Fernand Angel (2 February 1881, Douzy – 13 July 1950) was a French herpetologist.
In 1905 he began work as a preparateur under Leon Vaillant and Francois Mocquard at the Museum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. Later on, he became curator of the herpetology collection at the museum, a position he maintained for several decades up until the time of his death in 1950.
He specialized in herpetofauna native to Madagascar, Indochina and the French colonies of Western Africa. Most of his scientific papers were in the field of systematics.
He performed illustrative work for the volume of reptiles in the series "Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale", complementing the other drawings by Marie Firmin Bocourt. Other noted works by Fernand Angel are:
Contribution a l'etude systematique des lezards appartenant aux genres Uroplatus et Brookesia, 1929 - Contribution to the systematics of lizards belonging to the genera Uroplatus and Brookesia.
Reptiles et amphibiens, 1946 - Reptiles and amphibians.
Vie et mœurs des amphibiens, 1947 - Life and behaviour of amphibians.
Petit atlas des amphibiens et reptiles, 1949 - Small atlas of amphibians and reptiles.
Vie et mœurs des serpents, 1950 - Life and behaviour of snakes.
Angel's caecilian, Geotrypetes angeli.
Angel's keelback, Rhabdophis angeli.
Angel's chameleon, Furcifer angeli.
Angel's dwarf gecko, Lygodactylus decaryi.
Angel's five-toed skink, Lacertaspis lepesmei.
Angel's gecko, Geckolepis petiti.
Angel's kukri snake, Oligodon macrurus.
Angel's mountain keelback, Paratapinophis praemaxillaris.
Angel's petite gecko, Paragehyra petiti.
Angel's writhing skink, Lygosoma angeli.
