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Eutropis Gansi
''Eutropis dawsoni'', also known commonly as Gans's grass skink and Gans's mabuya, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the southern Western Ghats, India. Etymology The specific name, ''dawsoni'', is in honor of F.W. Dawson who was Director of the Trivandrum Museum. The specific name of the synonym, ''gansi'', is in honor of American herpetologist Carl Gans. Geographic range ''E. dawsoni'' is found in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, southern India. The type locality of the formerly recognized ''Eutropis gansi'' is "2 km NW of Muthalar Road Cross off Sengaltheri–Thalayanai road (towards Moolakasam), Kalakkad Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu State, India". (''Mabuya gansi'', new species). Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''E. dawsoni'' is forest, at altitudes of and higher. Reproduction The mode of reproduction of ''E. dawsoni'' is unknown. References Further reading * Annandale N (1909). "Report on a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Annandale
Thomas Nelson Annandale CIE FRSE (15 June 1876, in Edinburgh – 10 April 1924, in Calcutta) was a British zoologist, entomologist, anthropologist, and herpetologist. He was the founding director of the Zoological Survey of India. Life The eldest son of Thomas Annandale, the regius professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh. His maternal grandfather was a publisher, William Nelson. Thomas was educated at Rugby School, Balliol College, Oxford where he studied under Ray Lankester and E. B. Tylor (doing better in anthropology than zoology), and at the University of Edinburgh where he studied anthropology, receiving a D.Sc. (1905). As a student he made visits to Iceland and the Faeroe Islands. In 1899 he travelled with Herbert C. Robinson as part of the Skeat Expedition to the northern part of the Malay Peninsula. Annandale went to India in 1904 as Deputy Superintendent under A.W. Alcock of the Natural History Section of the Indian Museum. He was a deputy dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
