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Pseudemoia
''Pseudemoia'' is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera ''Bassiana'', ''Lampropholis'', and ''Niveoscincus''. Reproduction At least in ''P. entrecasteauxii'', ''P. pagenstecheri'', and ''P. spenceri'', a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring. Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera '' Chalcides'', '' Eumecia'', ''Mabuya'', ''Niveoscincus'', and ''Trachylepis''. Species Six species are recognized. *''Pseudemoia baudini'' – Baudin's skink,Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Pseudemoia baudini'', p. 19). Bight Coast skink *''Pseudemoia cryodroma'' – alpine bog skink *''Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii The southern grass skink (''Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii)'' is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Aus ... [...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] |
Nicolas Baudin
Nicolas Thomas Baudin (; 17 February 1754 – 16 September 1803) was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific. Biography Early career Born a commoner in Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the Île de Ré on 17 February 1754, Nicolas Baudin joined the merchant navy as an apprentice (''pilotin'') at the age of 15; he was then "of average height with brown hair". He then joined the French East India Company at the age of 20 on ''Flamand''. He returned from India on ''L'Étoile'' and arrived at Lorient. At the beginning of 1778, he was to set sail from Nantes on ''Lion'' as second lieutenant. It was a ship equipped by his uncle, Jean Peltier Dudoyer, at the request of the Americans, which would become a privateer and be renamed ''Deane''. At first the Minister for the Navy was against it, but he finally changed his mind and authorised the departure, as France had signed a treaty with the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudemoia
''Pseudemoia'' is a genus of skinks native to southeastern Australia. For similar skinks see genera ''Bassiana'', ''Lampropholis'', and ''Niveoscincus''. Reproduction At least in ''P. entrecasteauxii'', ''P. pagenstecheri'', and ''P. spenceri'', a placenta-like structure is formed during pregnancy to pass nutrients to the developing offspring. Similar mammal-like adaptations also occur in the skink genera '' Chalcides'', '' Eumecia'', ''Mabuya'', ''Niveoscincus'', and ''Trachylepis''. Species Six species are recognized. *''Pseudemoia baudini'' – Baudin's skink,Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Pseudemoia baudini'', p. 19). Bight Coast skink *''Pseudemoia cryodroma'' – alpine bog skink *''Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii The southern grass skink (''Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii)'' is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Frost (herpetologist)
Charles Frost (1853?–1915) was an Australian author and collector of reptiles, frequently associated with the works of Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas. Biography An account of the biographical details of Frost's life were published as an anonymous obituary. Works Frost published descriptions of new taxa with the more well known author Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas and undertook collecting expeditions to obtain specimens of reptiles, birds and spiders. Most of the publications and work Frost undertook was through societies in Victoria, although he is absent from membership of the Royal Society of Victoria. He had no formal education in the natural sciences, however, Frost was a member of the Linnean Society and used the post-nominal F.L.S. in his published works. As co-author he assisted in compiling catalogues and descriptions of reptiles that became standard sources for the contemporary research of herpetology. He was the sole author of several short works, including two paper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas
Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas (7 May 1853 – 10 June 1936) was an English-born schoolmaster, scientist and publisher who lived in Australia for over fifty years, and became the most renowned writer on Algae after William Henry Harvey Early life Lucas was born in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, the third son of the Rev. Samuel Lucas, a Wesleyan minister, and his wife Elizabeth, ''née'' Broadhead. His father had a passion for geology and botany, and Arthur developed an interest in natural science. Lucas' early childhood was spent in Cornwall, and when he was around nine years of age a move was made to Stow on the Wold in Gloucestershire. Here Lucas went to his first private school, but soon afterwards was sent to Kingswood School in Bath, where he was given a solid education in Classics, Modern Languages, and Mathematics. Lucas went to Balliol College, Oxford in 1870, with an exhibition, and associated with many people became the most distinguished of their time. He graduated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudemoia Spenceri
''Pseudemoia spenceri'', also known commonly as Spencer's widow-eyed skink or the trunk-climbing cool-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''spenceri'', is in honour of English-Australian biologist Walter Baldwin Spencer. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Pseudemoia spenceri'', p. 250). Geographic range ''P. spenceri'' is found in southeastern Australia, in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria. www.reptile-database.org. Habitat The preferred natural habitats of ''P. spenceri'' are forest and rocky areas. Reproduction ''P. spenceri'' is viviparous. References Further reading * Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . * Kinghorn JR (1929). "A New Species of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudemoia Rawlinsoni
''Pseudemoia rawlinsoni'', also commonly known as the glossy grass skink and Rawlinson's window-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''rawlinsoni'', is in honour of Australian herpetologist Peter Alan Rawlinson (1942–1991). Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Pseudemoia rawlinsoni'', p. 218). Geographic range Native to southeastern Australia, ''P. rawlinsoni'' is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria. Habitat The preferred natural habitats of ''P. rawlinsoni'' are grassland and freshwater wetlands. Reproduction ''P. rawlinsoni'' is viviparous. References Further reading * Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . * Hutchinson MN, Donnella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm
Vasiliy Adolfovich Lindholm (russian: Bасилий Aдольфович Линдгольм; 1874 – 17 September 1935), also published as Wilhelm Adolf Lindholm, was a Russian Malacology, malacologist and Herpetology, herpetologist. Lindholm was a curator at the Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Leningrad. He published works on the molluscs of Lake Baikal, the Crimea, the Caucasus and other parts of the U.S.S.R., and on Palaearctic molluscs generally. He also studied amphibians and reptiles, and described three new species of reptiles."Lindholm". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. A frog ''Afrixalus lindholmi'' is named for him, sometimes known as Lindholm's banana frog. References Russian malacologists Russian zoologists 1874 births 1935 deaths {{Zoologist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudemoia Pagenstecheri
''Pseudemoia pagenstecheri'', also known commonly as the southern grass tussock skink or the southern tussock grass skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''pagenstecheri'', is in honour of German zoologist Heinrich Alexander Pagenstecher. Geographic range ''P. pagenstecheri'' is found in eastern New South Wales, Tasmania, and northeastern Victoria, Australia. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''P. pagenstecheri'' is tussock grassland, especially medium to tall tussock grass. Reproduction ''P. pagenstecheri'' is viviparous. Hybridization ''P. pagenstecheri'' is known to hybridize with two other species in its genus, '' P. cryodroma'' and '' P. entrecasteauxii''. Conservation status The Tussock Skink is listed as 'Least Concern' on the IUCN Red List of Threatened species. However acknowledged that the current population is decreasing, especially in the Western Volcanic Plains of Melbour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Bibron
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hired to collect vertebrates in Italy and Sicily. Under the direction of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846), he took part in the Morea expedition to Peloponnese. He classified numerous reptile species with André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860), whom he had met in 1832. Duméril was interested mainly in the relations between genera, and he left to Bibron the task of describing the species. Working together they produced the ''Erpétologie Générale'', a comprehensive account of the reptiles, published in ten volumes from 1834 to 1854. Also, Bibron assisted Duméril with teaching duties at the museum and was an instructor at a primary school in Paris. Bibron contracted tuberculosis and retired in 1845 to Saint-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Marie Constant Duméril
André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology. His son Auguste Duméril was also a zoologist. Life André Marie Constant Duméril was born on 1 January 1774 in Amiens and died on 14 August 1860 in Paris. He became a doctor at a young age, obtaining, at 19 years, the ''prévot'' of anatomy at the medical school of Rouen. In 1800, he left for Paris and collaborated in the drafting of the comparative anatomy lessons of Georges Cuvier. He replaced Cuvier at the Central School of the Panthéon and had, as his colleague, Alexandre Brongniart. In 1801, he gave courses to the medical school of Paris. Under the ''Restauration'', he was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences (French Academy of Sciences) and after 1803 succeeded Lacépède, who was occupied by his political offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudemoia Entrecasteauxii
The southern grass skink (''Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii)'' is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia, where it is found in the south-east of the continent, as well as in Tasmania and the islands of Bass Strait. Although it occurs in a variety of habitats, it is most commonly found in open grassy woodlands. Cogger HG. (1979). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia''. Sydney: Reed. The Southern grass skink has a lifespan of about 5 or 6 years. It grows up to in length (not including the tail). Male skinks change colouration during the breeding season. Etymology The specific name, ''entrecasteauxii'', is in honor of French naval officer and explorer Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux. Reproductive biology The southern grass skink has become a model species for reproductive biology in reptiles because it gives birth to live young and exhibits non-invasive epitheliochorial placentation. Unlike the majority of live bearing reptiles, ''Pseude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
