Eltio Alegondas Forsten (12 July 1811, Middelburg – 1843, Ambon Island) was a Dutch naturalist.Levensberichten van Zeeuwen, Volume 1 by Frederik Nagtglas, Pieter de la Rue
He studied medicine at Leiden, obtaining his degree in 1836 with a thesis on Cedrela febrifuga, titled "Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga".Google Books Dissertatio botanico-pharmaceutico-medica inauguralis de cedrela febrifuga In 1838 he became a member of the Natuurkundige Commissie for the Dutch East Indies, where he would spend the next several years collecting zoological and botanical specimens (Java, Sulawesi, Ternate, Ambon).Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Sources: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors & Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II.
Eponymy (birds and reptiles) Forsten's cat snake, Boiga forsteni Forsten's lorikeet, Trichoglossus forsteni Forsten's megapode, Megapodius freycinet Forsten's pointed snake, Rabdion forsteni Forsten's tortoise, Indotestudo forstenii The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson Purple-bearded bee-eater, Meropogon forsteni The Eponym Dictionary of Birds by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson White-bellied imperial pigeon, Ducula forsteni Minahasa hooded pitta, Pitta forsteni
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