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Daboia Head
''Daboia'' is a genus of venomous snake, venomous Viperinae, vipers.. Species The following four species are recognized as being valid: *''Daboia mauritanica'' – Moorish viper *''Daboia palaestinae'' – Palestine viper *''Daboia russelii'' – Russell's viper *''Daboia siamensis'' – eastern Russell's viper In the future, more species may be added to ''Daboia''. Obst (1983) reviewed the genus and suggested that it be extended to include ''Macrovipera lebetina'', ''Daboia palaestinae'', and ''Montivipera xanthina, M. xanthina''. Groombridge (1980, 1986) united ''V. palaestinae'' and ''Daboia'' as a clade based on a number of shared apomorphy, apomorphies, including snout shape and head color pattern. Lenk et al. (2001) found support for this idea based on molecular evidence, suggesting that ''Daboia'' not only include ''V. palaestinae'', but also ''Daboia mauritanica, D. mauritanica'' and ''Macrovipera deserti, M. deserti''.Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). ''True Vipe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The same is used for a zoological name. Gray was keeper of zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until Christmas 1874, before the natural history holdings were split off to the Natural History Museum. He published several catalogues of the museum collections that included comprehensive discussions of animal groups and descriptions of new species. He improved the zoological collections to make them amongst the best in the world. Biography Gray was born in Walsall, but his family soon moved to London, where Gray studied medicine. He assisted his father in writing ''The Natural Arrangement of British Plants'' (1821). After being blackballed by the Linnean Society of London, Gray shifted his interest from botany to zoology. He began his zoologica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daboia Russelii
Russell's viper (''Daboia russelii''), is a venomous snake in the family Viperidae native to the Indian subcontinent and one of the big four snakes in India. It was described in 1797 by George Shaw and Frederick Polydore Nodder, and named after Patrick Russell, who wrote about it in his 1796 work ''An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of Coromandel''. Taxonomy English naturalist George Shaw—with illustrator Frederick Polydore Nodder—in ''The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures Of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature'' formally described the species in 1797 as ''Coluber russelii'', from a specimen presented to the British Museum by Scottish herpetologist Patrick Russell. Russell had written of the species in his 1796 work ''An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of Coromandel'', confirming its highly venomous nature by experimenting on chickens and dogs. He added the native people called it ''katuka retula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daboia
''Daboia'' is a genus of venomous vipers.. Species The following four species are recognized as being valid: *''Daboia mauritanica'' – Moorish viper *''Daboia palaestinae'' – Palestine viper *''Daboia russelii'' – Russell's viper *''Daboia siamensis'' – eastern Russell's viper In the future, more species may be added to ''Daboia''. Obst (1983) reviewed the genus and suggested that it be extended to include ''Macrovipera lebetina'', ''Daboia palaestinae'', and '' M. xanthina''. Groombridge (1980, 1986) united ''V. palaestinae'' and ''Daboia'' as a clade based on a number of shared apomorphies In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy). A synapomorphy is an apomorphy shared by two or more taxa and is therefore hypothesized to have ..., including snout shape and head color pattern. Lenk et al. (2001) found support for this idea based on molecular evidence, sugge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macrovipera Deserti
The Moorish viper (''Daboia mauritanica'' or ''Macrovipera mauritanica''; common names: Moorish viper,Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 359 pp. . Sahara rock viper,U.S. Navy. 1991. Poisonous Snakes of the World. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. . Atlas blunt-nosed viper,Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . more) is a venomous viper species found in northwestern Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized. Description Reaches a maximum length of 180 cm.Spawls S, Branch B. 1995. The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Ralph Curtis Books. Dubai: Oriental Press. 192 pp. . Common names Moorish viper, Sahara rock viper, Atlas blunt-nosed viper, Atlas adder,Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apomorphy
In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy). A synapomorphy is an apomorphy shared by two or more taxa and is therefore hypothesized to have evolved in their most recent common ancestor. ) In cladistics, synapomorphy implies homology. Examples of apomorphy are the presence of erect gait, fur, the evolution of three middle ear bones, and mammary glands in mammals but not in other vertebrate animals such as amphibians or reptiles, which have retained their ancestral traits of a sprawling gait and lack of fur. Thus, these derived traits are also synapomorphies of mammals in general as they are not shared by other vertebrate animals. Etymology The word —coined by German entomologist Willi Hennig—is derived from the Ancient Greek words (''sún''), meaning "with, together"; (''apó''), meaning "away from"; and (''morphḗ''), meaning "shape, form". Clade analysis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montivipera Xanthina
''Montivipera xanthina'', known as the rock viper, coastal viper, Ottoman viper,Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. . and by other common names, is a viper species found in northeastern Greece and Turkey, as well as certain islands in the Aegean Sea. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are currently recognized. Description Dorsally, it is grey or white with a black zig-zag stripe. Melanistic individuals exist. It has keeled dorsal scales. It usually grows to a total length (body + tail) of 70–95 cm (27.6-37.4 in), but reaches a maximum total length of 130 cm (51.2 in) on certain Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Behavior Very aggressive, this snake will strike without provoking, and most bites inject venom. Habitat ''Montivipera xanthina'' can be found living in humid areas. O'Shea, M. 2008. ''Venomous Snakes of the Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macrovipera Lebetina
''Macrovipera lebetinus'', known as the blunt-nosed viper, Lebetine viper, Levant viper,Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. ''True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers''. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp. . and by other Macrovipera lebetinus#Common names, common names, is a viperinae, viper species found in North Africa, much of the Middle East, and as far east as Kashmir. Like all other vipers, it is venomous snake, venomous. Five subspecies are currently recognized, including the Nominotypical subspecies, nominate race described here. Common names Common names for this viper include: blunt-nosed viper, Lebetine viper, Levant viper, Levantine viper, Levantine adder,Brown JH. 1973. ''Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes''. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. . ''kufi'' or kufi viper (from Arabic), ''gjurza'' (from Persian language, Persian), coffin snake, Levante viper, mountain viper,U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Arthur Smith
Malcolm Arthur Smith (1875 in New Malden, Surrey – 1958 in Ascot) was a herpetologist and physician working in the Malay Peninsula. Early life Smith was interested in reptiles and amphibians from an early age. After completing a degree in medicine and surgery in London in 1898, he left for the then Kingdom of Siam (today Thailand) as a doctor to the British Embassy in Bangkok. In 1921 he married Eryl Glynne of Bangor, who as well as being medically trained, made significant collections of ferns from Thailand and later worked at RBG Kew. She was killed in a car crash near Bangkok in 1930. The couple had three children including the mountaineer Cymryd "Cym" Smith, also killed in a road accidenEryl was the elder sister of the mountaineer and plant pathologist Mary Dilys Glynne. Work Smith went on to become the physician in the royal court of Siam and was a close confidant and a doctor to the royal family. He published his observations on the reptiles and amphibians during hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Polydore Nodder
Frederick Polydore Nodder ( fl. 1770 – 1801) was an English illustrator, engraver and painter. Nodder illustrated George Shaw's periodical ''The Naturalist's Miscellany''. He also helped Joseph Banks prepare the '' Banks' Florilegium'' and converted most of Sydney Parkinson's Australian plant drawings from the expedition into paintings and helped engrave them for publication. He illustrated the first published scientific description of the duck-billed platypus. There are Nodder drawings and paintings of Australian birds and butterflies in the Natural History Division of the National Museum of Ireland. See also * Elizabeth Nodder Footnotes External links National History MuseumZoologicaGöttingen State and University Library The Göttingen State and University Library (german: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen or SUB Göttingen) is the library for Göttingen University as well as for the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and is the stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (biologist)
George Kearsley Shaw (10 December 1751 – 22 July 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist. Life Shaw was born at Bierton, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, receiving his M.A. in 1772. He took up the profession of medical practitioner. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at the University of Oxford. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789. In 1791 Shaw became assistant keeper of the natural history department at the British Museum, succeeding Edward Whitaker Gray as keeper in 1806. He found that most of the items donated to the museum by Hans Sloane were in very bad condition. Medical and anatomical material was sent to the museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, but many of the stuffed animals and birds had deteriorated and had to be burnt. He was succeeded after his death by his assistant Charles Konig. Works Shaw published one of the first English descriptions with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Werner
Franz Josef Maria Werner (15 August 1867 in Vienna – 28 February 1939 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist and explorer. Specializing as a herpetologist and entomologist, Werner described numerous species and other taxa of frogs, snakes, insects, and other organisms. His father introduced him at age six to reptiles and amphibians. A brilliant student, he corresponded often with George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937) and Oskar Boettger (1844–1910) who encouraged his studies with these animals. Werner obtained his doctorate in Vienna in 1890 and then after spending a year in Leipzig, began to teach at the Vienna Institute of Zoology. In 1919, he became tenured as a professor, maintaining this title until his retirement in 1933. Although working close to the Vienna Natural History Museum, he could not use their herpetological collections, after the death of its director, Franz Steindachner (1834–1919), who did not like Werner, and had barred him from accessing the collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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