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Hypsilurus Boydii
''Hypsilurus'' is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Melanesia. Species , ''Hypsilurus'' contains the following 18 species: *'' Hypsilurus auritus'' *'' Hypsilurus binotatus'' – two-marked forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus bruijnii'' – Bruijn's forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus capreolatus'' *'' Hypsilurus geelvinkianus'' – New Guinea forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus godeffroyi'' – northern forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus hikidanus'' – Hikida's forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus longi'' – Long's forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus macrolepis'' *'' Hypsilurus magnus'' *''Hypsilurus modestus'' – modest forest dragon *''Hypsilurus nigrigularis'' *''Hypsilurus ornatus'' – Denzer's forest dragon *''Hypsilurus papuensis'' – Papua forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus schoedei'' – Vogt's forest dragon *'' Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi'' *''Hypsilurus spinosus'' *'' Hypsilurus tenuicephalus'' Three species previously assigned to the genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Berlin Zoological Museum. Encouraged by Müller and the explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Peters travelled to Mozambique via Angola in September 1842, exploring the coastal region and the Zambesi River. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens, which he then described in ''Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt'' (1852–1882). The work was comprehensive in its coverage, dealing with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, river fish, insects and botany. He replaced Martin Lichtenstein as curator of the museum in 1858, and in the same year he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In a few years, he g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |