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European Pond Terrapin
The European pond turtle (''Emys orbicularis''), also called commonly the European pond terrapin and the European pond tortoise, is a species of long-living freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the Western Palearctic. Subspecies The following 14 subspecies are recognized as being valid. *''Emys orbicularis capolongoi'' – Sardinian pond turtle *''Emys orbicularis colchica'' – Colchis pond turtle *''Emys orbicularis eiselti'' – Eiselt's pond turtle *'' Emys orbicularis fritzjuergenobstii'' – Obst's pond turtle *'' Emys orbicularis galloitalica'' – Italian pond turtle *'' Emys orbicularis hellenica'' – western Turkey pond turtle *'' Emys orbicularis hispanica'' – Spanish pond turtle *'' Emys orbicularis iberica'' – Kura Valley pond turtle *'' Emys orbicularis ingauna'' *''Emys orbicularis lanzai'' – Corsican pond turtle *'' Emys orbicularis luteofusca'' – central Turkey pond turtle *''Emys orbicularis occidentalis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Strauch
Alexander Strauch (1 March 1832, in Saint Petersburg – 14 August 1893, in Wiesbaden, Germany) was a Russian naturalist, most notably a herpetologist. In 1861 he started working as a curator of the zoological museum at the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg. From 1879 to 1890 he was director of the museum. He is credited with establishing St. Petersburg as a major world center in the field of herpetology. Taxa named after Strauch Taxon, Taxa with the Specific name (zoology), specific epithet of ''strauchi'' or ''strauchii'' commemorate his name, five examples being: *''Blanus strauchi'' (Jacques von Bedriaga, Bedriaga, 1884) *''Ctenotus strauchii'' (George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1887) *''Eremias strauchi'' Karl Fedorovich Kessler, Kessler, 1878 *''Gloydius strauchi'' (Bedriaga, 1912) *''Phrynocephalus, Phrynocephalus strauchi'' Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky, Nikolsky, 1899. ''Nota bene'': A Taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emys Orbicularis Eiselti
''Emys'' is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (''sensu lato'') is endemic to Europe and North America. Species The following two species may be assigned to the genus ''Emys'' (''sensu lato''). ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Emys''. Taxonomy The eastern North American species, ''E. blandingii'', is usually separated into its own genus, ''Emydoidea''. Similarly, the western North American species, ''E. marmorata'' and ''E. pallida'', were recently moved to their own genus, ''Actinemys ''Actinemys'' is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae."''Actinemys'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.or The genus is Endemism, endemic to the west coast of North America. The genus contains two species. Species The fol ...''. References ;Bibliography * * Further reading * Duméril AMC (1805). ''Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emys Orbicularis Colchica
''Emys'' is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (''sensu lato'') is endemic to Europe and North America. Species The following two species may be assigned to the genus ''Emys'' (''sensu lato''). ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Emys''. Taxonomy The eastern North American species, ''E. blandingii'', is usually separated into its own genus, ''Emydoidea''. Similarly, the western North American species, ''E. marmorata'' and ''E. pallida'', were recently moved to their own genus, ''Actinemys ''Actinemys'' is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae."''Actinemys'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.or The genus is Endemism, endemic to the west coast of North America. The genus contains two species. Species The fol ...''. References ;Bibliography * * Further reading * Duméril AMC (1805). ''Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Jürgen Obst
Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridolin and, less commonly, Francis. Fritz (Fryc) was also a name given to German troops by the Entente powers equivalent to the derogative Tommy. Other common bases for which the name Fritz was used include the surnames Fritsche, Fritzsche, Fritsch, Frisch(e) and Frycz. Below is a list of notable people with the name "Fritz." Surname *Amanda Fritz (born 1958), retired registered psychiatric nurse and politician from Oregon *Al Fritz (1924–2013), American businessman *Ben Fritz (born 1981), American baseball coach *Betty Jane Fritz (1924–1994), one of the original players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League *Clemens Fritz (born 1980), German footballer *Edmund Fritz (before 1918–after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uwe Fritz
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Uwe or UWE may refer to * Uwe (given name) * University of the West of England, Bristol * UML-based web engineering * University Würzburg's Experimental miniaturized satellites for space research UWE-1 and UWE-2 * Uwe - Wreck in Blankenese Blankenese () is a suburban quarter in the borough of Altona in the western part of Hamburg, Germany; until 1938 it was an independent municipality in Holstein. It is located on the right bank of the Elbe river. With a population of 13,637 as of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emys Orbicularis Capolongoi
''Emys'' is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae. The genus (''sensu lato'') is endemic to Europe and North America. Species The following two species may be assigned to the genus ''Emys'' (''sensu lato''). ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Emys''. Taxonomy The eastern North American species, ''E. blandingii'', is usually separated into its own genus, ''Emydoidea''. Similarly, the western North American species, ''E. marmorata'' and ''E. pallida'', were recently moved to their own genus, ''Actinemys ''Actinemys'' is a small genus of turtles in the family Emydidae."''Actinemys'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.or The genus is Endemism, endemic to the west coast of North America. The genus contains two species. Species The fol ...''. References ;Bibliography * * Further reading * Duméril AMC (1805). ''Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenz Müller
Lorenz Müller (18 February 1868 in Mainz – 1 February 1953 in Munich) was a German herpetologist. Professor Lorenz Müller was known for his studies on the Balearic Islands species of the genus ''Podarcis'' (wall lizards) during the 1920s, in which he described several new subspecies, including the now extinct Ratas Island lizard, ''Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi''. Together with his colleague Professor Robert Mertens he made several studies about European amphibians and reptiles. Lorenz Müller died at 85 from a bronchitis. A species of South American lizard, ''Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri ''Liolaemus lorenzmuelleri'', commonly known as Lorenz's tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae. The species is endemic to Chile. Etymology The specific name, ''lorenzmuelleri'', is in honor of German herpetologist Lorenz ...'', is named in his honor.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mertens
Robert Friedrich Wilhelm Mertens (1 December 1894 – 23 August 1975) was a German herpetologist. Several taxa of reptiles are named after him.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii. ("Mertens", p. 176; "Robert", p. 223; "Robert Mertens", p. 223). He postulated Mertensian mimicry. Mertens was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He moved to Germany in 1912, where he earned a doctorate in zoology from the University of Leipzig in 1915. During World War I he served in the German army. Mertens worked at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt for many years, beginning as an assistant in 1919, and retiring as director emeritus in 1960. He also became a lecturer at Goethe University Frankfurt in 1932, and became a Professor there in 1939. Both jobs provided him with ample time for extensive travel and the study of lizards. He collected specimens in 30 countries. During World War II, he ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky
Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky (Russian: Александр Михайлович Никольский; February 18, 1858 – December 8, 1942) was a Russian and Ukrainian zoologist born in Astrakhan. From 1877 to 1881, he studied at the University of St. Petersburg, earning his doctorate several years later in 1887. From 1881 to 1891, he took part in numerous expeditions to Siberia, the Caucasus, Persia, Japan, et al. In 1887 he became an associate professor in St. Petersburg, later becoming director of the herpetology department at the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences (1895). In 1903 he relocated as a professor to the Kharkiv University. In 1919 he was elected a member at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Among his written works were ''Herpetologia Caucasica'' (1913), and volumes on reptiles and amphibians that were part of the series "Fauna of Russia and Adjacent Countries". He is the taxonomic authority of 26 reptile species. The viper '' Vipera nikolskii'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
