Laurence M. Klauber (also known as Dr. Rattlesnake) put San Diego on the map in the field of herpetology. He collected and donated 36,000 reptile and amphibian specimens to the San Diego Natural History Museum, including the most comprehensive collection of rattlesnakes in the world. For 40 years Klauber documented his collecting in his Journals which are now online after being digitized by @bpoc and the @internetarchive.