Malcolm Arthur Smith
Malcolm Arthur Smith (1875 in New Malden, Surrey – 1958 in Ascot) was a herpetologist and physician working in the Malay Peninsula. Early life Smith was interested in reptiles and amphibians from an early age. After completing a degree in medicine and surgery in London in 1898, he left for the then Kingdom of Siam (today Thailand) as a doctor to the British Embassy in Bangkok. In 1921, he married Eryl Glynne of Bangor, who as well as being medically trained, made significant collections of ferns from Thailand and later worked at RBG Kew. She was killed in a car crash near Bangkok in 1930. The couple had three children including the mountaineer Cymryd "Cym" Smith, also killed in a road accident. Eryl was the elder sister of the mountaineer and plant pathologist Mary Dilys Glynne. Work Smith went on to become the physician in the royal court of Siam and was a close confidant and a doctor to the royal family. He published his observations on the reptiles and amphibians during ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New Malden
New Malden is a suburban area in southwest London, England. It is within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and the London Borough of Merton, and is from Charing Cross. Neighbouring localities include Kingston upon Thames, Kingston, Norbiton, Raynes Park, Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, Coombe, Tolworth, Motspur Park, Old Malden, and Worcester Park. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, New Malden was in the Administrative counties of England, administrative county of Surrey. History New Malden was established as a result of the arrival of the railway. What is now New Malden railway station was opened on 1 December 1846 on the main line from London Waterloo railway station, London Waterloo. Building started slowly in the area just to the north of the station, gathering pace in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with two- and three-bedroom terrace (architecture), terraced houses. Further out towards Coombe, Kingston upon Thames, Coombe Hill are large ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Siam
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spans . Thailand Template:Borders of Thailand, is bordered to the northwest by Myanmar, to the northeast and east by Laos, to the southeast by Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the southwest by the Andaman Sea; it also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the state capital and List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, largest city. Tai peoples, Thai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 6th to 11th centuries. Greater India, Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon kingdoms, Mon, Khmer Empire, and Monarchies of Malaysia, Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Watkins (zoologist)
Michael Watkins is a British shipbroker and zoologist. He is known for his books about the eponym An eponym is a noun after which or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word ''eponym'' include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovati ...s of species. Watkins is co-author of the books ''Whose Bird?: Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds'', ''The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals'', ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles'', ''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians'',https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1699/1699 and ''The Eponym Dictionary of Birds''. The book ''Whose Bird?'' details more than 4,000 people who have been commemorated with common names of birds and was originally conceived as a method of raising money for the Disabled Birders Association. Publications * Beolens, B. & Watkins, M. (2003). ''Whose Bird?: Men and women commemorated in t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Trimeresurus Malcolmi
''Trimeresurus malcolmi'' is a species of pit viper. The species is native to East Malaysia. Common names include: Malcolm's pitviper, Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S (2004). ''Asian Pitvipers''. irst Edition Berlin: Geitje Books. 368 pp. . Malcolm's tree viper, Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . and Mt. Kinabalu pit viper.Brown, John Haynes (1973). ''Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes''. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. . Etymology The specific name, ''malcolmi'', is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Trimeresurus malcolmi'', pp. 166, 247). Description The scalation of ''Trimeresurus malcolmi'' includes 19 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 163-174 ventral scales, 64-81/ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Indotyphlops Malcolmi
Malcolm's worm snake (''Indotyphlops malcolmi)'' is a species of snake Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have s ... in the Family (biology), family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''malcolmi'', is in honor of British Herpetology, herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith.Bo Beolens, Beolens B, Michael Watkins (zoologist), Watkins M, Michael Grayson, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Typhlops malcolmi'', p. 166). Description ''Indotyphlops malcolmi'' is bicolored: it is brown Dorsum (anatomy), dorsally, and cream-colored ventrally. It has 20 scales around the body, and the scales in the vertebral row number 261–273. Geograph ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hemidactylus Malcolmsmithi
Smith's bent-toed gecko (''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi)'', also known commonly as Malcolm's bow-fingered gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India. Taxonomy ''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' was originally described in the genus ''Gymnodactylus''. It is sometimes placed in the genus ''Cyrtodactylus''. Etymology The specific name, ''malcolmsmithi'', is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith. Geographic range ''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' is found in northern India, in the Indian state of Punjab. www.reptile-database.org. The type locality is " Beas River basin, Punjab, India".Constable (1949). Habitat The preferred natural habitats of ''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' are shrubland and forest. Description A small species for its genus, ''Hemidactylus malcolmsmithi'' has a maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . It has a series of 10–14 femoral pores on the ventral surface of each thigh, the two series being ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fimbrios
''Fimbrios'' is a genus of snakes of the family Xenodermidae. Geographic range The genus ''Fimbrios'' is endemic to Southeast Asia. Species The following two species are recognized as being valid. *'' Fimbrios klossi'' – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam *'' Fimbrios smithi'' – Vietnam Etymology The specific names, ''klossi'' and ''smithi'', are in honor of English zoologist Cecil Boden Kloss and British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith, respectively. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Fimbrios klossi'', p. 143; ''Fimbrios smithi'', p. 247). Morphology The genus ''Fimbrios'' has distinct morphological characteristics such as: 30 to 35 equal-sized maxillary teeth; head not distinct from neck, covered with large shields; eye small, with vertically subelliptic pupil; nostril in the anterior part of a large concave nasal; loreal very large, extending from th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Enhydris
''Enhydris'' is a genus of slightly venomous, rear-fanged snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to the tropical area of Indo-Australian region. Species The following 6 species are recognized: * '' Enhydris chanardi'' Murphy & Voris, 2005 * '' Enhydris enhydris'' ( Schneider, 1799) * '' Enhydris innominata'' ( Morice, 1875) * '' Enhydris jagorii'' ( W. Peters, 1863) * '' Enhydris longicauda'' ( Bourret, 1934) * '' Enhydris subtaeniata'' (Bourret, 1934) Several additional species have traditionally been placed here, but are now often in genera such as '' Subsessor'' and '' Pseudoferania''. Another species, '' Enhydris smithi'' , was considered to be a valid species by herpetologists M.A. Smith 1943, Das 2010, and Wallach et al. 2014, but was considered to be a synonym of ''Enhydris jagorii'' by Cox et al. 1998, and Murphy & Voris 2014. ''Nota bene ( ; plural: ) is the Latin language, Latin phrase meaning ''note well''. In manuscripts, ''nota ben ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dibamus Smithi
Smith's blind skink (''Dibamus smithi)'' is a species of legless lizard in the family Dibamidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam. Etymology The specific name, ''smithi'', is in honor of British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Dibamus smithi'', p. 247). Geographic range ''Dibamus smithi'' is endemic to central Vietnam. www.reptile-database.org. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''Dibamus smithi'' is forest, at altitudes of . Behavior ''Dibamus smithi'' is terrestrial and fossorial. Reproduction ''Dibamus smithi'' is oviparous 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 kno .... References Further reading * Bobrov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Linnean Society
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript and literature collections, and publishes academic journals and books on plant and animal biology. The society also awards a number of prestigious medals and prizes. A product of the 18th-century enlightenment, the society is the oldest extant biological society in the world and is historically important as the venue for the first public presentation of the theory of evolution by natural selection on 1 July 1858. The patron of the society is Anne, Princess Royal. Honorary members include: King Charles III of the United Kingdom, Emeritus Emperor Akihito of Japan, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (both of the latter have active interests in natural history), and the eminent naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. History Founding The Linnean ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |