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Haacke's Rock Gecko
Haacke's rock gecko (''Afroedura haackei)'', also known commonly as Haacke's flat gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. www.reptile-database.org. Etymology The specific name, ''haackei'', is in honor of South African herpetologist Wulf Dietrich Haacke. Geographic range ''A. haackei'' is found in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''A. haackei'' is rocky areas of savanna, at altitudes of , but it has also been found on walls of buildings. Behavior ''A. haackei'' is terrestrial and rupicolous (rock-dwelling). Reproduction ''A. haackei'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kno .... References Further reading * Jacobsen NHG (1992). "Flat geckos (genus ''Afroedu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Onderstall
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historicity of which has been extensively challenged,Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon in Ancient Israel; by Isaac Kalimi; page 32; Cambr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
