British-born hunter and amateur naturalist and herpatologist
Constantine John Philip Ionides
Born
1901 (1901)
Brighton and Hove, England, UK
Died
22 September 1968 (aged 66–67)
Nairobi, Kenya
Other names
Bobby, Iodine, C. J. P. Ionides, Snake Man of British East Africa
Relatives
Constantine Alexander Ionides (grandfather) Constantine P. Cavafy (cousin)
Military career
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Unit
South Wales Borderers
Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901–1968), nicknamed "Bobby" and then "Iodine",[1] was a British-born naturalist and herpetologist known as the Snake Man of British East Africa.[2] His decades as game warden (conservation officer) led to him being described as the father of the Selous Game Reserve in what is now Tanzania.[3][4]
^PITMAN, C. R. S. (1 March 1969). "C. J. P. Ionides: A Tribute". The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa. 5: 22–24. doi:10.1080/04416651.1969.9650753. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7. OCLC 794700413.
^Matthiessen, Peter (1982). Sand Rivers. p. 11.
^Herne, Brian (1999). White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris. p. 375.
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