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Sphaerodactylus Copei
Cope's least gecko (''Sphaerodactylus copei'') is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is Endemism, endemic to the West Indies. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''copei'', is in honor of American herpetologist and paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Sphaerodactylus copei'', p. 59). Geographic range ''S. copei'' is found in Haiti and the Bahamas. Whether the Bahamian populations result from introductions or natural dispersal is debated. Habitat The preferred habitat of ''S. copei'' is forest at altitudes of . Reproduction ''S. copei'' is Oviparity, oviparous. Subspecies Nine subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies *''Sphaerodactylus copei astreptus'' *''Sphaerodactylus copei cataplexis'' *''Sphaerodactylus copei cope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barbour
Thomas Barbour (August 19, 1884 – January 8, 1946) was an American herpetologist. From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) founded in 1859 by Louis Agassiz at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Life and career Barbour, the eldest of four brothers, was born in 1884 to Colonel William Barbour, and his wife, Julia Adelaide Sprague. Colonel Barbour was founder and president of The Linen Thread Company, Inc., a successful thread manufacturing enterprise having much business in the United States, Ireland, and Scotland. Although born on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where the family was spending the summer, Barbour grew up in Monmouth, New Jersey, where one of his younger brothers, William Warren Barbour, entered the political arena, eventually serving as U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 to 1943. At age fifteen, Thomas Barbour was taken to visit Harvard University, which, entranced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
