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Ancylocranium
''Ancylocranium'' is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as sharp-snouted worm lizards. Three species are placed in this genus, which is endemic to eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa. Species The following species are recognized as being valid."''Ancylocranium'' ". The Reptile Database. www,reptile-database.org. *''Ancylocranium barkeri'' Loveridge, 1946 - Lindi sharp-snouted worm lizard *''Ancylocranium ionidesi'' Loveridge, 1955 - Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard *''Ancylocranium somalicum The Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard (''Ancylocranium somalicum'') is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is found in Somalia and Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, į¢įµį®įµį ...'' ( Scortecci, 1930) - Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard '' Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Ancylocranium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancylocranium Barkeri
The Lindi sharp-snouted worm lizard (''Ancylocranium barkeri''), also known Common name, commonly as Barker's sharp-snouted worm lizard, is a species of Amphisbaenia, amphisbaenian in the Family (biology), family Amphisbaenidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Tanzania. There are two recognized subspecies. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''barkeri'' is in honor of New Zealander zoologist Ronald de la Bere Barker (1889ā?).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Ancylcranium barkeri'', p. 17). Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''A. barkeri'' is sandy areas, at altitudes of . Diet ''A. barkeri'' Predation, preys upon termites and other small invertebrates. Reproduction ''A. barkeri'' is Oviparity, oviparous. Clutch (eggs), Clutch size is a single egg. Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancylocranium
''Ancylocranium'' is a genus of amphisbaenians in the family Amphisbaenidae, commonly known as sharp-snouted worm lizards. Three species are placed in this genus, which is endemic to eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa. Species The following species are recognized as being valid."''Ancylocranium'' ". The Reptile Database. www,reptile-database.org. *''Ancylocranium barkeri'' Loveridge, 1946 - Lindi sharp-snouted worm lizard *''Ancylocranium ionidesi'' Loveridge, 1955 - Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard *''Ancylocranium somalicum The Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard (''Ancylocranium somalicum'') is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is found in Somalia and Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, į¢įµį®įµį ...'' ( Scortecci, 1930) - Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard '' Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Ancylocranium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancylocranium Ionidesi
The Kilwa sharp-snouted worm lizard (''Ancylocranium ionidesi'') is a worm lizard species in the family Amphisbaenidae. It is endemic to Tanzania. Etymology The specific name, ''ionidesi'', is in honor of British game warden Constantine John Philip Ionides Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901ā1968), nicknamed "Bobby" and then "Iodine", was a British-born naturalist and herpetologist known as the Snake Man of British East Africa. His decades as game warden (conservation officer) led to him being des ... (1901ā1968), who was known as the "Snake Man of British East Africa"..Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Ancylcranium ionidesi'', p. 130). References Ancylocranium Reptiles described in 1955 Endemic fauna of Tanzania Reptiles of Tanzania Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge {{lizard-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancylocranium Somalicum
The Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard (''Ancylocranium somalicum'') is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is found in Somalia and Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, į¢įµį®įµį«, Ćtiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the .... References Ancylocranium Reptiles described in 1930 Taxa named by Giuseppe Scortecci {{reptile-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphisbaenidae
The Amphisbaenidae (common name: worm lizards) are a family of amphisbaenians, a group of limbless vertebrates. Geographic range Amphisbaenids occur in South America, some Caribbean islands, Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. Taxonomy One deep-branching and somewhat aberrant genus, ''Blanus'', is native to Europe, and may represent a distinct family. More recent sources indeed place it in the family Blanidae. Description Members of the family Amphisbaenidae are limbless, burrowing reptiles with carnivorous diets. As in other amphisbaenians, the body bears rings of scales, which gives amphisbaenids a worm-like appearance. The head is massively constructed and used for burrowing, with powerful jaws and large, recurved teeth used for seizing prey. Some species have a spade-like head, while others have a narrow keel on the head, and still others have a rounded skull. The eyes are highly reduced, while the ear bone, or stapes in the middle ear, is large and massive. Together with anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gans
Carl Gans (7 September 1923 ā 30 November 2009) was a German-born American zoologist and herpetologist. Early life and education Gans, who was Jewish, was born in Germany. While a teenager in 1939, he was able to escape Nazi Germany by fleeing to the United States, where he completed his education. He attended George Washington High School in New York City. In 1944 he earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering at New York University, and in 1950 an MS in Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University. In 1957 he received a PhD in Biology from Harvard University."Carl Gans, Obituary". ''The New York Times''. Legacy.com. Career From 1947 to 1955 Gans worked as an engineer. From 1957 to 1958 he was a Fellow in Biology at the University of Florida. From 1958 to 1971 he taught biology at the State University of New York, Buffalo. From then on he was Professor of Biology at the University of Michigan. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binomial Nomenclature
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages. Such a name is called a binomial name (which may be shortened to just "binomial"), a binomen, name or a scientific name; more informally it is also historically called a Latin name. The first part of the name ā the '' generic name'' ā identifies the genus to which the species belongs, whereas the second part ā the specific name or specific epithet ā distinguishes the species within the genus. For example, modern humans belong to the genus ''Homo'' and within this genus to the species ''Homo sapiens''. ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is likely the most widely known binomial. The ''formal'' introduction of this system of naming species is credit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nota Bene
(, or ; plural form ) is a Latin phrase meaning "note well". It is often abbreviated as NB, n.b., or with the ligature and first appeared in English writing . In Modern English, it is used, particularly in legal papers, to draw the attention of the reader to a certain (side) aspect or detail of the subject being addressed. While ''NB'' is also often used in academic writing, ''note'' is a common substitute. The markings used to draw readers' attention in medieval manuscripts are also called marks. The common medieval markings do not, however, include the abbreviation ''NB''. The usual medieval equivalents are anagrams from the four letters in the word , the abbreviation DM from ("worth remembering"), or a symbol of a little hand (ā), called a manicule or index, with the index finger pointing towards the beginning of the significant passage.Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham, Introduction to Manuscript Studies (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007), p. 44. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Wildman Parker
Hampton Wildman Parker (5 July 1897 ā 2 September 1968) was an English zoologist. Parker was Keeper of Zoology at the Natural History Museum from 1947 to 1957. He is the author of several works on snakes and frogs: Parker discovered a new species of lizard on the Seychelles, which he described and named Vesey-Fitzgerald's burrowing skink (''Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi'' ) after entomologist Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald. __NOTOC__ Books by H.W. Parker *1934. ''A Monograph of the Frogs of the Family Microhylidae''. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). *1963. ''Snakes''. London: Hale. *1965. ''Natural History of Snakes''. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). *1977. ''Snakes, a Natural History''. University of Queensland Press. Eponyms Parker is honored in the specific names of the following reptiles: '' Cercosaura parkeri'', '' Chamaelycus parkeri'', '' Emoia parkeri'', '' Myriopholis parkeri'', ''Phelsuma parkeri'', '' Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Loveridge
Arthur Loveridge (28 May 1891 ā 16 February 1980) was a British biologist and herpetologist who wrote about animals in East Africa, particularly Tanzania, and New Guinea. He gave scientific names to several gecko species in the region. Arthur Loveridge was born in Penarth, and was interested in natural history from childhood. He gained experience with the National Museum of Wales and Manchester Museum before becoming the curator of the Nairobi Museum (now the National Museum of Kenya) in 1914. During WW1, he joined the East African Mounted Rifles, later returning to the museum to build up the collections. He then became an assistant game warden in Tanganyika. In 1924, he joined the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the grounds of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was the curator of herpetology. He returned to East Africa on several field trips and wrote many scientific papers before retiring from Harvard in 1957. He married Mary Victoria Sloan in 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly ā all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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