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Eulamprus Tympanum
''Eulamprus'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as water skinks, in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The genus is native to Australia. Taxonomy The genus ''Eulamprus'' belongs to a clade in the ''Sphenomorphus'' group that contains other Genus, genera such as ''Ctenotus'' and ''Anomalopus''. The molecular phylogenetic studies of O'Connor and Moritz (2003) and Skinner et al. (2013) found that species assigned to ''Eulamprus'' comprised four independent lineages within the Australian ''Sphenomorphus'' group and did not form a clade. The genus ''Eulamprus'' was restricted to the water skinks, with other species assigned to ''Concinnia'' (including species formerly in the monotypic genera ''Gnypetoscincus'' and ''Nangura''), ''Silvascincus'' and ''Tumbunascincus''. Species The following five species are recognized as being valid. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulamprus Quoyii
''Eulamprus quoyii'', more commonly known as the eastern water skink, eastern water-skink, or golden water skink, is a viviparous species of Diurnality, diurnal skink. ''Eulamprus quoyii'' belongs to the family Scincidae and is considered a common garden animal in Australia. The skink is Endemism, endemic to Australia and found only along the east coast of the country. It makes its home in creekside Habitat, habitats along the east coast of Australia and in urban area, urban garden areas with high amounts of moisture. The species can be identified by the twin, long yellow stripes that run along its body from the top of the eye, as well as by several more specific character Synapomorphy and apomorphy, derived states. The pale yellow dorsolateral stripes are most likely where its common name, the golden water skink, is derived. Like other ectotherms, the skink can often be seen basking in the sun on rocky outcroppings in order to regulate its body temperature. Its diet mainly consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Lönnberg
Axel Johann Einar Lönnberg (24 December 1865 – 21 November 1942) was a Swedish zoologist and conservationist. Lönnberg was born in Stockholm. He was head of the Vertebrate Department of the ''Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet'' (Swedish Natural History Museum) from 1904 to 1933. In 1891 he obtained his PhD from the University of Uppsala, spending the next twelve years as an inspector in the fisheries service. During this time-frame he made scientific trips to Florida (1892 – 1893) and the Caspian Sea (1899). In 1904 he was appointed head of the department of vertebrates at the ''Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet'' in Stockholm. In 1910 – 1911 he participated in an expedition to East Africa. From 1925 to 1942 he served as prefect of the ''Kristineberg Marina Forskningsstation'' (Kristineberg Marine Zoological Station). In regard to his zoological research, his primary focus dealt with mammals, birds and fish, but he also made significant contributions in his studies of reptiles and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulamprus Tympanum
''Eulamprus'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as water skinks, in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The genus is native to Australia. Taxonomy The genus ''Eulamprus'' belongs to a clade in the ''Sphenomorphus'' group that contains other Genus, genera such as ''Ctenotus'' and ''Anomalopus''. The molecular phylogenetic studies of O'Connor and Moritz (2003) and Skinner et al. (2013) found that species assigned to ''Eulamprus'' comprised four independent lineages within the Australian ''Sphenomorphus'' group and did not form a clade. The genus ''Eulamprus'' was restricted to the water skinks, with other species assigned to ''Concinnia'' (including species formerly in the monotypic genera ''Gnypetoscincus'' and ''Nangura''), ''Silvascincus'' and ''Tumbunascincus''. Species The following five species are recognized as being valid. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Paul Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist. Biography Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequently earning his qualifications as a naval surgeon. Along with Jean René Constant Quoy, he served as naturalist on the ships ''L'Uranie'' under Louis de Freycinet 1817–1820, and '' L'Astrolabe'' under Jules Dumont d'Urville 1826–1829.Google Books Discovery of Australia's Fishes: A History of Australian Ichthyology to 1930 by Brian Saunders During this voyage they discovered the now extinct giant of |
Jean René Constant Quoy
Jean René Constant Quoy (10 November 1790 in Maillé, Vendée, Maillé – 4 July 1869 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort) was a French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist. In 1806, he began his medical studies at the school of naval medicine at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort, afterwards serving as an auxiliary-surgeon on a trip to the Antilles (1808–1809). After earning his medical doctorate in 1814 at Montpellier, he was surgeon-major on a journey to Réunion (1814–1815). Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard, he served as naturalist and surgeon aboard the ''Uranie'' under Louis de Freycinet from 1817 to 1820, and on the ''French ship Astrolabe (1817), Astrolabe'' (1826–1829) under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville. In July 1823 he and Gaimard presented a paper to the Académie royale des Sciences on the origin of coral reefs, taking issue with the then widespread belief that these were constructed by coral polyps from bases in very deep water and arguin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulamprus Leuraensis
The Blue Mountains water skink or Blue Mountains swamp-skink (''Eulamprus leuraensis'') is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. An endangered species, it is found only in restricted parts of the mountains of southeastern Australia. Description The Blue Mountains water skink has a snout-to vent length of about and a tail length of about . The head is bronze to brown with black markings. The dorsal surface of the body is dark brown or blackish and on either side of the spine are rows of fine yellowish-bronze or white spots, giving the impression of continuous pale lines. These continue onto the dark-coloured tail as rows of spots. The flanks and limbs are dark brown or blackish with yellowish or bronze markings and the underparts are cream or yellow with small dark markings. The legs are robust and there are five toes on each foot. This species is unlikely to be confused with other species of '' Eulamprus'' because of its overall darker colour. Distribution and habitat Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Roy Kinghorn
James Roy Kinghorn (12 October 1891 – 4 March 1983), generally known as Roy, or J. R. Kinghorn, was an Australian naturalist, a longtime curator at the Australian Museum, and a noted lecturer and broadcaster. Early years Roy Kinghorn was born in Richmond, New South Wales, the youngest of three children of Rev. James Kinghorn (1861–1912) and his wife (Bertha) Ethel, née Campbell (ca.1866–1942). He was educated at Ellengowan School, Bathurst, All Saints' College, Bathurst and the Sydney Church of England Grammar School.Rose Docker'Kinghorn, James Roy (1891–1983)' ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 7 February 2014 In 1907 he was accepted as a cadet at the Australian Museum, Sydney, specialising in crustaceans. He attended lectures at Sydney University and studied part-time at Sydney Technical College, but after failing an examination at the College, was transferre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulamprus Kosciuskoi
The alpine meadow-skink or alpine water skink (''Eulamprus kosciuskoi'') is a species of skink found in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ... in Australia. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3060325 Eulamprus Reptiles described in 1932 Taxa named by James Roy Kinghorn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Ross Wellington
The Wells and Wellington affair was a dispute about the publication of three papers in the ''Australian Journal of Herpetology'' in 1983 and 1985. The periodical was established in 1981 as a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on the study of amphibians and reptiles ( herpetology). Its first two issues were published under the editorship of Richard W. Wells, a first-year biology student at Australia's University of New England. Wells then ceased communicating with the journal's editorial board for two years before suddenly publishing three papers without peer review in the journal in 1983 and 1985. Coauthored by himself and high school teacher Cliff Ross Wellington, the papers reorganized the taxonomy of all of Australia's and New Zealand's amphibians and reptiles and proposed over 700 changes to the binomial nomenclature of the region's herpetofauna. Members of the herpetological community reacted strongly to the pair's actions and eventually brought a case to the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Walter Wells
Richard Walter Wells is an Australian herpetologist. He is known for editing the '' Australian Journal of Herpetology'' in the 1980s, in which he and C. Ross Wellington wrote and published three papers without academic peer review that proposed significant changes to the taxonomy and nomenclature of Australian reptiles and amphibians. In the 2000s, Wells self-published herpetological research in the ''Australian Biodiversity Record''. The scientific names he proposed therein are the subject of a boycott begun in 2013 by some members of the herpetological community. Early life Richard Walter Wells was interested in herpetology in his early teen years when he lived in Prospect, New South Wales. In 1980, he brought several eastern brown snake (''Pseudonaja textilis'') eggs to the offices of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', where they hatched, an occurrence which Wells stated had never before been captured on film. Career By 1981, after working as a zoological specimen collector with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulamprus Heatwolei
The warm-temperate water-skink, Heatwole's water skink or yellow-bellied water skink (''Eulamprus heatwolei'') is a species of skink found in New South Wales and Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ... in Australia. It lives in rocky habitats, preferring those near water such as bogs, swamps, creek and river margins. It can also be found on dry and wet forests, open woodlands and heathlands, commonly seen basking on waterside logs and rocks. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3060326 Eulamprus Reptiles described in 1983 Taxa named by Richard Walter Wells Taxa named by Cliff Ross Wellington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
