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Alopoglossus Buckleyi
''Alopoglossus buckleyi'', also known commonly as Buckley's shade lizard and Buckley's teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is native to northwestern South America. Etymology The specific name, ''buckleyi'', is in honor of Clarence Buckley (1839–1889) who collected the holotype. Geographic range ''A. buckleyi'' is found in Brazil ( Amazonas, Acre), Colombia ( Amazonas), eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru ( Loreto). Habitat The natural habitat of ''A. buckleyi'' is forest at altitudes of . Description ''A. buckleyi'' is a small species of lizard. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .Boulenger (1885). Reproduction ''A. buckleyi'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and .... References Further readi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy (14 March 184430 January 1881) was a British poet and herpetologist. Of Irish descent, he was born in London. He is most remembered for his poem "Ode", from his 1874 collection ''Music and Moonlight'', which begins with the words "We are the music makers, / And we are the dreamers of dreams", and has been set to music by several composers including Edward Elgar (as '' The Music Makers)'', Zoltán Kodály, Alfred Reed and, more recently, 808 State ( ex:el: nephatiti) Aphex Twin (Selected Ambient Works 85-92). Early life and herpetology In June 1861, at age 17, Arthur O'Shaughnessy received the post of transcriber in the library of the British Museum, reportedly through the influence of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. According to Sir Edmund Gosse, O'Shaughnessy was one of Bulwer Lytton's many bastard children. Two years later, he became a herpetologist in the museum's zoological department. From 1874 to his premature death, he described six new sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
