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Prosymna (genus)

Index Prosymna (genus)

Prosymna is a genus of snakes of the family Lamprophiidae. [1]

22 relations: Andrew Smith (zoologist), Arthur Loveridge, Binomial nomenclature, Endemism, Family (biology), François Mocquard, Franz Werner, Genus, Georg Johann Pfeffer, George Albert Boulenger, Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi, Hampton Wildman Parker, Johannes Theodor Reinhardt, John Edward Gray, José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage, Lamprophiidae, Nota bene, Sub-Saharan Africa, Subfamily, Thomas Barbour, Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons, Wilhelm Peters.

Andrew Smith (zoologist)

Sir Andrew Smith KCB (3 December 1797 – 11 August 1872) was a Scottish surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist.

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Arthur Loveridge

Arthur Loveridge (28 May 1891 – 16 February 1980) was a British biologist and herpetologist who wrote about animals in East Africa, particularly Tanzania, and New Guinea.

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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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Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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François Mocquard

François Mocquard (27 October 1834 – 19 March 1917) was a French herpetologist born in Leffond, Haute-Saône.

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Franz Werner

Franz Josef Maria Werner (15 August 1867 in Vienna – 28 February 1939 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist and explorer.

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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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Georg Johann Pfeffer

Georg Johann Pfeffer (1854–1931) was a German zoologist, primarily a malacologist, a scientist who studies mollusks.

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George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

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Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi

Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi, sometimes J. Josephi or Joseph Bianconi, (31 July 1809, Bologna – 18 October 1878, Bologna) was an Italian zoologist, herpetologist, botanist and geologist.

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Hampton Wildman Parker

Hampton Wildman Parker (5 July 1897 – 2 September 1968) was an English zoologist.

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Johannes Theodor Reinhardt

Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (3 December 1816, in Copenhagen – 23 October 1882, in Frederiksberg) was a Danish zoologist and herpetologist.

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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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José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage

José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage (2 May 1823 – 3 November 1907) was a Portuguese zoologist and politician.

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Lamprophiidae

The Lamprophiidae are a family of snakes found mostly in Africa, but also in parts of southern Europe and western Asia.

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Nota bene

Nota bene (or; plural form notate bene) is a Latin phrase meaning 'note well'.

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Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara.

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Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.

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Thomas Barbour

Thomas Barbour (August 19, 1884 – January 8, 1946) was an American herpetologist.

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Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons

Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons, born in Pietermaritzburg, was a notable herpetologist in South Africa.

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Wilhelm Peters

Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosymna_(genus)

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