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Leptodeira Annulata
''Leptodeira'' is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 17 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid. *'' Leptodeira annulata'' – banded cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira annulata annulata'' **''Leptodeira annulata pulchriceps'' *'' Leptodeira ashmeadii'' *'' Leptodeira bakeri'' – Baker's cat-eyed snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Leptodeira bakeri'', p. 15). *'' Leptodeira frenata'' – rainforest cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira frenata frenata'' **''Leptodeira frenata malleisi'' **''Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis'' *'' Leptodeira larcorum'' *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptodeira Septentrionalis
''Leptodeira septentrionalis'', the northern cat-eyed snake, is a species of medium-sized, slightly venomous snake, found from southern Texas to Costa Rica. Appearance The northern cat eye is medium size (up to ). In general females are slightly longer than males. They have smooth scales, with dark brown line or spot beside the eye and dark brown blotches (which can fuse to form a zigzag) running down their backs, these spots may vary in pattern geographically. Its head is distinctly wider than its neck and it has large bulging eyes with reddish irises and light brown elliptical pupils. Behaviour The northern cat eye is primarily arboreal and entirely nocturnal. At night it hunts for frogs and their eggs, it is particularly known for feeding on those of the red-eyed tree frog. It swallows eggs and small frogs alive but kills larger frogs with mild venom from its enlarged, grooved rear fangs. When threatened it is able to flatten its head and spread its jaws although it rarely ... [...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] |
Leptodeira Misinawui
''Leptodeira'' is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 17 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid. *''Leptodeira annulata'' – banded cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira annulata annulata'' **''Leptodeira annulata pulchriceps'' *'' Leptodeira ashmeadii'' *'' Leptodeira bakeri'' – Baker's cat-eyed snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Leptodeira bakeri'', p. 15). *'' Leptodeira frenata'' – rainforest cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira frenata frenata'' **''Leptodeira frenata malleisi'' **''Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis'' *'' Leptodeira larcorum'' *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptodeira Maculata
''Leptodeira'' is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 17 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid. *''Leptodeira annulata'' – banded cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira annulata annulata'' **''Leptodeira annulata pulchriceps'' *'' Leptodeira ashmeadii'' *'' Leptodeira bakeri'' – Baker's cat-eyed snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Leptodeira bakeri'', p. 15). *'' Leptodeira frenata'' – rainforest cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira frenata frenata'' **''Leptodeira frenata malleisi'' **''Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis'' *'' Leptodeira larcorum'' *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptodeira Larcorum
''Leptodeira'' is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 17 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid. *''Leptodeira annulata'' – banded cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira annulata annulata'' **''Leptodeira annulata pulchriceps'' *'' Leptodeira ashmeadii'' *'' Leptodeira bakeri'' – Baker's cat-eyed snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Leptodeira bakeri'', p. 15). *'' Leptodeira frenata'' – rainforest cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira frenata frenata'' **''Leptodeira frenata malleisi'' **''Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis'' *'' Leptodeira larcorum'' *''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmett Reid Dunn
Emmett Reid Dunn (November 21, 1894 in Alexandria, Virginia – February 13, 1956) was an American Herpetology, herpetologist noted for his work in Panama and for studies of salamanders in the Eastern United States. Biography He attended Haverford College as an undergraduate and received his PhD from Harvard University. After receiving his PhD, he taught at Smith College. He left Smith to study on a Guggenheim Fellowship, following which he became a professor of biology at Haverford College. He was also curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. He served as editor of ''Copeia'' from 1924 to 1929. Eponyms A number of reptiles were named in honor of Dunn, both species (binomials)species:Bo Beolens, Beolens, Bo; species:Michael Watkins, Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Dunn", pp. 77-78). and subspecies (trinomials), including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptodeira Frenata
''Leptodeira'' is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 17 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid. *''Leptodeira annulata'' – banded cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira annulata annulata'' **''Leptodeira annulata pulchriceps'' *'' Leptodeira ashmeadii'' *'' Leptodeira bakeri'' – Baker's cat-eyed snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Leptodeira bakeri'', p. 15). *'' Leptodeira frenata'' – rainforest cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira frenata frenata'' **''Leptodeira frenata malleisi'' **''Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis'' *''Leptodeira larcorum'' *''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Burrington Baker
Horace Burrington Baker (1889–1971) was an American malacologist.Coan E. V. & Kabat A. R. (January 27, 2017)2,400 years of malacology, 14th ed. 1443 pp. American Malacological Society. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa, and after serving as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1917–18, was awarded a PhD in 1920 by the University of Michigan. He became a zoologist specializing in malacology. He was an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1920, an assistant professor in 1926, an associate professor in 1928 and professor from 1939 to 1959. He was also business manager (1932–56) and editor (1957–70) of the ''Nautilus'', the journal of malacology. His spouse was Bernadine C. Baker (1906). A species of snake, ''Leptodeira ''Leptodeira'' is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 17 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in Uni ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander G
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander and Aleksandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa and Sander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha. Etymology The name ''Alexander'' originates from the (; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb (; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun (, genitive: , ; meaning 'man'). It is an example of the widespread motif of Greek names expressing "battle-prowess", in this case the ability to withstand or push back an enemy battle line. The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym , , (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called ''Alakasandu'' or ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptodeira Bakeri
''Leptodeira'' is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 17 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid. *''Leptodeira annulata'' – banded cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira annulata annulata'' **''Leptodeira annulata pulchriceps'' *'' Leptodeira ashmeadii'' *'' Leptodeira bakeri'' – Baker's cat-eyed snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Leptodeira bakeri'', p. 15). *''Leptodeira frenata'' – rainforest cat-eyed snake **''Leptodeira frenata frenata'' **''Leptodeira frenata malleisi'' **''Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis'' *''Leptodeira larcorum'' *''Lep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)
Edward Hallowell (1808 – February 20, 1860) was an American herpetologist and physician. He studied and practiced medicine in Philadelphia. He also was a renowned herpetologist who described 61 new species of reptiles. In 1851, Hallowell was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit .... Hallowell is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of frogs: '' Hyla hallowellii'' and '' Leptodactylus hallowelli. Cope ED (1862). "On some new and little known American ANURA". ''Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia'' 14: 151-159. ("... dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Edward Hallowell, whom the author holds in grateful and respectful recollection ...", p. 153). Publications in the ''Proceedings of the Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
