Franky Bossuyt

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Franky Bossuyt
Born
Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Alma mater Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Known forAmphibian evolution; description of multiple frog taxa from South and Southeast Asia
Scientific career
Fields Herpetology
Institutions Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Franky Bossuyt is a Belgian herpetologist. Bossuyt is professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he leads the Amphibian Evolution Lab.

He described multiple frog taxa from South and Southeast Asia. [1] [2] His 2003 discovery of the purple frog Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis was called by Nature a “ once-in-a-century discovery”. [3]

He is involved in research into the evolution of frogs. [4]

In 2019 a frog species, the Mysticellus franki , was named in honor of him. [5]

Taxa described

Bossuyt has described or co-described numerous amphibian taxa, including:

References

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Franky Bossuyt, Amphibia Evolution Lab
  2. ↑ "Franky Bossuyt". Vrije Universiteit Brussel (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Paarse kikkers en andere vreemde vogels | 5. Oktober 2003: Belgische kikker". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 7 December 2005. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Belgische onderzoekers ontdekken hoe pad wereld veroverde". De Morgen (in Dutch). 16 February 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kikker wordt vernoemd naar VUB-professor". bruzz (in Dutch). 15 February 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
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