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Chondrodactylus
''Chondrodactylus'' is genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is commonly known as thick-toed geckos. Little is known of their biology. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid. *'' Chondrodactylus angulifer'' – common giant ground gecko **''Chondrodactylus angulifer angulifer'' **''Chondrodactylus angulifer namibensis'' *'' Chondrodactylus bibronii'' – Bibron's thick-toed gecko *'' Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi'' – Fitzsimons's thick-toed gecko *'' Chondrodactylus laevigatus'' – Fischer's thick-toed gecko *'' Chondrodactylus pulitzerae'' – Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko *'' Chondrodactylus turneri'' – Turner's thick-toed gecko ''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 compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chondrodactylus
''Chondrodactylus'' is genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is commonly known as thick-toed geckos. Little is known of their biology. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid. *'' Chondrodactylus angulifer'' – common giant ground gecko **''Chondrodactylus angulifer angulifer'' **''Chondrodactylus angulifer namibensis'' *'' Chondrodactylus bibronii'' – Bibron's thick-toed gecko *'' Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi'' – Fitzsimons's thick-toed gecko *'' Chondrodactylus laevigatus'' – Fischer's thick-toed gecko *'' Chondrodactylus pulitzerae'' – Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko *'' Chondrodactylus turneri'' – Turner's thick-toed gecko ''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 compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Giant Ground Gecko
''Chondrodactylus angulifer'', also known as the common giant ground gecko, the South African ground gecko, or the Namib sand gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa. Geographic range ''Chondrodactylus angulifer'' is found in Namibia, southernmost Botswana, and western South Africa. Description ''Chondrodactylus angulifer'' is a large gecko. Adults average snout-to-vent length (SVL). The record size is a male SVL. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (''Chondrotactylus angulifer'', pp. 237-238 + Plate79). Reproduction An adult female ''C. angulifer'' may lay a clutch of one or two eggs. The eggs are almost spherical, . Each hatchling is approximately total length (including tail). Subspecies There are two subspecies which are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies In biolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chondrodactylus Angulifer
''Chondrodactylus angulifer'', also known as the common giant ground gecko, the South African ground gecko, or the Namib sand gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa. Geographic range ''Chondrodactylus angulifer'' is found in Namibia, southernmost Botswana, and western South Africa. Description ''Chondrodactylus angulifer'' is a large gecko. Adults average snout-to-vent length (SVL). The record size is a male SVL. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (''Chondrotactylus angulifer'', pp. 237-238 + Plate79). Reproduction An adult female ''C. angulifer'' may lay a clutch of one or two eggs. The eggs are almost spherical, . Each hatchling is approximately total length (including tail). Subspecies There are two subspecies which are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies In biolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chondrodactylus Turneri
Turner's thick-toed gecko (''Chondrodactylus turneri'') is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''turneri'', is in honor of British entomologist James Aspinall Turner. Geographic range ''C. turneri'' is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Branch (2004). Description ''C. turneri'' is large and robust, with a snout-vent length (SVL) of . Behaviour Turner's thick-toed gecko is nocturnal and lives on rocks and buildings.Alexander, Graham; Marais, Johan (2007). ''A Guide to the Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Cape Town: Struik. 408 pp. . (''Chondrodactylus turneri'', pp. 311-313). Diet ''C. turneri'' is an ambush predator and feeds on invertebrate Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), derived from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chondrodactylus Fitzsimonsi
''Chondrodactylus fitzsimonsi'', also known as Fitzsimons's thick-toed gecko or the button-scaled gecko, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southwestern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''fitzsimonsi'', is in honor of South African herpetologist Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("FitzSimons, V.", p. 91). Geographic range ''C. fitzsimonsi'' is found in Angola and Namibia. Description ''C. fitzsimonsi'' is a large, heavy-bodied gecko. Adults average snout-to-vent length (SVL). The record size is a male SVL. Dorsally, it is olive-colored, with four or five dark undulating crossbands. Ventrally, it is white. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chondrodactylus Pulitzerae
Pulitzer's thick-toed gecko (''Chondrodactylus pulitzerae'') is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to southern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''pulitzerae'', is feminine, genitive, singular. Schmidt did not specify whom he meant to honor. It may commemorate Margaret Pulitzer, second wife of Ralph Pulitzer, both whom were members of the Pulitzer Angola Expedition, or it may commemorate their infant daughter who had died of polio. Geographic range ''C. pulitzerae'' is found from northern Namibia through southern Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina .... References Further reading * Schmidt KP (1933). "The Reptiles of the Pulitzer Angola Expedition". ''Annals of the Carnegie Museum'' 22 (1): 1–15. (''Pachydactyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chondrodactylus Bibronii
''Chondrodactylus bibronii'', commonly known as Bibron's thick-toed gecko, Bibron's sand gecko, or simply Bibron's gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to southern Africa. ''C. bibronii'' has been used as an animal model in bioastronautic research examining the effects of spaceflight on the morphology and physiology of vertebrates.Gulimova VI et al. (2006"Effect of 16-Day Spaceflight on the Morphology of Thick-Toed Geckos (''Pachydactylus bibronii'' Smith, 1846)" ''Journal of Gravitational Physiology'' 13 (1): 197-200. Retrieved February 25, 2020. Etymology The specific name, ''bibronii'', is in honor of French herpetologist Gabriel Bibron, as are several common names.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("''Pachydactylus bibroni'' ic, p. 25). Geographic range Bibron's gecko is distributed across the southern part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chondrodactylus Laevigatus
Button-scaled gecko (''Chondrodactylus laevigatus'') is a species of African gecko found in South Africa, Namibia, and Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina .... References laevigatus Reptiles of South Africa Reptiles of Namibia Reptiles of Angola Reptiles described in 1888 {{Gekkonidae-stub ... [...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] |
Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons
Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons, born in Pietermaritzburg, was a notable herpetologist in South Africa. Also, he contributed to the collection of spermatophyte samples for the National Herbarium which has become part of the South African National Biodiversity Institute at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden. In 1937, together with Anna Amelia Obermeyer, he collected some of the earliest plant specimens from the Eastern Highlands of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Later, as director of the Transvaal Museum, he together with Charles Koch helped to establish the Namib Desert Research Institute in Gobabeb Family Vivian FitzSimons came from a family of naturalists. His father, Frederick William FitzSimons, and his mother Patricia Henrietta (née Russell), both immigrated to South Africa from Ireland. His brother was Desmond Charles Fitzsimons, who in 1939 founded the Fitzsimons Snake Park (Durban) and was a leading distributor of snake antivenoms in South Africa. Vivian FitzSimons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Bibron
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hired to collect vertebrates in Italy and Sicily. Under the direction of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846), he took part in the Morea expedition to Peloponnese. He classified numerous reptile species with André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860), whom he had met in 1832. Duméril was interested mainly in the relations between genera, and he left to Bibron the task of describing the species. Working together they produced the ''Erpétologie Générale'', a comprehensive account of the reptiles, published in ten volumes from 1834 to 1854. Also, Bibron assisted Duméril with teaching duties at the museum and was an instructor at a primary school in Paris. Bibron contracted tuberculosis and retired in 1845 to Saint-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Aspinall Turner
James Aspinall Turner (1797 – 28 September 1867) was a British businessman, entomologist and Whig politician. He was the son of John Turner of Mayfield, near Bolton, and his wife, Elizabeth Aspinall of Liverpool.''Obituary'', The Gentleman's Magazine, 28 September 1867. He was a descendant of John Turner who had fought against the Old Pretender in 1715.''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society 1867''. Turner was a prominent cotton manufacturer and merchant in Manchester. He made his home at Pendlebury Hall and was a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of Lancashire. In 1845, he formed the Manchester Commercial Association. The association, of which he was president, was a protectionist body that broke away from the pro-free trade Manchester Chamber of Commerce. In the mid-nineteenth century the parliamentary borough of Manchester was represented by two Radical members of parliament, John Bright and Thomas Milner Gibson. In order to unseat them the Conservative Party s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
