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52 relations: Alfredo Dugès, Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann, Auguste Duméril, Autohaemorrhaging, Binomial nomenclature, Bird, Camouflage, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Frédéric Girard, Coast horned lizard, Desert horned lizard, Dog, Edward Drinker Cope, Edward Hallowell (herpetologist), Eyelid, Felinae, Flat-tail horned lizard, Genus, Giant horned lizard, Greater short-horned lizard, Gulf Coast horned lizard, Harvester ant, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, John Edward Gray, John Van Denburgh, Karl Patterson Schmidt, Leonhard Stejneger, List of U.S. state reptiles, Lizard, Marie Firmin Bocourt, Metaphor, Mexican horned lizard, Mexican Plateau horned lizard, Northern desert horned lizard, Nota bene, Phrynosomatinae, Predation, Pygmy short-horned lizard, Regal horned lizard, Reptile scale, Richard Harlan, Rock horned lizard, Roundtail horned lizard, Short-tailed horned lizard, Species, Subspecies, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Christian University, Texas horned lizard, Thomas Bell (zoologist), ..., Trinomen, Type genus. Expand index (2 more) »
Alfredo Dugès
Alfredo Dugès (birth name- Alfred Auguste Delsescautz Dugès); (April 16, 1826 – January 7, 1910) was a French-born, Mexican physician and naturalist born in Montpellier.
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Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann
Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (2 June 1802 – 15 January 1841) was a German zoologist and herpetologist born in Braunschweig.
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Auguste Duméril
Auguste Henri André Duméril (30 November 1812 – 12 November 1870) was a French zoologist.
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Autohaemorrhaging
Autohaemorrhaging or reflex bleeding is the action of animals deliberately ejecting haemolymph or blood from their bodies.
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Binomial nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.
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Bird
Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
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Camouflage
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see (crypsis), or by disguising them as something else (mimesis).
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.
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Charles Frédéric Girard
Charles Frédéric Girard (8 March 1822 – 29 January 1895) was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology.
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Coast horned lizard
The coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma coronatum) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard which can be found in Baja California Sur.
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Desert horned lizard
The desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard native to western North America.
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Dog
The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris when considered a subspecies of the gray wolf or Canis familiaris when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus Canis (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore.
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Edward Drinker Cope
Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist.
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Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)
Edward Hallowell (1808 – February 20, 1860) was an American herpetologist and physician.
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Eyelid
An eyelid is a thin fold of skin that covers and protects the human eye.
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Felinae
The Felinae are a subfamily of the family Felidae that includes the genera and species presented below.
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Flat-tail horned lizard
The flat-tail horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) is a species of reptile of the Sonoran desert of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Giant horned lizard
The giant horned lizard (Phrynosoma asio) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard which is endemic to the Pacific coast of southern Mexico.
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Greater short-horned lizard
The greater short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi), also commonly known as the mountain short-horned lizard, is a species of lizard endemic to western North America.
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Gulf Coast horned lizard
The Gulf Coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma wigginsi) is a species of horned lizards native to Baja California, Mexico.
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Harvester ant
Harvester ant is a common name for any of the species or genera of ants that collect seeds (called seed predation), or mushrooms as in the case of Euprenolepis procera, which are stored in the nest in communal chambers called granaries.
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Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (12 September 1777 – 1 May 1850) was a French zoologist and anatomist.
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John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist.
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John Van Denburgh
John Van Denburgh (August 23, 1872 – October 24, 1924) was an American herpetologist from California.
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Karl Patterson Schmidt
Karl Patterson Schmidt (June 19, 1890, Lake Forest, Illinois – September 26, 1957, Chicago) was an American herpetologist.
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Leonhard Stejneger
Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist.
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List of U.S. state reptiles
Twenty-six U.S. states have named an official state reptile.
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Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
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Marie Firmin Bocourt
Marie Firmin Bocourt (19 April 1819 – 4 February 1904) was a French zoologist and artist.
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Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.
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Mexican horned lizard
The Mexican horned lizard (Phrynosoma taurus) is a horned lizard species native to Mexico.
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Mexican Plateau horned lizard
The Mexican Plateau horned lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare) is a species of horned lizard.
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Northern desert horned lizard
The northern desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos platyrhinos) is a subspecies of the desert horned lizard, along with the southern desert horned lizard (P. p. calidiarum).
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Nota bene
Nota bene (or; plural form notate bene) is a Latin phrase meaning 'note well'.
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Phrynosomatinae
The Phrynosomatinae are a diverse subfamily of lizards, sometimes classified as a separate family (Phrynosomatidae), found from Panama to the extreme south of Canada.
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Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).
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Pygmy short-horned lizard
The pygmy short-horned lizard (Phrynosoma douglasii) is a species of small horned lizard that occurs in the northwestern United States.
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Regal horned lizard
The regal horned lizard (Phrynosoma solare) is a horned lizard species native to Mexico and the Southwest United States.
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Reptile scale
Reptile skin is covered with scutes or scales which, along with many other characteristics, distinguish reptiles from animals of other classes.
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Richard Harlan
Richard Harlan (September 19, 1796 – September 30, 1843) was an American naturalist, zoologist, herpetologist, physicist, and paleontologist.
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Rock horned lizard
The rock horned lizard or Ditmars' horned lizard (Phrynosoma ditmarsi) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard endemic to Sonora in northern Mexico, south of the Arizona border.
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Roundtail horned lizard
The roundtail horned lizard (Phrynosoma modestum) is one of the smaller species of horned lizard.
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Short-tailed horned lizard
The short-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma braconnieri) is an uncommon species of horned lizard endemic to Mexico.
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.
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TCU Horned Frogs
The TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University.
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Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private Christian-based, coeducational university in Fort Worth, Texas, established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College.
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Texas horned lizard
The Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is one of about 14 North American species of spikey-bodied reptiles called horned lizards.
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Thomas Bell (zoologist)
Thomas Bell FRS (11 October 1792 – 13 March 1880) was an English zoologist, surgeon and writer, born in Poole, Dorset, England.
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Trinomen
In zoological nomenclature, a trinomen (plural: trinomina), name, or ternary name, refers to the name of a subspecies.
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Type genus
In biological classification, especially zoology, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_lizard
