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Tropidosaura
''Tropidosaura'' is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus is endemic to southern Africa. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second Impression. Sanibel Island Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus ''Tropidosaura'', p. 174). Geographic range All species in the genus ''Tropidosaura'' are found in southern Africa. Species The following four species are recognized. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Tropidosaura cottrelli'' ( Hewitt, 1925) – Cottrell's mountain lizard *'' Tropidosaura essexi'' Hewitt, 1927 – Essex's mountain lizard *'' Tropidosaura gularis'' Hewitt, 1927 – Cape mountain lizard, yellow-striped mountain lizard *'' Tropidosaura montana'' (Gray, 1831) – common mountain lizard, green-striped mountain lizard ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Tropidosaura''. References Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropidosaura
''Tropidosaura'' is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus is endemic to southern Africa. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second Impression. Sanibel Island Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus ''Tropidosaura'', p. 174). Geographic range All species in the genus ''Tropidosaura'' are found in southern Africa. Species The following four species are recognized. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Tropidosaura cottrelli'' ( Hewitt, 1925) – Cottrell's mountain lizard *'' Tropidosaura essexi'' Hewitt, 1927 – Essex's mountain lizard *'' Tropidosaura gularis'' Hewitt, 1927 – Cape mountain lizard, yellow-striped mountain lizard *'' Tropidosaura montana'' (Gray, 1831) – common mountain lizard, green-striped mountain lizard ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Tropidosaura''. References Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropidosaura Montana
''Tropidosaura montana'', also known commonly as the common mountain lizard and the green-striped mountain lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. There are three recognized subspecies. Habitat The preferred natural habitats of ''T. montana'' are grassland and shrubland. Description Adults of ''T. montana'' have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Compared to other species of its genus, the head is shorter, and the tail is longer. Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida. 399 pp. . (''Tropidosaura montana'', p. 176 + Plate 62). Behavior ''T. montana'' is terrestrial. Reproduction ''T. montana'' is oviparous. An adult female may lay a clutch of 4–5 eggs, each egg measuring on average 10.5 x 6.5 mm (0.41 x 0.26 in). Eggs are laid in November and hatch in a little more than a month. Each hatchling has a total l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropidosaura Essexi
''Tropidosaura essexi'', also known commonly as Essex's mountain lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to southern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''essexi'', is in honor of South African herpetologist Robert Essex. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Tropidosaura essexi'', p. 85). Geographic range ''T. essexi'' is found in Lesotho and South Africa. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''T. essexi'' is grassland, at altitudes of . Description ''T. essexi'' is small for its genus. Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of only . Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (''Tropidosaura essexi'', p. 175 + Plate 103). Behavior ''T. essexi'' is diurnal and terrestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropidosaura Gularis
''Tropidosaura gularis'', also known commonly as the Cape mountain lizard and the yellow-striped mountain lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''T. gularis'' is shrubland. Description Adults of ''T. gularis'' have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (''Tropidosaura gularis'', pp. 175–176 + Plate 62). Diet ''T. gularis'' is insectivorous, preying predominantly on bees and flies. Reproduction ''T. gularis'' is oviparous. An adult female may lay a clutch A clutch is a mechanical device that engages and disengages power transmission, especially from a drive shaft to a driven shaft. In the simplest application, clutches connect and disconnect two rotating shafts (drive shafts or line shaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropidosaura Cottrelli
''Tropidosaura cottrelli'', also known commonly as Cottrell's mountain lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to southern Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''cottrelli'', is in honor of South African ornithologist John Awdry Cottrell, who collected the holotype. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Tropidosaura cottrelli'', p. 60). Geographic range ''T. cottrelli'' is found in Lesotho and South Africa. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''T. cottrelli'' is grassland, at altitudes of . Description ''T. cottrelli'' is large for its genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com .... Adults have a snout- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacertidae
The Lacertidae are the family (biology), family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at least 300 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group of reptiles found in Europe. The group includes the genus ''Lacerta (genus), Lacerta'', which contains some of the most commonly seen lizard (thus "true" lizard) species in Europe. Habitat The European and Mediterranean species of lacertids live mainly in forest and scrubland, scrub habitats. ''Eremias'' and ''Ophisops'' species replace these in the grassland and desert habitats of Asia. African species usually live in rocky, arid areas. ''Holaspis'' species are among the few arboreal lacertids, and its two species, ''Holaspis guentheri'' and ''Holaspis laevis'', are gliders (although apparently poor ones), using their broad tail and flattened body as an aerofoil. Description Lacertids are small or medium-sized lizards. Most species are le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area and 20% of its land area.Sayre, April Pulley (1999), ''Africa'', Twenty-First Century Books. . With billion people as of , it accounts for about of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Despite a wide range of natural resources, Africa is the least wealthy continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, behind Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate, tribalism, colonialism, the Cold War, neocolonialism, lack of democracy, and corruption. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and the large and young population make Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Fitzinger
Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger (13 April 1802 – 20 September 1884) was an Austrian zoologist. Fitzinger was born in Vienna and studied botany at the University of Vienna under Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. He worked at the Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum between 1817, when he joined as a volunteer assistant, and 1821, when he left to become secretary to the provincial legislature of Lower Austria; after a hiatus he was appointed assistant curator in 1844 and remained at the Naturhistorisches Museum until 1861. Later he became director of the zoos of Munich and Budapest. In 1826 he published ''Neue Classification der Reptilien'', based partly on the work of his friends Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich and Heinrich Boie. In 1843 he published ''Systema Reptilium'', covering geckos, chameleons and iguanas. Fitzinger is commemorated in the scientific names of five reptiles: '' Algyroides fitzingeri'', '' Leptotyphlops fitzingeri'', '' Liolaemus fitzingerii'', ''Micrurus tener fitzi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hewitt (herpetologist)
John Hewitt (23 December 1880 – 4 August 1961) was a South African zoologist and archaeologist of British origin. He was born in Dronfield, Derbyshire, England, and died in Grahamstown, South Africa. He was the author of several herpetological papers which described new species. He also described new species of spiders and other arachnids. Biography He graduated with a first-class in natural sciences from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1903. From 1905 to 1908 he was Curator of the Sarawak Museum in Kuching, Sarawak. In 1909 he went to South Africa to work as an assistant curator at the Transvaal Museum in Pretoria. In 1910 he was appointed Director of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown, eventually retiring in 1958.Deacon HJ, Deacon J (1999)''Human Beginnings in South Africa: Uncovering the Secrets of the Stone Age.''Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira Press. viii + 215 pp. His daughter, Florence Ellen Hewitt (1910–1979), was a teacher and phycologist. He was a founder mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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