Douglas A. Rossman

Dr. Douglas Rossman
Dr. Douglas Rossman
	Rossman reading in 2009 at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Died	July 23, 2015 (aged 79)
Alma mater	University of Florida
Known for	His research pertaining to snakes
	Scientific career
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	Louisiana State University

Douglas Athon "Dag" Rossman (July 4, 1936 – July 23, 2015)^[1] was a U.S. herpetologist specializing in garter snakes. He studied at the University of Florida, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1961.^[2]

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He was a professor of zoology at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

He co-authored The Amphibians and Reptiles of Louisiana (ISBN 0-8071-2077-4), and also The Garter Snakes: Evolution and Ecology (ISBN 0-8061-2820-8).

His wife, Nita Jane Rossman^[3] (born 1936), also has an interest in herpetology and even had a subspecies named after her: Thamnophis saurita nitae, a subspecies of the eastern ribbon snake. She had collected the holotype for this subspecies on a field trip with her husband for his dissertation research, and he named it in her honor.^[4]

Rossman also wrote The Nine Worlds: A Dictionary of Norse Mythology (1983), Where Legends Live: A Pictorial Guide to Cherokee Mythic Places (1988), and several other works related to Norse mythology.

Douglas Rossman is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Mexican garter snake, Thamnophis rossmani.^[5]

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[1]
Boundy, Jeff (October 2015). "In Memoriam: Douglas A. Rossman" (PDF). Museum Quarterly. 33 (3). Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: 35–36.
[2]
Photo Archived 2007-04-09 at the Wayback Machine from the University of Florida. URL last accessed 2010-01-21.
[3]
Rossman DA (1958). "A New Race of Desmognathus fuscus from the South-Central United States". Herpetologica 14 (3): 158-160. URL last accessed 2010-01-21.
[4]
Beltz, Ellin (2006). Biographies of People Honored in the Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America. URL last accessed 2010-01-21.
[5]
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Rossman", p. 227).

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Wilson LD, Boundy J (2015). "Douglas Athon Rossman 1936–2015: The Gentle Renaissance Man of Herpetology". Herpetological Review 46 (4): 717-719.

[Boundy-1] [1]
Boundy, Jeff (October 2015). "In Memoriam: Douglas A. Rossman" (PDF). Museum Quarterly. 33 (3). Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: 35–36.

[phd-2] [2]
Photo Archived 2007-04-09 at the Wayback Machine from the University of Florida. URL last accessed 2010-01-21.

[herpetologica-3] [3]
Rossman DA (1958). "A New Race of Desmognathus fuscus from the South-Central United States". Herpetologica 14 (3): 158-160. URL last accessed 2010-01-21.

[beltz-4] [4]
Beltz, Ellin (2006). Biographies of People Honored in the Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America. URL last accessed 2010-01-21.

[5] [5]
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Rossman", p. 227).

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Dr. Douglas Rossman
Rossman reading in 2009 at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Died	July 23, 2015(2015-07-23) (aged 79)
Alma mater	University of Florida
Known for	His research pertaining to snakes
Scientific career
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	Louisiana State University