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Georg Jan
Georg (also Giorgio or Georges) Jan (1791-1866) was an Italian taxonomist, and director of the Museum Natural History in Milan, Italy. He is credited with having described several new species of snakes, and is honored by having several species named after him, such as the Texas Night Snake, Hypsiglena torquata jani and the Mexican Pine Snake, Pituophis deppei jani.
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