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Hemidactylus Nicolauensis
''Hemidactylus nicolauensis'' is a species of house gecko. It is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name ''nicolauensis'' refers to São Nicolau, Cape Verde, São Nicolau, the island in which the species was found. References Further reading * Hemidactylus Endemic vertebrates of Cape Verde Reptiles described in 2020 Taxa named by Gunther Köhler {{Hemidactylus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunther Köhler
Gunther Köhler (born 20 May 1965 in Hanau) is a German herpetologist. His research is primarily focused in Central America and in the West Indies. Career In 1995, Köhler received a doctorate in natural sciences at the Goethe University Frankfurt with his thesis on the systematics and ecology of black iguanas (genus ''Ctenosaura''). Since November 1995, he is curator at the department of herpetology and since 2004 acting director of the department of terrestrial zoology at the Senckenberg Research Institute. The projects of Köhler and his research group focus on the study of neotropical herpetofauna in Central and South America, in particular in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua and Bolivia. The studies are taxonomic, zoogeographical and phylogenetic, with the genus '' Anolis'' forming one of the main groups. In 1994, he rediscovered '' Ctenosaura bakeri'' (the Utila iguana), a species previously known only from the type specimens described in 1901. Since April 1998, Kà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |