Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger (13 April 1802 – 20 September 1884) was an Austrian zoologist. Fitzinger was born in Vienna and studied botany at...
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Garter snake (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
taxonomist Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The genus Thamnophis was described by Leopold Fitzinger in 1843 as the genus for the garter snakes and ribbon snakes. Many...
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Oligodon (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
of colubrid snakes that was first described by Austrian zoologist Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. This genus is widespread throughout central and tropical...
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Orcinus (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
species O. meyeri is disputed. The genus Orcinus was published by Leopold Fitzinger in 1860, its type species is the orca named by Linnaeus in 1758 as...
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Drymarchon (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Drymarchon. Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna:...
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Trionychidae (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
genera, commonly known as softshell turtles. The family was erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826. Softshells include some of the world's largest freshwater...
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Psammophilus (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Agamidae Subfamily: Draconinae Genus: Psammophilus Fitzinger, 1843 Synonyms Charasia Gray, 1845...
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Pythonidae (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Serpentes Superfamily: Pythonoidea Family: Pythonidae Fitzinger, 1826 Synonyms Pythonoidia - Fitzinger, 1826 Pythonoidei - Eichwald, 1831 Holodonta - Müller...
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Ichthyophis (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Order: Gymnophiona Clade: Apoda Family: Ichthyophiidae Genus: Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 Species See text Synonyms Epicrium Wagler, 1828 Caudacaecilia Taylor...
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Placosoma (lizard) (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Gymnophthalmidae Tribe: Cercosaurini Genus: Placosoma Fitzinger, 1847...
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scientific name Cynailurus soemmeringii by the Austrian zoologist Leopold Fitzinger in 1855 on the basis of a specimen from Sudan’s Bayuda Desert brought...
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Montane guinea pig (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4068A22188991.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Fitzinger, Leopold (1867). "Versuch einer natürlichen Anordnung der Nagethiere (Rodentia)"...
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Opheodrys (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
365 pp. (Opheodrys, pp. 118–121, Figures 27–28 + Plate 12 on p. 332). Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna:...
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genus Varanus was coined in 1820 by Blasius Merrem. Six years later Leopold Fitzinger moved the Nile monitor into this genus as Varanus niloticus, the currently...
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Giant salamander (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Amphibia Order: Urodela Suborder: Cryptobranchoidea Family: Cryptobranchidae Fitzinger, 1826 Genera †Aviturus Andrias Cryptobranchus †Eoscapherpeton †Ulanurus...
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South American lungfish (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
causes of such a large genome. Genome § Genome size "Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitzinger 1837 (South American lungfish)". PBDB. Frederico, R.G. (2022). "Lepidosiren...
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Rhabdophis (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Diversity Web list of species of Rhabdophis Omne vivum list of species Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna:...
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Acanthocercus (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199599A2605872.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021. Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna:...
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in the Altai and Pisihan Mountains. Tigris longipilis proposed by Leopold Fitzinger in 1868 was based on a long-haired tiger skin in the Natural History...
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Psammophylax (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Psammophiidae Genus: Psammophylax Fitzinger, 1843...
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Kingsnake (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Serpentes Family: Colubridae Tribe: Lampropeltini Genus: Lampropeltis Fitzinger, 1843 Synonyms Ablabes, Bellophis, Herpetodryas, Ophibolus, Osceola, Phibolus...
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Hypnale (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Hypnale hypnale - the Indian Humpnose Viper. Reptilia (GB) (38): 64–70. Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium: Fasciculus Primus: Amblyglossae. Braumüller...
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Cordylidae (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Clade: Cordyliformes Family: Cordylidae Fitzinger, 1826 Diversity 10 genera (see text)...
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Cane rat (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Hystricognathi Parvorder: Phiomorpha Family: Thryonomyidae Genus: Thryonomys Fitzinger, 1867 Type species Aulacodus swinderianus Species Thryonomys gregorianus...
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Psammophis (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
generic name Psammophis was coined by the Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger in 1826, a compound of the Hellenistic Greek ψαμμο, "sand" + Classical...
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Lycodon (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lycodon. Fitzinger LI (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften...
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Gongylomorphus (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Subfamily: Scincinae Genus: Gongylomorphus Fitzinger, 1834...
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Malpolon (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Psammophiidae Genus: Malpolon Fitzinger, 1826...
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subspecific name, fitzingeri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger. The name maculatus (Latin for spotted) refers to the presence of...
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Boiga (category Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger)
United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2007-07-17. Fitzinger LI (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften...
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