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Herpetoreas Xenura
Wall's keelback (''Herpetoreas xenura'') is a species of natricine snake endemic to Northeast India. Geographic range It is found in Khasi Hills in the Indian state of Meghalaya. It is also found in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh .... References Further reading * Smith, M.A. 1943. ''The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III. — Serpentes.'' Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. 583 pp. (''Natrix xenura'', p. 292.) * Wall, F. 1907. Some new Asian snakes. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (3): 612–618. (''Tropidonotus xenura'', p. 616.) Herpetoreas Snakes of Asia Reptiles of India Endemic fauna of India Reptiles desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wall (herpetologist)
Colonel Frank Wall (21 April 1868 – 19 May 1950) was a physician and herpetologist who lived in Sri Lanka and India. Early life and education Wall was born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). His father, George Wall, was responsible for initiating the study of natural history on the island. Wall was sent to England to be educated at Harrow School, the same school his father and brothers attended, and studied medicine in London before joining the Indian Medical Service in 1893.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Wall", p. 279). Herpetology Sent to India under the British Raj, Wall continued to work there until 1925 and researched many animals, especially snakes. He collected numerous snakes, many of which are now in the collections of the British Museum and the Natural History Museum, London. Wall was a member of the Bombay Natural History Society and pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |