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The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians

Author : Bo Beolens
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1907807446
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians written by Bo Beolens and published by Pelagic Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the discoverer but sometimes an individual they wished to honour or perhaps were staying with at the time the discovery was made. Species names related to a person are ‘eponyms’. Many scientific names are allusive, esoteric and even humorous, so an eponym dictionary is a valuable resource for anyone, amateur or professional, who wants to decipher the meaning and glimpse the history of a species name. Sometimes a name refers not to a person but to a fictional character or mythological figure. The Forest Stubfoot Toad Atelopus farci is named after the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla army who found refuge in the toad’s habitat and thereby, it is claimed, protected it. Hoipollo's Bubble-nest Frog Pseudophilautus hoipolloi was named after the Greek for ‘the many’, but someone assumed the reference was to a Dr Hoipollo. Meanwhile, the man who has everything will never refuse an eponym: Sting's Treefrog Dendropsophus stingi is named after the rock musician, in honour of his ‘commitment and efforts to save the rainforest’. Following the success of their Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, the authors have joined forces to give amphibians a similar treatment. They have tracked down 1,609 honoured individuals and composed for each a brief, pithy biography. In some cases these are a reminder of the courage of scientists whose dedicated research in remote locations exposed them to disease and even violent death. The eponym ensures that their memory will survive, aided by reference works such as this highly readable dictionary. Altogether 2,668 amphibians are listed.

The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

Author : Bo Beolens
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421401355
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles written by Bo Beolens and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy to use and filled with addictive--and highly useful--information about the people whose names will be carried into the future on the backs of the world's reptiles, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike.

The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians

Author : Bo Beolens
Publisher : Pelagic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 190780742X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians written by Bo Beolens and published by Pelagic Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the discoverer but sometimes an individual they wished to honour or perhaps were staying with at the time the discovery was made. Species names related to a person are ‘eponyms’. Many scientific names are allusive, esoteric and even humorous, so an eponym dictionary is a valuable resource for anyone, amateur or professional, who wants to decipher the meaning and glimpse the history of a species name. Sometimes a name refers not to a person but to a fictional character or mythological figure. The Forest Stubfoot Toad Atelopus farci is named after the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla army who found refuge in the toad’s habitat and thereby, it is claimed, protected it. Hoipollo's Bubble-nest Frog Pseudophilautus hoipolloi was named after the Greek for ‘the many’, but someone assumed the reference was to a Dr Hoipollo. Meanwhile, the man who has everything will never refuse an eponym: Sting's Treefrog Dendropsophus stingi is named after the rock musician, in honour of his ‘commitment and efforts to save the rainforest’. Following the success of their Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, the authors have joined forces to give amphibians a similar treatment. They have tracked down 1,609 honoured individuals and composed for each a brief, pithy biography. In some cases these are a reminder of the courage of scientists whose dedicated research in remote locations exposed them to disease and even violent death. The eponym ensures that their memory will survive, aided by reference works such as this highly readable dictionary. Altogether 2,668 amphibians are listed.

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

Author : Bo Beolens
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147298269X
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book The Eponym Dictionary of Birds written by Bo Beolens and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birdwatchers often come across bird names that include a person's name, either in the vernacular (English) name or latinised in the scientific nomenclature. Such names are properly called eponyms, and few people will not have been curious as to who some of these people were (or are). Names such as Darwin, Wallace, Audubon, Gould and (Gilbert) White are well known to most people. Keener birders will have yearned to see Pallas's Warbler, Hume's Owl, Swainson's Thrush, Steller's Eider or Brünnich's Guillemot. But few people today will have even heard of Albertina's Myna, Barraband's Parrot, Guerin's Helmetcrest or Savigny's Eagle Owl. This extraordinary new work lists more than 4,000 eponymous names covering 10,000 genera, species and subspecies of birds. Every taxon with an eponymous vernacular or scientific name (whether in current usage or not) is listed, followed by a concise biography of the person concerned. These entries vary in length from a few lines to several paragraphs, depending on the availability of information or the importance of the individual's legacy. The text is punctuated with intriguing or little-known facts, unearthed in the course of the authors' extensive research. Ornithologists will find this an invaluable reference, especially to sort out birds named after people with identical surnames or in situations where only a person's forenames are used. But all birders will find much of interest in this fascinating volume, a book to dip into time and time again whenever their curiosity is aroused.

A Dictionary of Reptiles and Amphibians

Author : Rube Allyn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Reptiles and Amphibians written by Rube Allyn and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Eponym Dictionary of Fishes

Author : Bo Beolens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781849954983
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Eponym Dictionary of Fishes written by Bo Beolens and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eponym Dictionary is a series of brief but concise biographies of all those people after whom fish have been named in both the vernacular and scientific names. It also covers names which seem to be eponyms but are not, such as toponyms, names of organisations, ethnic groups, etc. It also shows the networks of scientific collaboration, friendship or patronage. Each species named after an individual is listed with their authors and years for context and wherever possible it is shown how the authors and the eponym are linked.Every effort has been made to be accurate and meticulous, and the book is also a repository of biographical knowledge that will entertain as well as inform. In conjunction with the other books it forms a database of everyone named in a vertebrate.For ease of use, these volumes are designed as a dictionary, making it easy to find the person behind the name and, in doing so, discover which fish commemorates them and learn something of their lives and background.For many obscure individuals, these vignettes may be as full a biography of the person as possible, but for the famous it is merely a starting point that shows the enquirer, with confidence, the right person. Some brief entries summarise whole volumes of biography, especially those honoured in a name because of their standing in society rather than their scientific behaviour. There is a vast range of derivations related not just to scientists, zoologists and scholars, but also pop stars, TV and film personalities and writers. There is a whole world of aquarists and fish hobbyists, many of whom have been immortalised for adding to our knowledge of tropical fish. Moreover, there are many people whose only claim to fame is that naming. The parents, spouses, sons and daughters of ichthyologists are well-represented, as are their teachers and even their lovers. The Eponym Dictionary of Fishes is a web of relationships and connections, icons and idols.

The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

Author : Bo Beolens
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421402270
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles written by Bo Beolens and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was Richard Kemp, after whom the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is named? Is Wake’s Gecko named after Berkeley’s Marvalee Wake? Or perhaps her husband, David? Why do so many snakes and lizards have Werner in their name? This reference book answers these and thousands of other questions about the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of reptiles across the globe. From Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti, the Florida cottonmouth subspecies named for Roger Conant, to Xantusia, the night lizard genera namesake of John Xantus, this dictionary covers everyone after whom an extant or recently extinct reptile has been named. The entries include a brief bio-sketch, a list of the reptiles that bear the individual’s name, the names of reptiles erroneously thought to be associated with the person, and a summary of major—and sometimes obscure or even incidental—contributions made by the person to herpetology and zoology. An introductory chapter explains how to use the book and describes the process of naming taxa. Easy to use and filled with addictive—and highly useful—information about the people whose names will be carried into the future on the backs of the world’s reptiles, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike.

Dictionary of Reptiles and Amphibians

Author : Rube Allyn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780820003016
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Reptiles and Amphibians written by Rube Allyn and published by . This book was released on 1983-08-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Using the Biological Literature

Author : Diane Schmidt
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466558571
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Using the Biological Literature written by Diane Schmidt and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biological sciences cover a broad array of literature types, from younger fields like molecular biology with its reliance on recent journal articles, genomic databases, and protocol manuals to classic fields such as taxonomy with its scattered literature found in monographs and journals from the past three centuries. Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition is an annotated guide to selected resources in the biological sciences, presenting a wide-ranging list of important sources. This completely revised edition contains numerous new resources and descriptions of all entries including textbooks. The guide emphasizes current materials in the English language and includes retrospective references for historical perspective and to provide access to the taxonomic literature. It covers both print and electronic resources including monographs, journals, databases, indexes and abstracting tools, websites, and associations—providing users with listings of authoritative informational resources of both classical and recently published works. With chapters devoted to each of the main fields in the basic biological sciences, this book offers a guide to the best and most up-to-date resources in biology. It is appropriate for anyone interested in searching the biological literature, from undergraduate students to faculty, researchers, and librarians. The guide includes a supplementary website dedicated to keeping URLs of electronic and web-based resources up to date, a popular feature continued from the third edition.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Amphibians

Author : Murray Wrobel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Elsevier's Dictionary of Amphibians written by Murray Wrobel and published by . This book was released on 2004-03-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary lists the English, German, French and Italian names of amphibians occurring in Europe, North America, Canada, Central and Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand, the Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and the islands of the West Indies. It lists 5,367 scientific names of orders, families, genera, species and subspecies. The relevant order and family are shown for each term. The taxonomy is that used by the different authors of the sources.

The Encyclopedia of Amphibians

Author : Robert Hofrichter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781552630730
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Amphibians written by Robert Hofrichter and published by . This book was released on 2000-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference to the world of the amphibian A fascinating world of scientific wonders, the amphibian species is full of unusual and extreme adaptions and is home to numerous unsolved mysteries. The Encyclopedia of Amphibians is your guide to these intriguing and diverse creatures. Amphibians, including frogs, toads, newts and salamanders, surpass all other vertebrate species in survival and reproduction strategies. In addition, as the stunning photographs depict, amphibians are also creatures of extreme beauty. Many tropical tree- and poison-arrow frogs are just as dazzling in appearance as some of the world`s most colourful birds. Scientific experts from all over the globe have contributed their knowledge and understanding of amphibians to this comprehensive volume. An excellent resource for both experienced and amateur scientists, The Encyclopedia of Amphibians includes information on thousands of amphibian species from throughout the world. This useful reference guide also includes information on the biology, physiology and evolution of amphibians, as well as chapters on Ecology and Ethology, The Meaning of Amphibians for Mankind and Endangerment and Species Protection. Fascinating and informative, The Encyclopedia of Amphibians is one of the most comprehensive books available on this adaptive and ubiquitous species. (2000)

The Reptile and Amphibian Keeper's Dictionary

Author : David C. Wareham
Publisher : Blandford Press
ISBN 13 : 9780713723182
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book The Reptile and Amphibian Keeper's Dictionary written by David C. Wareham and published by Blandford Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reptiles and Amphibians Dictionary

Author : Clint Twist
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780439806930
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Reptiles and Amphibians Dictionary written by Clint Twist and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary introduces young readers to the world of reptiles and amphibians. It will allow them to explore a variety of reptiles and amphibians, including crocodiles and alligators; turtles and tortoises; lizards; snakes; frogs and toads; and newts and salamanders.

Reptile and Amphibians Dictionary

Author : Clint Twist
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781861991225
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Reptile and Amphibians Dictionary written by Clint Twist and published by . This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reptiles and Amphibians Dictionary

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ISBN 13 : 9780857262288
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Reptiles and Amphibians Dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the world of reptiles and amphibians, discover how they live, how large or small they are, how they attack prey or escape from predators.

Reptiles and Amphibians A-Z

Author : Clint Twist
Publisher : Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781410304872
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Reptiles and Amphibians A-Z written by Clint Twist and published by Blackbirch Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heavily illustrated dictionary of selected reptiles and amphibians.

Amphibians

Author : Emma Carlson Bernay
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1515739376
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Amphibians written by Emma Carlson Bernay and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shine the science spotlight on frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and caecilians! Organized by reference topics such as habitat, anatomy, and diet, Amphibians introduces young readers and browsers to these water-dependent animals through vibrant full-color photos and concise, factual text.