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René Léon Bourret
René Léon Bourret (28 January 1884, Nérac, (Lot-et-Garonne) – 28 July 1957) was a French herpetologist and geologist. In 1900, he arrived in French Indochina as a member of the military. Beginning in 1907, he worked as a surveyor for the "cadastral survey". From 1919 to 1925, he performed geological surveys in Indochina, becoming a professor in 1925 at the ''École Supérieure des Sciences'', ''Université Indochinoise'' in Hanoi. Two years later, he released his first zoological publication, a general review on vertebrates native to Indochina. During the ensuing years, he published three major works on herpetofauna native to Indochina: monographs on snakes (1936), chelonians (1941), and amphibians (1942). During the Japanese occupation of Indochina, he remained in Hanoi, where he continued regular publications. In 1947, he returned to France and settled in Toulouse. Most of his specimens are preserved in museums in Toulouse and Paris. These herpetological species/subspecies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nérac
Nérac (; oc, Nerac, ) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Southwestern France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in Nérac, as was the former Arsenal and Bordeaux footballer Marouane Chamakh, as was Admiral Francois Darlan. Nérac was visited by author Joanne Harris as a child, and was influential in the setting of her best-known novel, '' Chocolat''. Population See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a list of the 319 communes of the French department of Lot-et-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Town council website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boiga Bourreti
''Boiga bourreti'' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. Etymology The specific name, ''bourreti'', is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Boiga bourreti'', p. 35). Geographic range ''B. bourreti'' is found in central Vietnam. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''B. bourreti'' is forest, at altitudes of . Behavior ''B. bourreti'' is nocturnal. Diet ''B. bourreti'' preys upon small vertebrates. Reproduction ''B. bourreti'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and .... www.reptile-database.org. References Further reading * Nguyen SV, Ho CT, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |