Alexander Strauch (1 March 1832, in Saint Petersburg – 14 August 1893, in Wiesbaden, Germany) was a Russian naturalist, most notably a herpetologist.
In 1861 he started working as a curator of the zoological museum at the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. From 1879 to 1890 he was director of the museum. He is credited with establishing St. Petersburg as a major world center in the field of herpetology.
Taxa named after Strauch
Taxa with the specific epithet of strauchi or strauchii commemorate his name, five examples being:
Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884)
Ctenotus strauchii (Boulenger, 1887)
Eremias strauchi Kessler, 1878
Gloydius strauchi (Bedriaga, 1912)
Phrynocephalus strauchi Nikolsky, 1899.
Nota bene: A Taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
