SCHWENKMEYER, Richard
SCHWENKMEYER, Richard (1928- ), enthusiastic herpetologist born in San Diego.
Schwenkmeyer was invited to participate in the first cruise of the R/V Orca, research ship of the J. W. Sefton Foundation. Jo Sefton was aboard the trip, along with museum director, Arthur Fisher.
Schwenkmeyer specifically remembered the abundant quantities of abalone present on San Clemente Island; catching a Catalina Island rattlesnake on the Isthmus; and getting a Santa Rosa Island gopher snake. He later wrote a paper on the food habits of the Island Night Lizard, Xantusia, from stomach contents of lizards taken at San Clemente Island.
Schwenkmeyer collected on:
- San Clemente Island (1948)
- Santa Catalina Island (1948)
- Santa Cruz Island (1948)
- Santa Rosa Island (1948)
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/13/nothing-rattles-snake-expert/2/?#article-copy
- 1979. Schwenkmeyer, Richard. The Food Habits of the Island Night Lizard, Xantisua riversiana reticulata, from San Clemente Island Nat. Hist. Misc. (Chicago Acad. Sci.) 38:1-3, 1979
Island Collections~
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Catalina Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 5, 1948 | SDMNH-39651 | Crotalus oreganus | Herps |
Santa Cruz Island
8/8,9,12,13/1948 SDNHM herps
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 8, 1948 | SDMNH-18341 | Sceloporus occidentalis | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 8, 1948 | SDMNH-18342 | Sceloporus occidentalis | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18343 | Sceloporus occidentalis | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18344 | Sceloporus occidentalis | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18345 | Sceloporus occidentalis | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18346 | Sceloporus occidentalis | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18347 | Sceloporus occidentalis | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18348 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18349 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18350 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18351 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18351 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18351 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 10, 1948 | SDMNH-18416 | Elgaria multicarinata | Herps |
| Santa Rosa Island | R. Schwenkmeyer | SDMNH | August 11, 1948 | SDMNH-18408 | Pituophis catenifer | Herps |
