Spencer Fullerton Baird (/ˈbɛərd/; February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum...
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Plestiodon tetragrammus (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
including the nominotypical subspecies: Long-lined skink, P. t. tetragrammus Baird, 1859 Short-lined skink, P. t. brevilineatus (Cope, 1880) Some herpetologists...
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Prairie skink (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
Baird in 1859. Two subspecies are generally recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies: Northern prairie skink, P. s. septentrionalis Baird,...
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Mud sunfish (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
sunfish was first formally described as Centrarchus pomotis by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1855 with the type locality given as Cedar Swamp Creek, Beesley's...
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Plestiodon egregius (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
including the nominotypical subspecies: Florida Keys mole skink, P. e. egregius Baird, 1859: occurs only on some of the Florida Keys. Cedar Key mole skink, P...
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Texas coral snake (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
has resumed. The six recognized subspecies of M. tener are: M. t. tener (Baird & Girard, 1853) M. t. fitzingeri (Jan, 1858) M. t. bernadi (Cope, 1887)...
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Masticophis (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
schotti Baird & Girard, 1853 – Schott's whip snake Masticophis schotti ruthveni Ortenburger, 1923 – Ruthven's whip snake Masticophis schotti schotti Baird &...
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Plestiodon anthracinus (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
anthracinus Baird, 1850 Southern coal skink – Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis (Cope, 1880) The (northern) coal skink was first described by Baird in 1850;...
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Sapsucker (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
genus Sphyrapicus was introduced in 1858 by the American naturalist Spencer Baird with the yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) as the type species...
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Rena dulcis (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
Querétaro, Hidalgo, and Puebla.[citation needed] The type locality given by Baird and Girard is "Between San Pedro and Camanche [sic] Springs, Tex." (Comanche...
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Pantherophis emoryi (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
undergone extensive reclassification since it was first described by Spencer Fullerton Baird and Charles Frédéric Girard in 1853 as Scotophis emoryi. It has...
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less interested in being a museum. Under the second secretary, Spencer Fullerton Baird, the Smithsonian turned into a full-fledged museum, mostly through...
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Checkered garter snake (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. T. m. marcianus (Baird & Girard, 1853) T. m. praeocularis (Bocourt, 1892) T. m. bovalli (Dunn,...
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in California. It was formerly named Chalk Cave and Baird Cave, named after Spencer Fullerton Baird. The caverns are dated to at least 200 million years...
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Nerodia (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
recognized as being valid: Nerodia clarkii (Baird & Girard, 1853) – salt marsh snake N. c. clarkii (Baird & Girard, 1853) N. c. compressicauda (Kennicott...
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Western hognose snake (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 November 2006. Baird SF, Girard C (1852). "Characteristics of some New Reptiles in the Museum...
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waterside birds. The English name and specific bairdii commemorate Spencer Fullerton Baird, 19th-century naturalist and assistant secretary of the Smithsonian...
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Western terrestrial garter snake (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
Tanner & Lowe, 1989 – Arizona garter snake Thamnophis elegans elegans (Baird & Girard, 1853) – mountain garter snake Thamnophis elegans hueyi Van Denburgh...
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Western whiptail (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
well-documented site for information on this and other American species. Baird, Spencer F.; Girard, Charles (1852). "Characteristics of some New Reptiles in...
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Western banded gecko (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
utahensis Klauber, 1945 – Utah banded gecko Coleonyx variegatus variegatus (Baird, 1858) – desert banded gecko Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses...
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Barred tiger salamander (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
Barred tiger salamander, A. m. mavortium (Baird, 1850) Blotched tiger salamander, A. m. melanostictum (Baird, 1860) Arizona tiger salamander, A. m. nebulosum...
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Desert kingsnake (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
splendida Binomial name Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard, 1854) Synonyms Ophibolus splendidus Baird & Girard, 1853 Lampropeltis splendida Cope, 1860...
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Side-blotched lizard (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Iguania Family: Phrynosomatidae Genus: Uta Baird & Girard, 1852 Species Several, see text...
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Great Plains skink (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
in Kansas, Third Edition. University Press of Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas. Baird, S.F., and C.F. Girard. 1852. Characteristics of some New Reptiles in the...
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Western skink (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
reptile is active during the warm seasons. Initially described in 1852 by Baird and Girard, the Western skink is named for Dr. Avery Judd Skilton (1802–1858)...
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both Central and South America. The Baird's tapir is named after the American naturalist Spencer Fullerton Baird, who traveled to Mexico in 1843 and observed...
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Pantherophis vulpinus (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
the Status of the Foxsnakes Pantherophis gloydi Conant and P. vulpinus Baird and Girard (Lepidosauria)". ISRN Zoology. 2011: 1–15. doi:10.5402/2011/436049...
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Black-tailed rattlesnake (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
northern populations of the black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus Baird and Girard, 1853), with the revalidation of C. ornatus Hallowell, 1854....
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Sceloporus occidentalis longipes (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
Family: Phrynosomatidae Genus: Sceloporus Species: S. occidentalis Subspecies: S. o. longipes Trinomial name Sceloporus occidentalis longipes Baird, 1859...
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Western fence lizard (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
of tail duplication in the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis Baird & Girard, 1852". Herpetology Notes. 17: 459–475. ISSN 2071-5773. Family...
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