Margaret "Meg" McBride Stewart (6 Feb. 1927 – 2 Aug. 2006) was an American herpetologist, known for her research on the amphibians of Malawi, the Caribbean, and the United States.
Stewart produced a fieldguide to the amphibians of Malawi in 1967,[4] widely regarded as a landmark work in the herpetology of eastern Africa.
[2] Stewart retired in 1997, but continued to develop the program in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Policy at the University at Albany.
[1] In 1996, Stewart was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Mayaguez for her work on Eleutherodactylus coqui.
[1][2] In June 2004, Stewart was named a citizen member of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission after twelve years in its service.
[1] In June 2006, Stewart was elected an alumna member of the Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at UNC-Greensboro.
The puddle frog Phrynobatrachus stewartae was named in honour of Stewart,[7] as is an interpretive trail in the Albany Pine Bush and a visitor centre at Sam's Point Preserve.