Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons, born in Pietermaritzburg, was a notable herpetologist in South Africa. Also, he contributed to the collection of spermatophyte samples for the National Herbarium which has become part of the South African National Biodiversity Institute at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden.[2] In 1937, together with Anna Amelia Obermeyer, he collected some of the earliest plant specimens from the Eastern Highlands of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Later, as director of the Transvaal Museum, he together with Charles Koch[3] helped to establish the Namib Desert Research Institute in Gobabeb[2]
(now outdated) first-aid and serum treatment kit. His son VivianFrederickMaynardFitzSimons (1901-1975) became director of the Transvaal Museum in 1947...
Fitzsimons (also spelled FitzSimons, Fitzsimmons or FitzSimmons) is a surname of Norman origin common in both Ireland and England. The name is a variant...
Retrieved 2022-06-07. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Breviceps sylvestris FitzSimons, 1930". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6...
Leptotyphlops is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus...
FitzSimon's [sic] burrowing skink or short blind dart skink, is a species of skink endemic to the Namib Desert (Namibia). It was described by Vivian FitzSimons...
Vincent Mai, benefactor of the Grey High bursary scheme. VivianFrederickMaynardFitzSimons, leading herpetologist and Director of the Transvaal Museum...
Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Acontias Species: A. occidentalis Binomial name Acontias occidentalis FitzSimons, 1941...
fitzsimonsi, is in honor of South African herpetologist (Mr.) VivianFrederickMaynardFitzSimons. S. fitzsimonsi has neither front legs nor back legs. Dorsally...
fitzsimonsi, is in honor of South African herpetologist VivianFrederickMaynardFitzSimons. C. fitzsimonsi is found in Angola and Namibia. C. fitzsimonsi...
fitzsimonsi, is in honour of South African herpetologist VivianFrederickMaynardFitzSimons. E. sundevallii is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique...
Family: Leptotyphlopidae Genus: Namibiana Species: N. occidentalis Binomial name Namibiana occidentalis FitzSimons, 1962 Synonyms Leptotyphlops occidentalis...
African Zoology 35 (1): 55–67. (Pachydactylus barnardi, new status). FitzSimons VFM (1941). "Descriptions of some new Lizards from South Africa and a...
pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Pachydactylus labialis, p. 253 + Plate 82). FitzSimons V. 1938. "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little...
Cape Province of South Africa, living in the Cederberg mountain range. FitzSimons, V. (1946). "An account of the reptiles and amphibians collected on an...
xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus robertsi, p. 223). FitzSimons, V. (1938). "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little...
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