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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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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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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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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Verreaux's sifaka (redirect from Propithecus verreaux grandidier)
Propithecus Species: P. verreauxi Binomial name Propithecus verreauxi A. Grandidier, 1867 Distribution of P. verreauxi Synonyms majori Rothschild, 1894 verreauxoides...
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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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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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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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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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Colotis zoe (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Pieridae Genus: Colotis Species: C. zoe Binomial name Colotis zoe (Grandidier, 1867) Synonyms Anthocharis zoe Grandidier, 1867 Colotis (Colotis) zoe...
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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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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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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 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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Dyscophus guineti (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Microhylidae Genus: Dyscophus Species: D. guineti Binomial name Dyscophus guineti (Grandidier, 1875) Range in brown...
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Brachyseps splendidus (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Brachyseps Species: B. splendidus Binomial name Brachyseps splendidus (Grandidier, 1872) Synonyms Amphiglossus splendidus...
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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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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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Blaesodactylus sakalava (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Blaesodactylus Species: B. sakalava Binomial name Blaesodactylus sakalava (Grandidier, 1867) Synonyms Hemidactylus sakalava Homopholis heterolepis Homopholis...
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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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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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During the description of the first specimens from 1866 to 1872, Alfred Grandidier described both the brown mantella (Mantella betsileo) and Malagasy...
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described by Alfred Grandidier in 1867. It is found on Madagascar. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Axiopoeniella laymerisa (Grandidier, 1867)". Afromoths...
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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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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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Calumma furcifer (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Chamaeleonidae Genus: Calumma Species: C. furcifer Binomial name Calumma furcifer (Vaillant & Grandidier, 1880)...
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plants in the family Didiereaceae. It is dedicated to naturalist Alfred Grandidier (1836-1921). Species of Didierea are dioecious, with male and female...
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