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Theodore Cantor
Theodore Edward (Theodor Edvard) Cantor (1809–1860) was a Danish physician, zoologist and botanist. Born to a Danish Jewish family, his mother was a sister of Nathaniel Wallich. Cantor worked for the British East India Company, and made natural history collections in Penang and Malacca. Cantor was the first Western scientist to describe the Siamese fighting fish. In the scientific field of herpetology he described many new species of reptiles and amphibians. Species first described by Cantor include '' Bungarus bungaroides'' (1839), ''Bungarus lividus'' (1839), ''Channa argus'' (1842), '' Elaphe rufodorsata'' (1842), ''Euprepiophis mandarinus'' (1842), '' Hippocampus comes'' (1850), '' Lycodon effraenis'' (1847), ''Misgurnus anguillicaudatus'' (1842), ''Naja atra'' (1842), ''Oligodon albocinctus'' (1839), '' Oligodon cyclurus'' (1839), '' Ophiophagus hannah'' (1836), '' Oreocryptophis porphyracea'' (1839), ''Pareas monticola'' (1839), ''Protobothrops mucrosquamatus'' (1839), ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hippocampus Comes
The tiger tail seahorse (''Hippocampus comes'') is a species of fish in the family Syngnathidae. The species was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1850. It is found in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtidal aquatic beds and coral reefs. It is threatened by habitat loss. The tiger tail sea horse lives in Western Central Pacific: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It lives from 0-1.5 years in captivity and in the wild, 1–5 years. It is harmless. Its climate in water is tropical; 15°N – 1°N and Its maximum size is 18.7 cm. Its snout is 2.2 in head length; it is used to suck up food. They eat small fish, coral, small shrimp, and plankton. The most common pattern is alternating yellow and black. The tail has stripes from the belly to the tip of the tail. These sea horses are normally found in pairs on coral reefs, sponge gardens, kelp, or floating ''Sargassum''. This spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthodactylus Cantoris
The Indian fringe-fingered lizard (''Acanthodactylus cantoris''), also known commonly as the Indian fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Asia. Etymology The specific name, ''cantoris'', is in honor of Danish zoologist Theodore Edward Cantor. Description ''A cantoris'' has the following characters. Snout acutely pointed. Four supraoculars; subocular not reaching the lip; temporal scales keeled; front edge of the ear usually rather feebly, but distinctly, denticulated. Dorsal scales strongly keeled, very much larger on the hinder part of the back than between the shoulders and on the flanks, rhomboidal, strongly imbricate; 10 to 16 large keeled scales on a transverse line between the hind limbs. Ventral plates usually broader than long, in straight longitudinal and slightly angular transverse series; 12 or 14 plates across the middle of the body. Usually a median series of broad pre-anals, the posterior largest. The hind l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantoria Violacea
''Cantoria violacea'', commonly known as Cantor's water snake, is a species of snake found in tropical Asia. It is named in honor of the 19th century herpetologist Theodore Cantor. Description Rostral broader than deep. Frontal a little longer than broad, shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, and shorter than the parietals. Eye between four shields: a preocular, a supraocular, a postocular, and a subocular. Loreal longer than deep. One elongate anterior temporal, in contact with the postocular and the subocular. 5 upper labials. 3 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin shields, which are not longer than the posterior chin shields. Dorsal scales smooth, without apical pits, in 19 rows. Ventrals 266–278; anal divided; subcaudals 56–64. Blackish above, with white transverse bands, which widen towards the abdomen. These bands are very narrow in the typical form, wider in the var. ''dayana'', but constantly much narrower than the black interspaces. Some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trimeresurus Erythrurus
''Trimeresurus erythrurus'', commonly known as the red-tailed bamboo pitviper,Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. . redtail bamboo pit viper, and redtail pit viper is a venomous pit viper species found in South Asia and Myanmar. No subspecies are currently recognized. Description Males grow to a maximum total length , of which the tail is in length. Females reach a maximum total length of , with a tail length of . Scalation: dorsal scales in 23–25 longitudinal rows at midbody; first upper labial partially or completely fused to nasal; 9–13 upper labials, 1–2 rows of scales separate upper labials from the suboculars; 11–14 scales in a line between supraoculars; supraoculars rarely divided; temporal scales small, strongly keeled; ventral scales: males 153–174, females: 151–180; subcaudals: males 62–79, females 49–61, usually paired, occasionally unpaired shields present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptyas
''Ptyas'' is a genus of colubrid snakes. This genus is one of several colubrid genus, genera colloquially called "rat snakes" or "ratsnakes". The generic name derives from Ancient Greek πτυάς, meaning "Spitting, spitter", which referred to a kind of snake believed to Snake venom#Mechanics of spitting, spit venom in the eyes of humans, although in reality none of the ''Ptyas'' are known to spit venom. Species 13 species are recognized: * ''Ptyas carinata'' (Albert Günther, Günther, 1858) – king korros * ''Ptyas dhumnades'' (Theodore Edward Cantor, Cantor, 1842) – Cantor's rat snake * ''Ptyas dipsas'' (Hermann Schlegel, Schlegel, 1837) * ''Ptyas doriae'' George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1888 – Doria's green snake * ''Ptyas fusca'' (Günther, 1858) * ''Ptyas herminae'' (Oskar Boettger, Boettger, 1895) – Sakishima green snake * ''Ptyas korros'' (Schlegel, 1837) – Chinese ratsnake, Indo-Chinese ratsnake * ''Ptyas luzonensis'' (Günther, 1873) * ''Ptyas major'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protobothrops Mucrosquamatus
''Protobothrops mucrosquamatus'' is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Asia. Common names include: brown-spotted pit viper,Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. Geitje Books. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. . Taiwanese habu and pointed-scaled pit viper.U.S. Navy. 1991. ''Poisonous Snakes of the World''. US Govt. New York: Dover Publications Inc. 203 pp. . No subspecies are currently recognized. The species was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839. Description Males grow to a maximum total length of with a tail length of . Females grow to a maximum total length of with a tail length of . The hemipenes are spinose. Scalation: dorsal scales in 25 longitudinal rows at midbody; scales on upper surface of head, small, each scale keeled posteriorly; internasals 5–10 times size of adjacent scales, separated by 3–4 scales; supraoculars, long, narrow, undivided, 14–16 small interoculars in line between them; 2 scales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pareas Monticola
The common slug snake, Assam snail eater, Assam snail-eater snake, or montane slug-eating snake (''Pareas monticola'') is a species of snake found in Northeast India (Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Darjeeling, Arunachal Pradesh), eastern Nepal, Bhutan, China (Tibet, Yunnan), Myanmar, and Vietnam. Its type locality is "Naga Hills, Asám" (=Assam), India. It is also reported from north-eastern and south-eastern Bangladesh. The species was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839. ''Pareas monticola'' is a nocturnal and arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. The habitats pose nu ... snake that typically occurs in low vegetation and preys on slugs and snails. References Pareas Snakes of Asia Reptiles of Bhutan Snakes of China Reptiles of India Reptiles of Myanmar R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreocryptophis Porphyracea
''Oreocryptophis porphyraceus'' is a rat snake species, commonly called the black-banded trinket snake, red bamboo snake, Thai bamboo rat snake or red mountain racer, found in mid to upper-level elevations of forested hills in southeastern Asia, ranging from evergreen tropical to dry seasonal forests depending on the subspecies and locality. It is the only member of the genus ''Oreocryptophis'', but it was formerly placed in ''Elaphe''. Description The head is small, sharp and squarish, while the color pattern includes red or orange colors, along with black bands or stripes. A terrestrial species, it has a preference for cool climates that restricts its habitat to hills and mountain plateaus. It is known to be crepuscular, active during the late evenings till night and dawn till late mornings. In captivity, it is one of the most sought-after rat snake species. Distribution India (Darjeeling, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh (Miao, Namdapha - Changlang district, Itanagar - Papum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligodon Cyclurus
''Oligodon cyclurus'' (Cantor's kukri snake) is a species of snake found in Asia. It was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839. Distribution India (Assam), Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China (Yunnan). ''Oligodon cyclurus dorsolateralis'': Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), India (Assam). References * Boulenger, George A. (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. * Cantor, T. E. 1839 Spicilegium serpentium indicorum arts 1 and 2 The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ... ''Proc. Zool. Soc. London'' 7: 31–34, 49–55. * Das, I. (1996). ''Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia.'' Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. * Grossman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligodon Albocinctus
''Oligodon albocinctus'', also known as the light-barred kukri snake, is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to Asia. The species was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839. Geographic range It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar, Vietnam, and China (Tibet, Yunnan). References Further reading * Boulenger, George A. 1890. ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' (Taylor & Francis, Printers). London. xviii + 541 pp. * Cantor, T.E. 1839. ''Spicilegium serpentium indicorum'' arts 1 and 2 The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ... Proc. Zool. Soc. London 7: 31–34, 49–55. Albocinctus Snakes of Asia Reptiles of Bangladesh Reptiles of Bhutan Snakes of China Reptiles of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
