Carlos de la Torre y Huerta (May 15, 1858 in Matanzas, Cuba – February 19, 1950 in Havana) [1] was a Cuban naturalist. [2]
He was the president of House of Representatives from November 1903 to April 1904. [3]
He is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Cuban gecko, Sphaerodactylus torrei. [4]
Carlos de la Torre y la Huerta was the foremost Cuban naturalist of his era, following in the footsteps of Felipe Poey. De la Torre was a naturalist of the old school, with broad interests in natural history. He focused his research on mollusks, both living and paleontological specimens. ...