Arden H. Brame

Arden Brame (1934 to 2004) was an American herpetologist and genealogist whose research focused on lungless salamanders of the family Plethodontidae. His interest began in 1952 when he collected his first living salamanders and corresponded with the German salamander experts Friedrich Pölz and Günther Freytag, and he kept a large collection of living animals. He took a bachelor degree in botany at the University of Southern California in 1957 and a master degree in zoology in 1967 under Jay Savage. He was curator of the herpetological collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County from 1961 to 1965, directed the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Altadena, and served as president of the Pasadena Audubon Society and of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Between 1956 and 2003 he published 40 papers on salamanders.