expeditions to Africa, including South Sudan, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of the Congo, focusing primarily on collections of African snakes, which he brought back to expand the collections at the Zoological Museum. He achieved the Danish higher doctorate in 1994, through a compendium of his publications on Dispadoboa.

Honorifics Three reptile species have been named after Jens B. Rasmussen:

Urocotyledon rasmusseni Bauer & Menegon, 2006 Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme, 2010 Causus rasmusseni Broadley, 2014