Leonardo Fea (24 July 1852 – 27 April 1903) was an Italian explorer, zoologist, painter, and naturalist.
Biography
Fea was born in Turin, a son of Paolo Fea, who was professor of painting at Accademia Albertina, and Anna Roda. In 1872 he became an assistant at the Museum of Natural History in Genoa. He made several foreign trips to collect specimens, including visits to Burma (1885–89) and the Cape Verde Islands (1898), the islands in the Gulf of Guinea (São Tomé, Príncipe, Fernando Po, Annobón, 1900–02) and Cameroon and French Congo (1902).
- Fea's short-legged toad, Brachytarsophrys feae
- Fea's viper, Azemiops feae
- Fea's muntjac, Muntiacus feae
- Fea's tube-nosed bat, Murina feae
- Fea's tree rat, Chiromyscus chiropus
- Fea's bow-fingered gecko, Cyrtodactylus feae