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Rana Pustulosa
The Mexican cascades frog or white-striped frog (''Lithobates pustulosus'') is a species of frog in the family Ranidae Endemism, endemic to Mexico, where it is known as ''rana de cascada''. Mexican cascades frog is a very common species inhabiting rocky cascading streams in tropical dry forest, possibly also coniferous forest at low to moderate elevations. References Lithobates Endemic amphibians of Mexico Fauna of the Sierra Madre Occidental Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Amphibians described in 1833 Sinaloan dry forests Jalisco dry forests {{Ranidae-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] |
