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Branch, Bill (William R.)

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Personal name headingBranch, Bill (William R.)
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Variant(s)Branch, William R.
Associated placePort Elizabeth (South Africa)
Addresswrbranch@bayworld.co.za
Birth date1946-05-12
Place of birthLondon (England)
Field of activityHerpetology
AffiliationPort Elizabeth Museum
Bayworld
International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group
IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force
IUCN African Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group
Profession or occupationHerpetologists
Found inHis Bill Branch's field guide to the snakes ... 1988: t.p. (Bill Branch) jacket (b. London, emigrated to S. Africa 1971; herpetologist, Port Elizabeth Museum)
Phone call to publisher, 11/28/88 (William R. Branch)
SANB correspondence with author, Nov. 26, 1991 (full name: Branch, William Roy; date of birth: May 12, 1946)
Tortoises, terrapins and turtles of Africa, 2008: t.p. (Bill Branch) p. 4 of cover (curator of Herpetology at Bayworld in Port Elizabeth. He has long been fascinated by all reptiles; served on numerous IUCN groups, including the Tortoise Species Survival Commission, the Declining Amphibian Populations Taskforce and as chair of the IUCN African Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group)
Atlas and Red List of the reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, 2014: title page (William R. Branch) page vii (William R. Branch, Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld) & Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth; wrbranch@bayworld.co.za)
Equivalent(s)Branch, Bill, 1946-
Associated languageeng