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Voeltzkowia
''Voeltzkowia'' is a genus of skinks. Geographic range The genus ''Voeltzkowia'' is endemic to Madagascar. Species Three species are recognized as being valid."''Voeltzkowia'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Voeltzkowia mira'' *'' Voeltzkowia mobydick'' *'' Voeltzkowia yamagishii'' ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Voeltzkowia''. The species ''V. mobydick'' and ''V. yamagishii'' were formerly in the genus ''Sirenoscincus''. The species formerly known as ''Voeltzkowia fierinensis, V. lineata, V. petiti'', and ''V. rubrocaudata'' have been assigned to the genus ''Grandidierina''. Etymology The generic name, ''Voeltzkowia'', is in honor of German biologist Alfred Voeltzkow Alfred Voeltzkow (14 April 1860 – February 1947) was a German zoologist and botanist from Berlin, Brandenburg. He studied sciences at the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin, Freiburg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voeltzkowia
''Voeltzkowia'' is a genus of skinks. Geographic range The genus ''Voeltzkowia'' is endemic to Madagascar. Species Three species are recognized as being valid."''Voeltzkowia'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Voeltzkowia mira'' *'' Voeltzkowia mobydick'' *'' Voeltzkowia yamagishii'' ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Voeltzkowia''. The species ''V. mobydick'' and ''V. yamagishii'' were formerly in the genus ''Sirenoscincus''. The species formerly known as ''Voeltzkowia fierinensis, V. lineata, V. petiti'', and ''V. rubrocaudata'' have been assigned to the genus ''Grandidierina''. Etymology The generic name, ''Voeltzkowia'', is in honor of German biologist Alfred Voeltzkow Alfred Voeltzkow (14 April 1860 – February 1947) was a German zoologist and botanist from Berlin, Brandenburg. He studied sciences at the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin, Freiburg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirenoscincus Mobydick
''Voeltzkowia mobydick'' is a species of mermaid skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. In 2012, the species was first described in a paper by French herpetologists Aurélien Miralles, Miguel Vences, and their colleagues. (''Sirenoscincus mobydick'', new species). Description Mermaid skinks have only forelimbs, no hind limbs, hence the common name "mermaid skink". This species's forelimbs are shaped like flippers ('' Voeltzkowia yamagishii'' has claws). The scientific name ''Voeltzkowia mobydick'' consists of the pre-existing parent genus ''Voeltzkowia'', and the name of the white sperm whale from the 1851 novel '' Moby-Dick'' by Herman Melville. The species name is appropriate because whales have no hind limbs, only forelimbs shaped like flippers, and so does this species of skink. It also lacks pigmentation as Moby Dick did. The type series consists of two specimens that measured in snout–vent length. The body is about wide at midbody. In preserved specimens, body is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voeltzkowia Mira
''Voeltzkowia mira'' is a species of skink which is endemic to Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... References mira Reptiles of Madagascar Endemic fauna of Madagascar Reptiles described in 1893 Taxa named by Oskar Boettger {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voeltzkowia Yamagishii
''Voeltzkowia yamagishii'' is a species of lizard which is endemic to Madagascar. Etymology The specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ..., ''yamagishii'', is in honor of Japanese zoologist .Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sirenoscincus yamagishii'', p. 292). References yamagishii Reptiles of Madagascar Endemic fauna of Madagascar Reptiles described in 2003 Taxa named by Tsutomu Hikida {{skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions. Description Skinks look like lizards of the family Lacertidae (sometimes called ''true lizards''), but most species of skinks have no pronounced neck and relatively small legs. Several genera (e.g., ''Typhlosaurus'') have no limbs at all. This is not true for all skinks, however, as some species such as the red-eyed crocodile skink have a head that is very distinguished from the body. These lizards also have legs that are relatively small proportional to their body size. Skinks' skulls are covered by substantial bony scales, usually matching up in shape and size, while overlapping. Other gen ... [...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 (☞), 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] |
Lizard Genera
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia although some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3-meter-long Komodo dragon. Most lizards are quadrupedal, running with a strong side-to-side motion. Some lineages (known as "legless lizards"), have secondarily lost their legs, and have long snake-like bodies. Some such as the forest-dwelling ''Draco'' lizards are able to glide. They are often territorial, the males fighting off other males and signalling, often with bright colours, to attract mates and to intimidate rivals. Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often being sit-and-wait predators; many smaller species eat insects, while the Komodo eats mammals as bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Voeltzkow
Alfred Voeltzkow (14 April 1860 – February 1947) was a German zoologist and botanist from Berlin, Brandenburg. He studied sciences at the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin, Freiburg, and Würzburg, receiving his doctorate at Freiburg in 1887 with a dissertation on ''Aspidogaster conchicola''. He obtained his habilitation at the University of Strasbourg, and in 1900 became a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. Voeltzkow is remembered for his scientific journeys in eastern Africa and islands of the Western Indian Ocean; (Comoros, Madagascar, Juan de Nova and Aldabra). On these expeditions, Voeltzkow collected zoological specimens of numerous genera for study and classification. Voeltzkow's best-known written works involved his African journeys, and were titled: * "''Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagascar und Ost-Africa in den Jahren 1889-1895''" * "''Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905''". His name is associated with numerou ... [...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 – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandidierina
''Grandidierina'' is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar. Species The following four species, listed alphabetically by specific name, are recognized as being valid. *'' Grandidierina fierinensis'' *'' Grandidierina lineata'' *'' Grandidierina petiti'' *'' Grandidierina rubrocaudata'' ''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 ''Grandidierina''. References Further reading * Mocquard F (1894). "''Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment conus de Madagascar'' ". ''Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Huitième Série'' ighth Series6 (17): 3–10. (''Grandidier ... [...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 – the '' generic name'' – identifies the genus to which the species belongs, whereas the second part – the specific name or specific epithet – 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] |
Oskar Boettger
Oskar Boettger (german: Böttger; 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 . The following year (1870), he became a |
