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David Humphreys Storer

David Humphreys Storer (March 26, 1804 – September 10, 1891) was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855 to 1864.

He identified numerous fish species and published on the reptiles and fishes of New England. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1872.

The colubrid snake genus Storeria is named in his honor.

Physician and anti-abortion activist Horatio Storer (1830–1922) and chemist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and dean of the Bussey Institution at Harvard University Francis Humphreys Storer (1832–1914) are his sons.

Among the fish he described are:

He also described the snake Storeria occipitomaculata, commonly known as the redbelly snake.

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