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Blaesodactylus
''Blaesodactylus'' is a genus of six species of lizards, endemic to Madagascar, commonly known as velvet geckos, and formerly considered part of the genus ''Homopholis''. Description The species are generally similar, with small, conical scales on their Dorsum (biology), dorsal surfaces, with overall dullish coloration, and a pattern of distinct transverse bands. Species The following six species are recognized. * ''Blaesodactylus ambonihazo'' :fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer, Bauer, Frank Glaw, Glaw, Gehring & Vences, 2011:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer, Bauer AM, Frank Glaw, Glaw F, Philip-Sebastian Gehring, Gehring P-S, :de:Miguel Vences, Vences M. (2011). "New species of ''Blaseodactylus'' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ankarafantiska National Park in north-western Madagascar." ''Zootaxa'' 2942: 57-68. * ''Blaesodactylus antongilensis'' (:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe), Böhme & Harald Meier, Meier, 1980) * ''Blaesodactylus boivini'' (André Marie Constant Duméril, A.M.C. Duméril, 1856) * ''Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaesodactylus Microtuberculatus
''Blaesodactylus'' is a genus of six species of lizards, endemic to Madagascar, commonly known as velvet geckos, and formerly considered part of the genus '' Homopholis''. Description The species are generally similar, with small, conical scales on their dorsal Dorsal (from Latin ''dorsum'' ‘back’) may refer to: * Dorsal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location referring to the back or upper side of an organism or parts of an organism * Dorsal, positioned on top of an aircraft's fuselage The fus ... surfaces, with overall dullish coloration, and a pattern of distinct transverse bands. Species The following six species are recognized. * '' Blaesodactylus ambonihazo'' Bauer, Glaw, Gehring & Vences, 2011 Bauer AM, Glaw F, Gehring P-S, Vences M. (2011). "New species of ''Blaseodactylus'' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ankarafantiska National Park in north-western Madagascar." ''Zootaxa'' 2942: 57-68. * '' Blaesodactylus antongilensis'' ( Böhme & Meier, 1980) * '' Blae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaesodactylus
''Blaesodactylus'' is a genus of six species of lizards, endemic to Madagascar, commonly known as velvet geckos, and formerly considered part of the genus ''Homopholis''. Description The species are generally similar, with small, conical scales on their Dorsum (biology), dorsal surfaces, with overall dullish coloration, and a pattern of distinct transverse bands. Species The following six species are recognized. * ''Blaesodactylus ambonihazo'' :fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer, Bauer, Frank Glaw, Glaw, Gehring & Vences, 2011:fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer, Bauer AM, Frank Glaw, Glaw F, Philip-Sebastian Gehring, Gehring P-S, :de:Miguel Vences, Vences M. (2011). "New species of ''Blaseodactylus'' (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ankarafantiska National Park in north-western Madagascar." ''Zootaxa'' 2942: 57-68. * ''Blaesodactylus antongilensis'' (:de:Wolfgang Böhme (Zoologe), Böhme & Harald Meier, Meier, 1980) * ''Blaesodactylus boivini'' (André Marie Constant Duméril, A.M.C. Duméril, 1856) * ''Bla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaesodactylus Boivini
''Blaesodactylus boivini'' is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. Etymology The specific name, ''boivini'', is in honor of French botanist Louis Hyacinthe Boivin. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Blaesodactylus boivini'', p. 31). Geographic range ''B. boivini'' is found in northern Madagascar. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''B. boivini'' is forest, at altitudes from sea level to . Reproduction ''B. boivini'' is oviparous. References Further reading * Duméril, Auguste enri André(1856). "''Description des Reptiles nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus de la Collection du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle et Remarques sur la Classification et les Caractères des Reptiles. Deuxième Mémoire ... (Geckotiens, Varaniens et Iguaniens)'' ". ''Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris'' 8: 437–588. (''Plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaesodactylus Antongilensis
''Blaesodactylus antongilensis'' is a species of gecko endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f .... References Blaesodactylus Reptiles described in 1980 {{Gekkonidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaesodactylus Sakalava
''Blaesodactylus sakalava'', the Sakalava velvet gecko is a species of gecko endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f .... References Blaesodactylus Reptiles described in 1867 Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier {{Gekkonidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaesodactylus Ambonihazo
''Blaesodactylus ambonihazo'' is a species of gecko endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f .... References Blaesodactylus Reptiles described in 2011 {{Gekkonidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaesodactylus Victori
''Blaesodactylus victori'' is a species of geckos endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q25359625 Blaesodactylus Endemic fauna of Madagascar Lizards of Africa Reptiles described in 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Boettger
Oskar Boettger (; 31 March 1844 – 25 September 1910) was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was an uncle of the noted malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976). From 1863 to 1866 he studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg, then worked for a year in a chemical factory in Frankfurt am Main."Boettger, Oskar" p. 410. In: (1955). ''Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 2''. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. . (in German). In 1869 he received his doctorate from the University of Würzburg. The following year (1870), he became a paleontologist at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, where in 1875 he became the curator of the museum's department of herpetology. He is credited for making Senckenberg's herpetological collection among the best in Europe. Boettger had agoraphobia and rarely left home, never setting fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Grandidier
Alfred Grandidier (20 December 1836 – 13 September 1921) was a French natural history, naturalist and List of explorers, explorer. From a very wealthy family, at the age of 20, he and his brother, Ernest Grandidier (1833–1912), undertook a voyage around the world. At first they were led by the astronomer and physicist Pierre Jules César Janssen (1824–1907), but when Janssen fell sick and had to return to France after about six months, the brothers continued the journey. They visited South America in 1858 and 1859 and in particular the Andes, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil. During this voyage they gathered a significant collection of specimens which were analyzed, in 1860, by Ernest. The two brothers parted ways after this. Ernest Grandidier went to China and collected a vast number of specimens which are now in the Louvre and the Guimet Museum, Guimet museum. Alfred travelled to India, reaching it in 1863. He had intended to explore the high plateau of Tibet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Marie Constant Duméril
André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History (France), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology. His son Auguste Duméril was also a zoologist, and the author citation (zoology), author citation Duméril is used for both André and his son. Life André Marie Constant Duméril was born on 1 January 1774 in Amiens and died on 14 August 1860 in Paris. He became a doctor at a young age, obtaining, at 19 years, the ''prévot'' of anatomy at the medical school of Rouen. In 1800, he left for Paris and collaborated in the drafting of the comparative anatomy lessons of Georges Cuvier. He replaced Cuvier at the Central School of the Panthéon, Paris, Panthéon and had, as his colleague, Alexandre Brongniart. In 1801, he gave courses to the medical school of Paris. Under the Bourbon Restoration in Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Meier
Harald Meier (1922 – 2007) Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians''. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. xiii + 262 pp. . (Harald Meier, p. 89). was a German herpetologist.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Harald Meier, p. 115; Meier, p. 175). Taxa described by Meier Meier described several new taxa of geckos, including '' Phelsuma pusilla hallmanni'' and '' Phelsuma borbonica mater'', subspecies of geckos Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates. They range from . Geckos are unique among lizards f .... (in German). Taxa named in honor of Meier Meier is commemorated in the scientific names of three taxa: *'' Mantella haraldmeieri'', a frog *'' Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |