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Leiocephalus Barahonensis
''Leiocephalus barahonensis'', commonly known as the orange-bellied curlytail or Barahona curlytail lizard, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Leiocephalidae (curly-tailed lizard). It is endemic to Hispaniola, including some outlying islands. Five subspecies are recognized: However, IUCN and "Amphibians and reptiles of Caribbean Islands" treat ''Leiocephalus barahonensis altavelensis'' as a separate species, ''Leiocephalus altavelensis''. This species/subspecies is endemic to Alto Velo Island and considered "critically endangered" with a total population size that is no more than 500 individuals. References Leiocephalus Endemic fauna of Hispaniola Reptiles of the Dominican Republic Reptiles of Haiti Reptiles described in 1921 Taxa named by Karl Patterson Schmidt {{Lizard-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Patterson Schmidt
Karl Patterson Schmidt (June 19, 1890 – September 26, 1957) was an American herpetologist. Family Schmidt was the son of George W. Schmidt and Margaret Patterson Schmidt. George W. Schmidt was a German professor, who, at the time of Karl Schmidt's birth, was teaching in Lake Forest, Illinois. His family left the city in 1907 and settled in Wisconsin. They worked on a farm near Stanley, Wisconsin, where his mother and his younger brother died in a fire on August 7, 1935. The brother, Franklin J. W. Schmidt, had been prominent in the then-new field of wildlife management. Karl Schmidt married Margaret Wightman in 1919, and they had two sons, John and Robert. Education In 1913, Schmidt entered Cornell University to study biology and geology. In 1915, he discovered his preference for herpetology during a four-month training course at the Perdee Oil Company in Louisiana. In 1916, he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts and made his first geological expedition to Santo Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
