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Morelet
Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (26 August 1809 – 9 October 1892) was a French naturalist, born in Lays, Doubs. He was a member of the Commission to Algeria, primarily as a natural artist, drawing any natural findings. He collected specimens in the Canary Islands, Guatemala and Mexico. He had a particular interest in molluscs and was recognised as a leading expert in the field. Morelet married Noémie de Folin, sister of Léopold de Folin. Morelet died of natural causes in 1892, in Dijon. Taxa described Morelet described various taxa, including: * '' Cyclophorus horridulum'' (Morelet, 1882) - a species of land snail * '' Crocodylus moreletii'' (Morelet, 1850) - a crocodile Taxa named in his honour Taxa named in honour of Arthur Morelet include: * ''Agalychnis moreletii'' ( A.M.C. Duméril, 1853) – Morelet's Treefrog * '' Crocodylus moreletii'' ( A.H.A. Duméril & Bibron, 1851) – Morelet's CrocodileBeolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morelet's Crocodile
Morelet's crocodile ''(Crocodylus moreletii)'', also known as the Mexican crocodile or Belize crocodile, is a modest-sized crocodilian found only in fresh waters of the Atlantic regions of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. It usually grows to about in length. It is a Least Concern species. The species has a fossil record in Guatemala. Taxonomy and etymology Morelet's crocodile was first described in 1850 in Mexico by the French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet. The species was subsequently named after him. It was long confused with the American and Cuban crocodiles because of similar characteristics and an ambiguous type locality. It was not generally accepted as a separate species until the 1920s. Evolution The genus '' Crocodylus'' likely originated in Africa and radiated outwards towards Southeast Asia and the Americas, although an Australia/Asia origin has also been considered. Phylogenetic evidence supports ''Crocodylus'' diverging from its closest recent relative, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crocodylus Moreletii
Morelet's crocodile ''(Crocodylus moreletii)'', also known as the Mexican crocodile or Belize crocodile, is a modest-sized crocodilian found only in fresh waters of the Atlantic regions of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. It usually grows to about in length. It is a Least Concern species. The species has a fossil record in Guatemala. Taxonomy and etymology Morelet's crocodile was first described in 1850 in Mexico by the French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet. The species was subsequently named after him. It was long confused with the American and Cuban crocodiles because of similar characteristics and an ambiguous type locality. It was not generally accepted as a separate species until the 1920s. Evolution The genus '' Crocodylus'' likely originated in Africa and radiated outwards towards Southeast Asia and the Americas, although an Australia/Asia origin has also been considered. Phylogenetic evidence supports ''Crocodylus'' diverging from its closest recent relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morelet's Crocodile
Morelet's crocodile ''(Crocodylus moreletii)'', also known as the Mexican crocodile or Belize crocodile, is a modest-sized crocodilian found only in fresh waters of the Atlantic regions of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. It usually grows to about in length. It is a Least Concern species. The species has a fossil record in Guatemala. Taxonomy and etymology Morelet's crocodile was first described in 1850 in Mexico by the French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet. The species was subsequently named after him. It was long confused with the American and Cuban crocodiles because of similar characteristics and an ambiguous type locality. It was not generally accepted as a separate species until the 1920s. Evolution The genus '' Crocodylus'' likely originated in Africa and radiated outwards towards Southeast Asia and the Americas, although an Australia/Asia origin has also been considered. Phylogenetic evidence supports ''Crocodylus'' diverging from its closest recent relative, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morelet's Treefrog
Morelet's tree frog (''Agalychnis moreletii''), also known as black-eyed leaf frog and popeye hyla, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Description This is a frog that has a green body, black eyes, and a red or pink underbelly. Distribution and habitat They are found in moist subtropical lowland mountainous forests and wetland habitats of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. They have been collected on the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of Veracruz, Chiapas, the Maya mountains of Belize, northwestern Honduras, and El Salvador. They can live in pristine or disturbed habitats and will breed in temporary or permanent bodies of water. Reproduction and lifecycle They have an extended breeding season dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agalychnis Moreletii
Morelet's tree frog (''Agalychnis moreletii''), also known as black-eyed leaf frog and popeye hyla, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. Description This is a frog that has a green body, black eyes, and a red or pink underbelly. Distribution and habitat They are found in moist subtropical lowland mountainous forests and wetland habitats of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. They have been collected on the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of Veracruz, Chiapas, the Maya mountains of Belize, northwestern Honduras, and El Salvador. They can live in pristine or disturbed habitats and will breed in temporary or permanent bodies of water. Reproduction and lifecycle They have an extended breeding season duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morelet's Seedeater
Morelet's seedeater (''Sporophila morelleti'') is a passerine bird in the typical seedeater genus ''Sporophila''. Taxonomy This species was formerly considered conspecific with the cinnamon-rumped seedeater (''Sporophila torqueola''), with the combined species known as white-collared seedeater. However, with the discovery that cinnamon-rumped and Morelet's are deeply divergent from one another genetically, don't intergrade, and aren't even each other's closest relatives within the genus, they are now treated as separate species. Distribution and habitat It ranges from a small area along the Rio Grande near San Ignacio, Texas in the United States south through eastern Mexico and Central America to Panama. It mainly inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands but can also be found in pastures, arable land, and heavily degraded former forests. Foraging The Morelet's seedeater eats mainly seeds and insects, and occasionally berries. It often forages on her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edentulina Moreleti
''Edentulina moreleti'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Streptaxidae. Distribution ''Edentulina moreleti'' is endemic to the Seychelles.Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 328: 1-60. page 47abstract The type locality for this species is . It also occurs on Mahé. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesaspis Moreletii
''Abronia moreletii'', commonly known as Morelet's alligator lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is endemic to Central America. Etymology The specific name, ''moreletii'', is in honor of French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Del Campo", p. 69; "''Mesaspis moreleti'' ic, pp. 182-183; "''Mesaspis moreleti'' ic''rafaeli''", p. 215). Geographic range ''A. moreletii'' is native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Habitat The natural habitat of ''A. moreletii'' consists of Central American pine-oak forests and cloud forests between above sea level. Subspecies The following subspecies are recognized as being valid: *''Abronia moreletii moreletii'' *''Abronia moreletii rafaeli'' *''Abronia moreletii salvadorensis'' *''Abronia moreletii temporalis'' '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léopold De Folin
Léopold de Folin (Alexandre Guillaume Léopold de, Marquis de Folin, 28 August 1817 – 5 July 1896) was an author, oceanographer, malacologist and early founder (1871) of the collections which were to become the ''Musée de la mer'' (sea museum) in Biarritz, France De Folin wrote on Caecidae for the reports published following the Challenger expedition of 1872-1876. With Henri Milne-Edwards's son Alphonse, de Folin carried out a survey of the Gulf of Gascony. He worked on board the ''Travailleur'' (a paddle-wheel aviso) in 1880, and on board the '' Talisman'' in 1883, for trips to the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores. De Folin also described the genus '' Oceanida'' of sea snails in the family ''Eulimidae''. Relatives Léopold de Folin was the brother-in-law of the French naturalist Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (26 August 1809 – 9 October 1892) was a French natural history, naturalist, born in Lays, Doubs. He was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclophorus Horridulum
†''Cyclophorus horridulum'' was a species of small, air-breathing, land snails with an operculum, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Cyclophoridae. This species was endemic to Mayotte. It is now extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and .... References Cyclophorus (gastropod) Extinct gastropods Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic fauna of Mayotte {{Mayotte-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conus Moreleti
''Conus moreleti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. Description The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 61 mm. The narrow shell contains a convexly depressed, tuberculated spire. The body whorl is striate below. Its color is yellowish olivaceous, indistinctly white-banded in the middle. The tubercles, and a band below the shoulder is white. The base of the shell and the aperture is violaceous. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), was a French naturalist and ornithologist. Lucien and his wife had twelve children, including Cardinal Lucien Bonaparte. Life and career Bonaparte was the son of Lucien Bonaparte and Alexandrine de Bleschamp. Lucien was a younger brother of Napoleon I, making Charles the emperor’s nephew. Born in Paris, he was raised in Italy. On 29 June 1822, he married his cousin, Zénaïde, in Brussels. Soon after the marriage, the couple left for Philadelphia in the United States to live with Zénaïde's father, Joseph Bonaparte (who was also the paternal uncle of Charles). Before leaving Italy, Charles had already discovered a warbler new to science, the moustached warbler, and on the voyage he collected specimens of a new storm-petrel. On arrival in the United States, he presented a paper on this new bird, which was later named after Alexander Wilson. Bonaparte then set about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
