Beolens / Watkins / Grayson The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4214-0227-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beolens, Bo

Watkins, Michael

Grayson, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Grayson, Michael
Michael Grayson is a coauthor of The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Watkins, Michael
Michael Watkins is a coauthor of The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Beolens, Bo
Bo Beolens is a coauthor of The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, also published by Johns Hopkins.

Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson are the coauthors of The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, also published by Johns Hopkins.