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Indotyphlops Laca
''Indotyphlops'' is a genus of snakes of the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to Asia. Species The genus ''Indotyphlops'' contains the following 23 species which are recognized as being valid. *'' Indotyphlops ahsanai'' *'' Indotyphlops albiceps'' – white-headed blind snake *''Indotyphlops braminus'' – flowerpot snake, Brahminy blindsnake, bootlace snake *'' Indotyphlops exiguus'' – Belgaum worm snake *'' Indotyphlops filiformis'' – file worm snake *'' Indotyphlops fletcheri'' *'' Indotyphlops jerdoni'' – Jerdon's worm snake *'' Indotyphlops laca'' – Laca's worm snake *'' Indotyphlops lankaensis'' – Sri Lanka worm snake *'' Indotyphlops lazelli'' *'' Indotyphlops leucomelas'' – pied worm snake *''Indotyphlops longissimus'' – long worm snake *'' Indotyphlops loveridgei'' – Loveridge's worm snake *'' Indotyphlops madgemintonae'' *'' Indotyphlops malcolmi'' – Malcolm's worm snake *'' Indotyphlops meszoelyi'' – Darjeeling worm snake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indotyphlops Braminus
''Indotyphlops braminus'', commonly known as the brahminy blind snake and other names, is a non-venomous blind snake species, found mostly in Africa and Asia, and has been introduced in many other parts of the world. It is a completely fossorial (i.e., burrowing) reptile, with habits and appearance similar to an earthworm, for which it is often mistaken, although close examination reveals tiny scales and eyes rather than the annular segments characteristic of a true earthworm. The species is parthenogenetic and all known specimens have been female. xxx + 1,033 pp. The specific name is a Latinized form of the word Brahmin. No subspecies are currently recognized as being valid. Description Adults of ''I. braminus'' measure long, uncommonly to , making it the smallest known snake species. The head and tail are superficially similar as the head and neck are indistinct. Unlike other snakes, the head scales resemble the body scales. The eyes are barely discernible as small dots und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Marie Daudin
François Marie Daudin (; 29 August 1776 in Paris – 30 November 1803 in Paris) was a French zoologist. Biography With legs paralyzed by childhood disease, he studied physics and natural history but ended up being devoted to the latter. Daudin wrote ' (Complete and Elementary Treatise of Ornithology) in 1799–1800. It was one of the first modern handbooks of ornithology, combining Linnean taxonomy, Linnean binomial nomenclature with the anatomical and physiological descriptions of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Buffon. While an excellent beginning, it was never completed. In 1800, he also published ''Recueil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes'' (Collection of memories and notes on new or little-known species of molluscs, worms and zoophytes). Daudin found his greatest success in herpetology. He published ''Histoire naturelle des reinettes, des grenouilles et des crapauds'' (Natural history of tree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinrich Kaiser
Hinrich is both a masculine given name and a surname, a variant of Heinrich, the German form of Henry. People with the name include: Given name: * Hinrich Bitter-Suermann (born 1940), German-Canadian pathologist and professor of surgery *Hinrich Braren (1751–1826), Danish sailor and writer * Hinrich Brunsberg (1350–1420s/1430s), German architect * Hinrich John (born 1936), German Olympic hurdler * Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf (1893–1961), German politician * Hinrich Ladiges (1731–1805), German-Danish sugar manufacturer * Hinrich Lehmann-Grube (1932–2017), German politician *Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780–1857), German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist *Hinrich Lohse (1896–1964), German Nazi politician and convicted war criminal * Hinrich Möller (1906–1974), German SS-''Brigadeführer'' and ''Generalmajor'' of Police * Hinrich Nitsche (1845–1902), German zoologist * Hinrich Johannes Rink (1819–1893), Danish geologist, one of the pioneers of glaciology and the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Wallach
Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach (born 1947) is an American Herpetology, herpetologist and an expert on Scolecophidia, blindsnakes and on the systematics, internal anatomy, and taxonomy of snakes. He has contributed to the descriptions of at least 46 species of snakes and has conducted fieldwork on tropical snakes in the Philippines, Nicaragua, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For many years Wallach worked as a Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He retired from the museum in 2012, but he continues to work on snake taxonomy. Wallach was the lead editor of the 1,227 page authoritative reference book ''Snakes of the World''. In the 2000s Wallach was one of several herpetologists who became embroiled in a dispute with Raymond Hoser, an Australian herpetologist, over proper nomenclatural acts. Hoser charged Wallach with creating a destabilising dual nomenclature by attempting to rename species that Hoser h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark O'Shea (herpetologist)
Mark Timothy O'Shea (born 9 May 1956) is an English herpetologist, photographer, author, lecturer, and television personality. He is known internationally as the presenter of the Animal Planet/Discovery Channel series ''O'Shea's Big Adventure''. Career Originally from Wolverhampton, Mark O'Shea moved to Shropshire in 2001. Since 1980, O'Shea has conducted herpetological fieldwork in over 30 countries on six continents but he has special interest in the Australo-Papuan region. He has worked in Papua New Guinea since 1986 when he first visited the country as a member of the scientific directing staff of Operation Raleigh. He continued fieldwork in the country as a member of the Oxford University Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine snakebite research team throughout the 1990s, and now researches there under the auspices of a fellowship from the Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU), based in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Melbourne. In 2006 O'Shea design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indotyphlops Laca
''Indotyphlops'' is a genus of snakes of the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to Asia. Species The genus ''Indotyphlops'' contains the following 23 species which are recognized as being valid. *'' Indotyphlops ahsanai'' *'' Indotyphlops albiceps'' – white-headed blind snake *''Indotyphlops braminus'' – flowerpot snake, Brahminy blindsnake, bootlace snake *'' Indotyphlops exiguus'' – Belgaum worm snake *'' Indotyphlops filiformis'' – file worm snake *'' Indotyphlops fletcheri'' *'' Indotyphlops jerdoni'' – Jerdon's worm snake *'' Indotyphlops laca'' – Laca's worm snake *'' Indotyphlops lankaensis'' – Sri Lanka worm snake *'' Indotyphlops lazelli'' *'' Indotyphlops leucomelas'' – pied worm snake *''Indotyphlops longissimus'' – long worm snake *'' Indotyphlops loveridgei'' – Loveridge's worm snake *'' Indotyphlops madgemintonae'' *'' Indotyphlops malcolmi'' – Malcolm's worm snake *'' Indotyphlops meszoelyi'' – Darjeeling worm snake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indotyphlops Jerdoni
''Indotyphlops jerdoni'', or Jerdon's worm snake, is a species of harmless blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to India. There are no subspecies which are recognized as being valid. Etymology The specific name, ''jerdoni'', is in honor of British biologist Thomas C. Jerdon. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Typhlops jerdoni'', p. 134). Geographic range ''I. jerdoni'' is found in eastern and northern India in Sikkim, northern West Bengal, Seven Sisters ssam and Meghalaya. Possibly, it also occurs in Bangladesh and Myanmar (Pegu). The type locality given is " Khási Hills". Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''I. jerdoni'' is forest, but it has also been found in plantations. Reproduction ''I. jerdoni'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wall (herpetologist)
Colonel Frank Wall (21 April 1868 – 19 May 1950) was a physician and herpetologist who lived in Sri Lanka and India. Early life and education Wall was born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). His father, George Wall, was responsible for initiating the study of natural history on the island. Wall was sent to England to be educated at Harrow School, the same school his father and brothers attended, and studied medicine in London before joining the Indian Medical Service in 1893.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Wall", p. 279). Herpetology Sent to India under the British Raj, Wall continued to work there until 1925 and researched many animals, especially snakes. He collected numerous snakes, many of which are now in the collections of the British Museum and the Natural History Museum, London. Wall was a member of the Bombay Natural History Society and pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indotyphlops Fletcheri
''Indotyphlops fletcheri'' is a species of worm snake. It is endemic to India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since .... References * Wall,F. 1919 Notes on a collection of Snakes made in the Nilgiri Hills and the adjacent Wynaad. J Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 26: 552-584 Indotyphlops Reptiles described in 1919 {{snake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Bibron
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hired to collect vertebrates in Italy and Sicily. Under the direction of Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846), he took part in the Morea expedition to Peloponnese. He classified numerous reptile species 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. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ... with André Marie Constant Duméril (1774–1860), whom he had met in 1832. Duméril was interested mainly in the relations between genera, and he left to Bibron the task of describing the species. Working together they produced the ''Erpétologie Générale'', a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Marie Constant Duméril
André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist. He was professor of anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History (France), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1801 to 1812, when he became professor of herpetology and ichthyology. His son Auguste Duméril was also a zoologist, and the author citation (zoology), author citation Duméril is used for both André and his son. Life André Marie Constant Duméril was born on 1 January 1774 in Amiens and died on 14 August 1860 in Paris. He became a doctor at a young age, obtaining, at 19 years, the ''prévot'' of anatomy at the medical school of Rouen. In 1800, he left for Paris and collaborated in the drafting of the comparative anatomy lessons of Georges Cuvier. He replaced Cuvier at the Central School of the Panthéon, Paris, Panthéon and had, as his colleague, Alexandre Brongniart. In 1801, he gave courses to the medical school of Paris. Under the Bourbon Restoration in Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
