Glen Milton Storr
Dr Glen Milton Storr was an Australian ornithologist and herpetologist. He joined the Western Australian Museum in 1962 and became Curator of Ornithology and Herpetology in 1965. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, and served as Secretary of the Western Australian Branch of the RAOU in 1954.
Storr produced his postgraduate research on kangaroos. His tenure as curator at the WA museum ended in 1986.Legacy
Storr was one of the most prolific alpha-taxonomists in herpetology, i.e. he described 232 species and subspecies of reptiles, which places him in the top-10 of all-time world-wide. He is commemorated in the scientific names of five species of reptiles: Carlia storri, Ctenotus storri, Lerista storri, Morethia storri, and Varanus storri.
