Laurent Chirio
Laurent Vincent Chirio is a French–Italian biologist and herpetologist. His research focuses on the biogeography, ecology and systematics of African reptiles and amphibians.
Chirio earned a Diplôme d’études universitaires générales (DEUG) in biology from the University of Orléans in 1977. In June 1979, he received his master’s degree in animal biology, followed by a master’s degree in natural sciences in June 1980, both from the same university. In July 1980, he obtained the teaching certificate Certificat d’aptitude au professorat de l’enseignement du second degré (CAPES), and in July 1981 he passed the agrégation in natural sciences. From 1981 to 1986, he taught natural sciences at various schools, including Lycée Xavier Marmier Pontarlier, Collège de Mouthe, Collège Jules Ferry d’Épinal, and Lycée Lakhdar el Bah in Khenchela, Algeria. In September 1995, Chirio completed his Ph.D. dissertation titled Biogeography of the Reptiles of the Aurès Massif (Algeria) at the École pratique des hautes études. Since August 1997, he has been an associate researcher at the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, and from July to December 2017, he participated in a project on the inventory of reptiles, amphibians, and killifish in the Ogooué River region of Gabon.
Several species have been named in his honor:
Chirio has been involved in the description of numerous reptiles, fishes, and amphibians since 1991, including:
