in his article about hunting on the gold coast, hendrik pel was the first zoologist to describe the west african bush viper or "atheris chlorechis", but of much higher significance for the scientific community were the books and articles written by others about the specimens pel sent to the netherlands. temminck published "esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de guinee" (1853) about the specimens of mammals sent by pel, and the german ornithologist gustav hartlaub published two articles and a book based in large part of pel's bird specimens. pel's fish specimens were studied by ichthyologist pieter bleeker, pel's snake specimens were studied by herpetologist hermann schlegel, and pel's "crustacea" specimens were the subject of jan adrianus herklots's dissertation.