Detailed descriptions in his diaries were helpful in 2011 , when researchers managed to locate the silica terraces on Lake Rotomahana , which was buried in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera . New Zealand 's endemic Hochstetter 's frog , '' Leiopelma hochstetteri '' , is named after Ferdinand . Several other species bear his name in their scientific names , including the Takahe , '' Porphyrio hochstetteri '' , and '' Powelliphanta hochstetteri '' , a species ( with five subspecies ) of New Zealand 's giant carnivorous land snails
1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
Ferdinand von Hochstetter