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Proablepharus
''Proablepharus'' is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia. Species Two species are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Proablepharus reginae'' ( Glauert, 1960) – western soil-crevice skink *'' Proablepharus tenuis'' (Broom A broom (also known in some forms as a broomstick) is a cleaning tool consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. I ..., 1896) – Broom's small skink, northern soil-crevice skink References Further reading * Fuhn IE (1969). "The “polyphyletic” origin of the genus ''Ablepharus'' (Reptilia: Scincidae). A case of parallel evolution". ''Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionforschung'' 7: 67–76. (''Proablepharus'', new genus). Lizard genera Skinks of Australia Taxa named by Ion Eduard Fuhn {{Skink- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proablepharus
''Proablepharus'' is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia. Species Two species are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Proablepharus reginae'' ( Glauert, 1960) – western soil-crevice skink *'' Proablepharus tenuis'' (Broom A broom (also known in some forms as a broomstick) is a cleaning tool consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks) attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. I ..., 1896) – Broom's small skink, northern soil-crevice skink References Further reading * Fuhn IE (1969). "The “polyphyletic” origin of the genus ''Ablepharus'' (Reptilia: Scincidae). A case of parallel evolution". ''Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionforschung'' 7: 67–76. (''Proablepharus'', new genus). Lizard genera Skinks of Australia Taxa named by Ion Eduard Fuhn {{Skink- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proablepharus Reginae
The western soil-crevice skink (''Proablepharus reginae'') is a species of skink found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... References Proablepharus Reptiles described in 1960 Skinks of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Taxa named by Ludwig Glauert {{Skink-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proablepharus Tenuis
''Proablepharus tenuis'', also known commonly as Broom's small skink and the northern soil-crevice skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Geographic range Within Australia, ''P. tenuis'' is found in northern Northern Territory, northern Queensland, and northern Western Australia. Habitat The preferred natural habitats of ''P. tenuis'' are forest and savanna. Reproduction ''P. tenuis'' is oviparous. References Further reading * Broom R (1896). "On Two new Species of ''Ablepharus'' from North Queensland". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series'' 18: 342–344. (''Ablepharus tenuis'', new species, pp. 342–343). * Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . *Wilson S Wilson may refer to: People * Wilson (name) ** List of people with given name Wilson ** List of people with surname Wilson * Wilson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skinks Of Australia
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions. Description Skinks look like lizards of the family Lacertidae (sometimes called ''true lizards''), but most species of skinks have no pronounced neck and relatively small legs. Several genera (e.g., ''Typhlosaurus'') have no limbs at all. This is not true for all skinks, however, as some species such as the red-eyed crocodile skink have a head that is very distinguished from the body. These lizards also have legs that are relatively small proportional to their body size. Skinks' skulls are covered by substantial bony scales, usually matching up in shape and size, while overlapping. Other gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugongylinae
Eugongylinae is a subfamily of skinks within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the ''Eugongylus'' group in the large subfamily Lygosominae. Genera The subfamily Eugongylinae contains 469 species in 51 genera. * '' Ablepharus'' (18 species) * ''Acritoscincus'' (3 species) * ''Alpinoscincus'' (2 species) * '' Anepischetosia'' (1 species) * '' Austroablepharus'' (3 species) * '' Caesoris'' (1 species) * ''Caledoniscincus'' (14 species) * ''Carinascincus (8 species) * ''Carlia'' (46 species) * ''Celatiscincus'' (2 species) * '' Cophoscincopus'' (4 species) * '' Cryptoblepharus'' (53 species) * ''Emoia'' (78 species) * '' Epibator'' (3 species) * '' Eroticoscincus'' (1 species) * ''Eugongylus'' (5 species) * '' Geomyersia'' (2 species) * ''Geoscincus'' (1 species) * ''Graciliscincus'' (1 species) * ''Harrisoniascincus'' (1 species) * ''Kanakysaurus'' (2 species) * ''Kuniesaurus'' (1 species) * ''Lacertaspis'' (5 species) * '' Lacerto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizard Genera
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia although some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3-meter-long Komodo dragon. Most lizards are quadrupedal, running with a strong side-to-side motion. Some lineages (known as "legless lizards"), have secondarily lost their legs, and have long snake-like bodies. Some such as the forest-dwelling ''Draco'' lizards are able to glide. They are often territorial, the males fighting off other males and signalling, often with bright colours, to attract mates and to intimidate rivals. Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often being sit-and-wait predators; many smaller species eat insects, while the Komodo eats mammals as bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Broom
Robert Broom FRS FRSE (30 November 1866 6 April 1951) was a British- South African doctor and palaeontologist. He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1895 and received his DSc in 1905 from the University of Glasgow. From 1903 to 1910, he was professor of zoology and geology at Victoria College, Stellenbosch, South Africa, and subsequently he became keeper of vertebrate palaeontology at the South African Museum, Cape Town. Life Broom was born at 66 Back Sneddon Street in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the son of John Broom, a designer of calico prints and Paisley shawls, and Agnes Hunter Shearer. In 1893, he married Mary Baird Baillie, his childhood sweetheart. In his medical studies at the University of Glasgow Broom specialised in obstetrics. After graduating in 1895 he travelled to Australia, supporting himself by practising medicine. He settled in South Africa in 1897, just prior to the South African War. From 1903 to 1910, he was professor of Zoology and Geolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Glauert
Ludwig Glauert MBE (5 May 1879 – 1 February 1963) was a British-born Australian paleontologist, herpetologist and museum curator. He is known for work on Pleistocene mammal fossils, and as a museum curator who played an important role in natural science of Western Australia. Glauert was born in Ecclesall, Sheffield, England. His father was Johann Ernst Louis Henry Glauert, merchant and cutlery manufacturer, and his mother was Amanda, née Watkinson. He was educated in Sheffield at Sheffield Royal Grammar School, at Firth University College and the Technical School, studying geology, becoming a Fellow of the Geological Society of London in 1900.Jenkins, C.F.H., 'Glauert, Ludwig (1879–1963), Museum Curator', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 25–2/ref> In 1908 he and his wife migrated to Perth, Western Australia, where he joined the Geological Survey there as a paleontologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Eduard Fuhn
Ion Eduard Fuhn (February 5, 1916 – August 30, 1987) was a Romanian herpetologist. He published over 80 research papers. Early life He became passionate about fauna as a youth, writing articles on the subject from age 16. He graduated from Spiru Haret high school in 1933. He later studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Law of the University of Bucharest, graduating in 1938. He completed his PhD in 1946 at the same faculty. Career He worked as a lawyer from 1944 to 1946. In 1946, just after finishing his studies, he was appointed Attaché of the Department of State, but in autumn 1947, due to the unrest that led to the founding of the socialist state, he lost his diplomatic position, together with his assets and belongings. As he refused to become a member of the party, he had to exclusively focus on scientific activities. In 1947, the study of amphibians and reptiles became his profession. He produced numerous publications. He was appointed head of the Natural Scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
