Carlos de la Torre y Huerta

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 names of a species of Cuban gecko, Sphaerodactylus torrei[4], as well as the genus Torreites of a now extinct rudist bivalve from the Cretaceous period.

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