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Greeff's Giant Gecko
Greeff's giant gecko (''Hemidactylus greeffii)'', also known Common name, commonly as Greeff's gecko, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Gekkonidae. The species is found on islands in the Gulf of Guinea off the east coast of Africa. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''greeffii'', is in honor of German zoologist Richard Greeff,species:Bo Beolens, Beolens, Bo; species:Michael Watkins, Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Hemidactylus greeffii'', p. 107). who collected the holotype when he lived on São Tomé Island in 1879–1880.José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, Bocage JVB (1886). Geographic range ''H. greeffii'' is Endemism, endemic to the São Tomé Island, island of São Tomé and the associated islet of Ilhéu das Rolas, both in the nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. It does not occur on the island of Príncipe. Habitat ''H. greef ...
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Ilhéu Das Rolas
Ilhéu das Rolas (also: ''Ilheu Gago Coutinho'') is an islet in the African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe. It lies on the Equator, off the southern tip of São Tomé Island, separated by Canal das Rolas. Its maximum elevation is . Its population was 76 at the 2012 census.2012 detailed census São Tomé e Príncipe
, Instituto Nacional de Estatística
It is part of the Caué District ...
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Fauna Of São Tomé Island
Fauna (: faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are ''flora'' and ''funga'', respectively. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoologists and paleontologists use ''fauna'' to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess Shale fauna". Paleontologists sometimes refer to a sequence of faunal stages, which is a series of rocks all containing similar fossils. The study of animals of a particular region is called faunistics. Etymology ''Fauna'' comes from the name Fauna, a Roman goddess of earth and fertility, the Roman god Faunus, and the related forest spirits called Fauns. All three words are cognates of the name of the Greek god Pan, and ''panis'' is the Modern Greek equivalent of fauna (πανίς or rather πανίδα). ''Fauna'' is also the word for a book ...
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Hemidactylus
''Hemidactylus'' is a genus of the common gecko family, Gekkonidae. It has 194 described species, newfound ones being described every few years. These geckos are found in all the tropical regions of the world, extending into the subtropical parts of Africa and Europe. They excel in colonizing oceanic islands by rafting on flotsam, and are for example found across most of Polynesia. In some archipelagoes, cryptic species complexes are found. Geckos like to live in and out of houses. They have been introduced to many areas around the world. This species is closely related to the genus '' Gehyra'', which belongs to the same family in Gekkonidae. The species are typically known as house geckos, due to their readiness to adapt to and coexist with humans, and can be easily encountered in human habitations. Taxonomy This genus was originally established by Lorenz Oken in 1817 for the species at that time known as ''Hemidactylus tuberculosus'', and now described as the tropical ho ...
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Herbert Rösler
Herbert Rösler (15 June 1924 – 11 November 2006) was a German artist, writer and designer. He worked as a painter, graphic designer, sculptor, developed models for futuristic architecture, designed clothes, furniture and handcrafted jewelry. Furthermore, he is also known as founder of the Christian work- and housing-community ''Gruppe 91'' (''Group 91''), their beliefs and lifestyle have similarities to the Jesus movement. Rösler was the creative and spiritual guidance for this community from their beginning in 1968 to the date of his passing in 2006. Artworks of Rösler are on permanent display in the exhibition hall ''G91-Bau'' in Tübingen. Besides their cultural engagement, Rösler and his group were also committed to many social projects. Life and work Youth, War and first employments (1924–1967) Herbert Rösler was born as the youngest of three children. His father came from Neutrebbin and was a certified forester and estate manager, his mother was from Fran ...
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Pedro Beja
Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning "son of Peter" (compared with the English surname Peterson) is Pérez in Spanish, Peres in Galician and Portuguese, Pires also in Portuguese, and Peiris in coastal area of Sri Lanka (where it originated from the Portuguese version), with all ultimately meaning "son of Pero". The name Pedro is derived via the Latin word "petra", from the Greek word "η πέτρα" meaning "stone, rock". The name Peter itself is a translation of the Aramaic ''Kephas'' or '' Cephas'' meaning "stone". An alternative archaic variant is Pero. Notable people with the name Pedro include: Monarchs, mononymously *Pedro I of Portugal *Pedro II of Portugal *Pedro III of Portugal *Pedro IV of Portugal, also Pedro I of Brazil *Pedro V of Portugal *Pedro II of Braz ...
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Joana Veríssimo
Joana is a given name, equivalent to Joanna in Catalan () and Portuguese (). The Galician form of the name is Xoana (). It may refer to: * Joana Angélica (1761–1822), Brazilian Conceptionist nun, belonging to the Reformed Order of Our Lady of Conception, and martyr of the Brazilian Independence * Joana Benedek (born 1972), Romanian-born Mexican actress * Joana of Braganza, a.k.a. Joana of Portugal (1635-1653) – a Portuguese princess, daughter of John IV * Joana Ceddia (born 2001), Brazilian-Canadian YouTuber * Joana de Eça (1480–1572), Portuguese courtier and royal favorite * Joana Glaza, the Lithuanian lead singer of rock group Joana and the Wolf * Joana Kuntz, professor of psychology in New Zealand * Joana da Paz (1925–2023), Brazilian activist * Joana Prado (born 1976), Brazilian-American businesswoman and former model * Joana Zimmer (born 1982), German pop music singer See also * Joanna Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from . Variants in English ...
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Ana Carolina Andrade De Sousa
Ana or ANA may refer to: People * Ana (given name), a list of people with the name * Ana people or Atakpame people, an ethnic group of West Africa * ana (gamer), Anathan Pham, an Australian professional ''Dota 2'' player known as ana Places * Ana, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, village in Iran * Ana or Anah, town in Iraq * Ana, populated place in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea * Ana or Anié, town in Togo * Ana, community in Niue Arts and entertainment * ''Ana'' (1982 film), a Portuguese film * ''Ana'' (2020 film), an American film * ''The Hole'' (1957 film) or ''Ana'', a 1957 Japanese film * ''Ana'' (1984 TV series), a Pakistani drama on PTV * ''Ana'' (2004 TV series), a Pakistani drama on Geo TV * ''Ana'' (2020 TV series), a Mexican comedy show * ''ana'' (2021 TV series), Syrian TV series starring Taim Hasan * "Ana", a song by the Pixies from '' Bossanova'' * ''Ana'' (Ralph Towner album), 1996 * Ana (Ana album), 1987 * Ana (''Overwatch''), a player character in the ...
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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 (1834–1969), 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 ''National Museum of Natural History (France), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' in Paris and the Natural History Museum, London, British Museum in London. Boulenger develop ...
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Oviparity
Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings known as hatchlings with little or no embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method used by most animal species, as opposed to viviparous animals that develop the embryos internally and metabolically dependent on the maternal circulation, until the mother gives birth to live juveniles. Ovoviviparity is a special form of oviparity where the eggs are retained inside the mother (but still metabolically independent), and are carried internally until they hatch and eventually emerge outside as well-developed juveniles similar to viviparous animals. Modes of reproduction The traditional modes of reproduction include oviparity, taken to be the ancestral condition, traditionally where either unfertilised oocytes or f ...
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