Alfred Grandidier (20 December 1836 – 13 September 1921) was a French naturalist and explorer. From a very wealthy family, at the age of 20, he and his...
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Grandidier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921), French naturalist and explorer Ernest Grandidier (1833–1912)...
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fasciata, and its stripes are not as wide. The species is named after Alfred Grandidier. This species has been called one of the least-studied carnivorans...
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Adansonia grandidieri (redirect from Grandidier’s baobab)
famous of Madagascar's six species of baobabs. It is sometimes known as Grandidier's baobab or the giant baobab. In French it is called Baobab malgache. The...
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Verreaux's sifaka (redirect from Propithecus verreaux grandidier)
Sylvain (April 2, 2024). "Population Estimate of Propithecus verreauxi Grandidier in the Mahafaly Plateau Southwestern Madagascar" (PDF). Primate Conservation...
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southern Madagascar. The mineral was named in honor of French explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1912) who studied the natural history of Madagascar. Grandidierites...
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Malagasy hippopotamuses were first discovered in the mid-19th century by Alfred Grandidier, who unearthed nearly 50 individual hippos from a dried-up swamp at...
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Malagasy hippopotamuses were first discovered in the mid-19th century by Alfred Grandidier, who unearthed nearly 50 individual hippos from a dried-up swamp at...
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Silky sifaka (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
by French naturalist Alfred Grandidier in a formally published letter to French zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards. Grandidier's description was based...
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Geckolepis (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
polylepis Boettger, 1893 Grandidier's gecko, Geckolepis typica Grandidier, 1867 Geckolepis megalepis Scherz et al., 2017 Grandidier, Alfred (1867). "Liste des...
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Madascincus igneocaudatus (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Madascincus Species: M. igneocaudatus Binomial name Madascincus igneocaudatus (Grandidier, 1867)...
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Grandidier's gecko (Geckolepis typica) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2010)...
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Malagasy hippopotamus was first described in the mid-19th century by Alfred Grandidier, who unearthed nearly 50 individual hippos from a dried-up swamp at...
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such as trogons and parrots from prehistoric France. He worked with Alfred Grandidier on L'Histoire politique, physique et naturelle de Madagascar. Milne-Edwards...
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François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948) in 1902 in Tuléar Province, Madagascar. It was named in honor of the French naturalist and explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1912)...
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Tomato frog (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
(froglets) after about 45 to 60 days. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Dyscophus Grandidier, 1872". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6...
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Pygomeles (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
three species that are recognized as being valid. Pygomeles braconnieri Grandidier, 1867 – Braconnier's short skink Pygomeles petteri G. Pasteur & Paulian...
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from being harmed, or to ensure that the guilty were. The naturalist Alfred Grandidier presented similar practices among the Malagasy to argue for ancient...
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Coquerel's sifaka (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Genus: Propithecus Species: P. coquereli Binomial name Propithecus coquereli A. Grandidier, 1867 Distribution of P. coquereli Synonyms damonis Gray, 1870...
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Labord's chameleon (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Furcifer labordi, p. 149). Grandidier A (1872). "Descriptions de quelques Reptiles nouveaux découverts à Madagascar...
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Dyscophus insularis (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Microhylidae Genus: Dyscophus Species: D. insularis Binomial name Dyscophus insularis Grandidier, 1872 Range in brown...
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Red-tailed sportive lemur (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Lepilemur Species: L. ruficaudatus Binomial name Lepilemur ruficaudatus Grandidier, 1867 Distribution of L. ruficaudatus Synonyms pallidicauda Gray, 1873...
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Madagascan big-headed turtle (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Pleurodira Family: Podocnemididae Genus: Erymnochelys Baur, 1888 Species: E. madagascariensis Binomial name Erymnochelys madagascariensis (Grandidier,1867)...
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specimens, if the data had been recorded at all. In 1905, Alfred Grandidier's son, Guillaume Grandidier, reviewed subfossil lemur taxonomy and determined that...
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Dyscophus antongilii (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Microhylidae Genus: Dyscophus Species: D. antongilii Binomial name Dyscophus antongilii Grandidier, 1877...
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Milne-Edwards's sifaka (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Propithecus Species: P. edwardsi Binomial name Propithecus edwardsi A. Grandidier, 1871 Distribution of P. edwardsi Synonyms bicolor Gray, 1872 holomelas...
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Grandidier's dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus tolampyae) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. The specific name...
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most notable contributions from this century includes the work of Alfred Grandidier, a naturalist and explorer who devoted himself to the study of Madagascar's...
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Madagascan mantella (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
madagascariensis Binomial name Mantella madagascariensis (Grandidier, 1872) Synonyms Dendrobates madagascariensis Grandidier, 1872 Mantella loppei Roux, 1935...
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