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Phrynobatrachus Francisci
''Phrynobatrachus francisci'' is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, possibly Benin, possibly Guinea, possibly Guinea-Bissau, possibly Mauritania, possibly Niger, possibly Sierra Leone, and possibly Togo. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swampland, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, and canals and ditches. References Phrynobatrachus, francisci Amphibians described in 1912 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{ranoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the last 30 years of his life, especially in the study of roses. Life Boulenger was born in Brussels, Belgium, the only son of Gustave Boulenger, a Belgian public notary, and Juliette Piérart, from Valenciennes. He graduated in 1876 from the Free University of Brussels with a degree in natural sciences, and worked for a while at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, as an assistant naturalist studying amphibians, reptiles, and fishes. He also made frequent visits during this time to the ''Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' in Paris and the British Museum in London. In 1880, he was invited to work at the Natural History Museum, then a department of the British Museum, by Dr. Albert C. L. G. Günther a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
