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Fitzinger was born in Vienna and studied Botany at the University Of Vienna under Nikolaus Joseph Von Jacquin . Between 1817 and 1861 he worked at the Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum , later becoming director of the zoos of Munich and Budapest . In 1826 he published ''Neue Classification der Reptilien'', based partly on the work of his friends Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich and Heinrich Boie . In 1843 he published ''Systema Reptilium'', covering Gecko s, Chameleon s and Iguana s. |
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