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Atractus Eriki
''Atractus eriki'' is a species of snake in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Venezuela. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''eriki'', is in honor of Erik La Marca (born 1990), who is the youngest son of Venezuelan herpetologist species:Enrique La Marca, Enrique La Marca.species:Bo Beolens, Beolens, Bo; species:Michael Watkins, Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Atractus eriki'', p. 85). Geographic range ''A. eriki'' is native to the western slope of the Cordillera de Mérida in the western Venezuelan states of Mérida (state), Mérida, Táchira, and Trujillo (state), Trujillo. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''A. eriki'' is forest, at altitudes of . Reproduction ''A. eriki'' is Oviparity, oviparous. References Further reading *species:Luis Felipe Esqueda, Esqueda LF, species:Enrique La Marca, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Felipe Esqueda
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish language, Spanish form of the originally Germanic language, Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese language, Portuguese and Galician language, Galician, in Aragonese language, Aragonese and Catalan language, Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German language, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |