Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons, born in Pietermaritzburg, was a notable herpetologist in South Africa. Also, he contributed to the collection of...
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English musical comedy composer Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons (1901–1975), South African herpetologist Sir Vivian Fuchs (1908–1999), English explorer...
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Fitzsimons (also spelled FitzSimons, Fitzsimmons or FitzSimmons) is a surname of Norman origin common in both Ireland and England. The name is a variant...
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(now outdated) first-aid and serum treatment kit. His son Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons (1901-1975) became director of the Transvaal Museum in 1947...
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Leptotyphlops (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Leptotyphlops is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus...
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Hyperolius swynnertoni (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
forest treefrog. Hyperolius swynnertoni was described by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons in 1941, based on material collected from Chirinda Forest...
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Typhlacontias brevipes (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
FitzSimon's [sic] burrowing skink or short blind dart skink, is a species of skink endemic to the Namib Desert (Namibia). It was described by Vivian FitzSimons...
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Fittkau Lee Fitzgerald Leopold Fitzinger Frederick William FitzSimons (1870–1951) Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons (1901–1975) Lothar Forcart Juan Ramón...
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Sekukhune flat lizard (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
fitzsimonsi, is in honor of South African herpetologist (Mr.) Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons. Platysaurus Cordylidae Bates, M.F.; Whiting, M.J. (2018)...
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Forest rain frog (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Retrieved 2022-06-07. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Breviceps sylvestris FitzSimons, 1930". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6...
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fitzsimonsi, is in honour of South African herpetologist Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons. E. sundevallii is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique...
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fitzsimonsi, is in honor of South African herpetologist (Mr.) Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons. S. fitzsimonsi has neither front legs nor back legs. Dorsally...
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Pachydactylus acuminatus (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
2006. Pachydactylus acuminatus was originally described by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons in 1941 as Pachydactylus weberi acuminatus, from eight specimens...
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Outreach Programme, the Grey Junior & Grey High bursary scheme. Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons, leading herpetologist and Director of the Transvaal Museum...
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Pachydactylus labialis (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Pachydactylus labialis, p. 253 + Plate 82). FitzSimons V. 1938. "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little...
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Acontias occidentalis (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Acontias Species: A. occidentalis Binomial name Acontias occidentalis FitzSimons, 1941...
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fitzsimonsi, is in honor of South African herpetologist Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons. C. fitzsimonsi is found in Angola and Namibia. C. fitzsimonsi...
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Spiny crag lizard (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Cordylidae Genus: Pseudocordylus Species: P. spinosus Binomial name Pseudocordylus spinosus Fitzsimons, 1947...
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Transvaal dwarf chameleon (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Chamaeleonidae Genus: Bradypodion Species: B. transvaalense Binomial name Bradypodion transvaalense (FitzSimons 1930)...
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Namaqua rock gecko (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Genus: Afroedura Species: A. namaquensis Binomial name Afroedura namaquensis (FitzSimons, 1938) Synonyms Oedura namaquensis Afroedura africana namaquensis...
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Afroedura langi (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Family: Gekkonidae Genus: Afroedura Species: A. langi Binomial name Afroedura langi (FitzSimons, 1930) Synonyms Oedura langi Afroedura pondolia langi...
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Angola banded thick-toed gecko (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Gekkonidae Genus: Pachydactylus Species: P. caraculicus Binomial name Pachydactylus caraculicus FitzSimons, 1959...
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Rhoptropus biporosus (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Gekkonidae Genus: Rhoptropus Species: R. biporosus Binomial name Rhoptropus biporosus FitzSimons, 1957...
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Namibiana occidentalis (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Family: Leptotyphlopidae Genus: Namibiana Species: N. occidentalis Binomial name Namibiana occidentalis FitzSimons, 1962 Synonyms Leptotyphlops occidentalis...
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Soutpansberg rock lizard (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
T41227A115654111.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021. "Vhembelacerta rupicola (FITZSIMONS, 1933)". Retrieved 15 November 2014. Kirchhof, S.; Linden, J.; Rodder...
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Scelotes bidigittatus (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Scelotes Species: S. bidigittatus Binomial name Scelotes bidigittatus FitzSimons, 1930...
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Pachydactylus robertsi (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pachydactylus robertsi, p. 223). FitzSimons, V. (1938). "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little...
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Hewitt's moss frog (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Retrieved 16 November 2021. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Anhydrophryne hewitti (FitzSimons, 1947)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version...
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Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
conservation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61 (3): 823–833. FitzSimons VFM (1939). "Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards...
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Acontias gariepensis (category Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons)
Scincidae Genus: Acontias Species: A. gariepensis Binomial name Acontias gariepensis (FitzSimons, 1941) Synonyms Typhlosaurus gariepensis FitzSimons, 1941...
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