Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov

Nikolai Orlov
Николай Орлов
Born(1952-06-12)12 June 1952
Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died25 March 2026(2026-03-25) (aged 73)
EducationLeningrad Pedagogical Institute
Alma materLeningrad Pedagogical Institute
Known forStudies of Southeast Asian herpetofauna, especially northern Annam
Scientific career
FieldsHerpetology
WorkplacesZoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Thesis Fauna of Amphibians of Vietnam: Distribution, Taxonomic and Ecological Diversity  (2006)
Academic advisors
Ilya Sergeyevich Darevsky
Orlov

Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov (Russian: Николай Люцианович Орлов; 12 June 1952 – 25 March 2026) was a Soviet and Russian herpetologist and researcher of the herpetofauna of Southeast Asia, particularly northern Annam.

Life and career

From 1970 to 1978 Orlov worked in the Department of Herpetology of the Leningrad Zoo. Since 1978 he has been employed at the Laboratory of Ornithology and Herpetology of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences).

In 1985 he graduated from the Leningrad Pedagogical Institute. In 1997 he became a junior research associate, and by 2021 he was a leading researcher at the Zoological Institute of the RAS.

In 2006 he defended his Candidate of Biological Sciences dissertation on the topic “Fauna of Amphibians of Vietnam: Distribution, Taxonomic and Ecological Diversity,” supervised by Ilya S. Darevsky.[1]

Membership in scientific societies

  • A. M. Nikolsky Herpetological Society (since 2000; Presidium member since 2015)[2]
  • Societas Europaea Herpetologica (European Herpetological Society)[3]

Editorial board memberships

  • Russian Journal of Herpetology[4]
  • Current Studies in Herpetology (Russian: Современная герпетология)[5]
  • Asian Herpetological Research (AHR)[6]
  • RusTerra Magazine

Death

Orlov died on 25 March 2026, at the age of 73.[7]

Taxa named in his honour

Taxa described

References

  1. ↑ Dissertations of Russia // Biological sciences – 03.00.08 Zoology
  2. ↑ "Official site of the Herpetological Society". Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "The Societas Europaea Herpetologica". Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Russian Journal of Herpetology". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Editorial Board". Current Studies in Herpetology. Saratov State University. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Asian Herpetological Research (AHR)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ушёл из жизни один из основателей Тульского экзотариума, учёный Николай Орлов". News Tula. 25 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "The Reptile Database". Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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