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Bunopus
''Bunopus'' is a genus of small geckos, lizards in the Family (biology), family Gekkonidae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to the Middle East. Species Three species are recognized as being valid. *''Bunopus blanfordii'' – Blanford's ground gecko *''Bunopus crassicauda'' – thickhead rock gecko *''Bunopus tuberculatus'' – Baluch rock gecko The species formerly known as ''Bunopus spatalurus'', the spacious rock gecko, has been assigned to the genus ''Trachydactylus'' as ''Trachydactylus spatalurus''."''Trachydactylus spatalurus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. References External links *Yehudah L. Werner, Werner YL (1987)"Gekkonid Lizards from Five Quarters Meet in Israel".''Bull. Philadelphia Herp. Soc.'' 31. * Further reading *William Thomas Blanford, Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Lizards from Persia and Baluchistán". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series'' 13: 453–455. (''Bunopus'', new genus, p. 454; ''B. tuberculatus'', ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunopus
''Bunopus'' is a genus of small geckos, lizards in the Family (biology), family Gekkonidae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to the Middle East. Species Three species are recognized as being valid. *''Bunopus blanfordii'' – Blanford's ground gecko *''Bunopus crassicauda'' – thickhead rock gecko *''Bunopus tuberculatus'' – Baluch rock gecko The species formerly known as ''Bunopus spatalurus'', the spacious rock gecko, has been assigned to the genus ''Trachydactylus'' as ''Trachydactylus spatalurus''."''Trachydactylus spatalurus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. References External links *Yehudah L. Werner, Werner YL (1987)"Gekkonid Lizards from Five Quarters Meet in Israel".''Bull. Philadelphia Herp. Soc.'' 31. * Further reading *William Thomas Blanford, Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of new Lizards from Persia and Baluchistán". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series'' 13: 453–455. (''Bunopus'', new genus, p. 454; ''B. tuberculatus'', ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunopus Tuberculatus
''Bunopus tuberculatus'', also known as the Baluch rock gecko, Arabian desert gecko, or southern tuberculated gecko is a species of gecko found in the Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Pro .... References Bunopus Reptiles described in 1874 {{Gekkonidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunopus Blanfordii
''Bunopus blanfordii'', also known commonly as Blanford's ground gecko and Blanford's rock gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Western Asia. Etymology The specific name, ''blanfordii'', is in honor of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Bunopus blanfordii'', p. 27). Geographic range ''B. blanfordii'' is found in Israel and Jordan. www.reptile-database.org. Reproduction ''B. blanfordii'' 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 reading * Goldberg SR, Maza E (2017). "''Bunopus blanfordii'' (Blanford's Rock Gecko). Reproduction". ''Herpetologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunopus Crassicauda
''Bunopus crassicauda'', also known as the thickhead rock gecko or thick-tailed tuberculated gecko is a species of gecko endemic to Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... References Bunopus Reptiles described in 1907 Taxa named by Alexander Nikolsky {{Gekkonidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachydactylus Spatalurus
''Trachydactylus spatalurus'', the spacious rock gecko or banded ground gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is found in Oman and Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q60792996, from2=Q2928255 Trachydactylus Reptiles described in 1901 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 64 genera. Members of the Gekkonidae comprise many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos (''Hemidactylus''), tokay geckos (''Gekko''), day geckos (''Phelsuma''), mourning geckos (''Lepidodactylus'') and dtellas (''Gehyra''). Gekkonid geckos occur globally and are particularly species-rich in tropical areas. Hemidactylus geckos are one of the most species-rich and widely distributed of all reptile genera. Carranza, S., and E. .. Arnold. "Systematics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Hemidactylus Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) Elucidated Using Mitochondrial DNA Sequences." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 38, no. 2, Elsevier Inc, 2006, pp. 531–45, . Fossils The earliest known gekkonidae fossil record '' Yantarogekko'' was found in Eocene-Aged Baltic amber. Distribution Species within the Gekkonidae family can be located in every warm land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thomas Blanford
William Thomas Blanford (7 October 183223 June 1905) was an English geologist and naturalist. He is best remembered as the editor of a major series on ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma''. Biography Blanford was born in London to William Blanford and Elizabeth Simpson. His father owned a factory next to their house on Bouverie street, Whitefriars. He was educated in private schools in Brighton (until 1846) and Paris (1848). He joined his family business in carving and gilding and studied at the School of Design in Somerset House. Suffering from ill health, he spent two years in a business house at Civitavecchia owned by a friend of his father. His initial aim was to enter a mercantile career. On returning to England in 1851 he was induced to enter the newly established Royal School of Mines (now part of Imperial College London), which his younger brother Henry F. Blanford (1834–1893), afterwards head of the Indian Meteorological Department, had alrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yehudah L
Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Judaea * Judea, the name of part of the Land of Israel ** Kingdom of Judah, an Iron Age kingdom of the Southern Levant *** History of ancient Israel and Judah ** Yehud (Persian province), a name introduced in the Babylonian period ** Judaea (Roman province) People * Judah (given name), or Yehudah, including a list of people with the name * Judah (surname) Other uses * Judah, Indiana, a small town in the United States * N Judah, a light trail line in San Francisco, U.S. * Yehuda Matzos, an Israeli matzo company See also * Juda (other) * Judas (other) * Jude (other) * Jews, an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah * Judas Iscariot Judas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachydactylus
''Trachydactylus'' is a genus of geckos from the Middle East. Species The genus ''Trachydactylus'' contains 2 recognized species."''Trachydactylus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Trachydactylus hajarensis'' *''Trachydactylus spatalurus'' ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority 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, bot ... in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Trachydactylus''. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q25382298 Lizard genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky
Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky (Russian: Александр Михайлович Никольский; February 18, 1858 – December 8, 1942) was a Russian and Ukrainian zoologist born in Astrakhan. From 1877 to 1881, he studied at the University of St. Petersburg, earning his doctorate several years later in 1887. From 1881 to 1891, he took part in numerous expeditions to Siberia, the Caucasus, Persia, Japan, et al. In 1887 he became an associate professor in St. Petersburg, later becoming director of the herpetology department at the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences (1895). In 1903 he relocated as a professor to the Kharkiv University. In 1919 he was elected a member at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Among his written works were ''Herpetologia Caucasica'' (1913), and volumes on reptiles and amphibians that were part of the series "Fauna of Russia and Adjacent Countries". He is the taxonomic authority of 26 reptile species. The viper '' Vipera nikolskii'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Strauch (naturalist)
Alexander Strauch (1 March 1832, in Saint Petersburg – 14 August 1893, in Wiesbaden, Germany) was a Russian naturalist, most notably a herpetologist. In 1861 he started working as a curator of the zoological museum at the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. From 1879 to 1890 he was director of the museum. He is credited with establishing St. Petersburg as a major world center in the field of herpetology. Taxa named after Strauch Taxa with the specific epithet of ''strauchi'' or ''strauchii'' commemorate his name, five examples being: *''Blanus strauchi'' ( Bedriaga, 1884) *'' Ctenotus strauchii'' ( Boulenger, 1887) *''Eremias strauchi'' Kessler, 1878 *'' Gloydius strauchi'' (Bedriaga, 1912) *'' Phrynocephalus strauchi'' Nikolsky, 1899. ''Nota bene'': A Taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus. His zoologist author abbreviation is Strauch. Selected works * ''Die Vertheilung der Schildkrö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
