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Paruroctonus Soda
''Paruroctonus soda'' is a species of scorpion in the genus '' Paruroctonus''. It lives in the deserts of Southern California where it is found in dry lake beds and playas of Soda Lake and Koehn Lake. ''P. soda'' is an alkali sink specialist species. Discovery ''Paruroctonus soda'' was described alongside ''Paruroctonus conclusus'', both species having come to the attention of Prakrit Jain and Harper Forbes when observations uploaded to iNaturalist could not be assigned to a known species. They were assisted by Lauren Esposito of the California Academy of Sciences. The species was named after Soda Lake, Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ... where it lives. Reference Animals described in 2022 Vaejovidae {{scorpion-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakrit Jain
The Prakrits (; sa, prākṛta; psu, 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀤, ; pka, ) are a group of vernacular Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 3rd century BCE to the 8th century CE. The term Prakrit is usually applied to the middle period of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, excluding earlier inscriptions and the later Pali. ''Prākṛta'' literally means "natural", as opposed to ''saṃskṛta'', which literally means "constructed" or "refined". Prakrits were considered the regional spoken (informal) languages of people, and Sanskrit was considered the standardized (formal) language used for literary, official and religious purposes across Indian kingdoms of the subcontinent. Literary registers of Prakrits were also used contemporaneously (predominantly by śramaṇa traditions) alongside Classical Sanskrit of higher social classes. Etymology The dictionary of Monier Monier-Williams (1819–1899), and other modern authors however, interpret th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
