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Lerista Punctatovittata
The eastern robust slider (''Lerista punctatovittata'') is a nocturnal, burrowing species of skink found in continental Australia. Other common name, common names are 'spotted lerista', and 'common burrowing skink'. The earliest written description of the species (under the scientific name ''Rhodona punctato-vittata'') was provided by Albert Günther in 1867, based on a specimen caught in Queensland. Description The average length of the body is around 8.5cm, up to a maximum of 10.5cm. Body colour may be grey, olive or shades of brown, patterned with several longitudinal bands of brown or black spots. The ear opening is small, but should be visible on close examination. The limbs and toes are very small, with the hindlimbs having two toes (didactyl). Usually the forelimbs have only one toe (monodactyl), although two toes on the forelimb have been noted in a small number of individuals in southern areas. It may be difficult to distinguish these two-toed forelimb individuals from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen in Swabia (Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''". He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he published a handbook of zoology for students of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
