John Douglas Lynch

John Douglas Lynch (born July 30, 1942) is an American herpetologist. His research focuses on the neotropical herpetofauna.

Biography In 1964, Lynch conducted research in Mexico as part of his master's degree at the University of Illinois, studying the frog genus Eleutherodactylus. After receiving his Master of Science, he enrolled at the University of Kansas, where he studied zoology under William Edward Duellman. In 1967, he went on his first expedition to Ecuador, where he collected frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus and members of the family Centrolenidae (glass frogs). He earned his Ph.D. in 1969 with the dissertation Evolutionary relationships and osteology of the frog family Leptodactylidae.

Lynch has participated in the scientific descriptions of more than 200 frog species, including many taxa in the genera Eleutherodactylus, Pristimantis and Strabomantis.

Lynch has a son and a daughter.

Eponyms Several taxa have been named in honor of John Douglas Lynch, including Atelopus lynchi, Rhaebo lynchi, Centrolene lynchi, Colostethus lynchi, Hyloscirtus lynchi, Noblella lynchi, and Pristimantis lynchi, as well as the genera Lynchophrys and Lynchius. The specific epithet of the salamander Pseudoeurycea lynchi refers to the zoologist James Francis Lynch.