Robert Kennicott (November 13, 1835 – May 13, 1866) was an American naturalist and herpetologist. Chronic illness kept Kennicott out of school as a child...
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churchman and Hebrew scholar Kennicott Bible, an illuminated Hebrew Bible manuscript named after Benjamin Kennicott Robert Kennicott (1835-1866), American naturalist...
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by geologist Oscar Rohn of the United States Geological Survey for Robert Kennicott, pioneer Alaska explorer and director of the scientific corps of the...
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Kennecott, Alaska (redirect from Kennicott, AK)
Kennecott, also known as Kennicott and Kennecott Mines, is an abandoned mining camp in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska that was...
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screech owl. The scientific name commemorates the American naturalist Robert Kennicott. Length averages 22 cm (8.7 in), wingspan 55 cm (22 in), and weight...
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Tiger rattlesnake (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
vertical stripes when viewed from the side. American herpetologist Robert Kennicott described the tiger rattlesnake in 1859. Common names include tiger...
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Glossy snake (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
eburnata Klauber, 1946 – Desert glossy snake Arizona elegans elegans Kennicott, 1859 – Kansas glossy snake Arizona elegans expolita Klauber, 1946 – Chihuahua...
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Diadophis punctatus arnyi (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
p. arnyi Trinomial name Diadophis punctatus arnyi Kennicott, 1859 Synonyms Diadophis arnyi Kennicott, 1859 Diadophis regalis arnyi — Cope, 1900 Diadophis...
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Crotalus scutulatus (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
00358.x. Cardwell, MD (2016). "Mohave rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus (Kennicott 1861)". In Schuett; Feldner, MJ; Smith, CF; Reiserer, RS (eds.). Rattlesnakes...
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Kirtland's snake (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
the nineteenth century. The snake was first identified by Robert Kennicott in 1855. Kennicott sent a specimen to Spencer Fullerton Baird, the assistant...
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Carphophis vermis (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
ISBN 0-394-50824-6. (Carphophis amoenus vermis, p. 592 + Plate 493). Kennicott, R. (1859). "Notes on Coluber calligaster of Say, and a description of...
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Mexican milk snake (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Lampropeltis Species: L. annulata Binomial name Lampropeltis annulata Kennicott, 1860...
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Russia Edmund Kennedy British-Australian 19th Australian interior Robert Kennicott American 19th Alaska, Siberia, Yukon and Northern Canada Yerofey Khabarov...
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Kennicott Grove is an area of prairie and wooded lands that includes the home of John Kennicott (1802–1863) and his family, including his son Robert Kennicott...
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Blackneck garter snake (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
cyrtopsis ocellatus, are described below. Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis (Kennicott, 1860) The western blackneck garter snake may attain 107 cm (42 inches)...
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Conopsis lineata (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Conopsis Species: C. lineata Binomial name Conopsis lineata (Kennicott, 1859)...
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was built in 1856. John Kennicott was influential in the advancement of horticulture in Illinois. His son, Robert Kennicott, became interested in natural...
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Benjamin Kennicott (4 April 1718 – 18 September 1783) was an English churchman and Hebrew scholar. Kennicott was born at Totnes, Devon where he attended...
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Leptodeira septentrionalis (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Leptodeira Species: L. septentrionalis Binomial name Leptodeira septentrionalis Kennicott, 1859...
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of Robert Kennicott in 1862 wearing a Metis/voyageur outfit (see image 4) Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine — in this Carte de visite Robert Kennicott...
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Kennecott instead of Kennicott, named for Kennicott Glacier in the valley below the town. The glacier was named after Robert Kennicott, a naturalist who...
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Alaska Syndicate (section Kennicott and Kennecott)
1906 by J. P. Morgan and Simon Guggenheim. The Syndicate purchased the Kennicott-Bonanza copper mine and had majority control of the Alaskan steamship...
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Micrurus distans (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Elapidae Genus: Micrurus Species: M. distans Binomial name Micrurus distans Kennicott, 1860...
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North American herpetology. Baird also was a mentor to herpetologist Robert Kennicott who died prematurely, at which point Baird left the field of herpetology...
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Plains black-headed snake (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
Genus: Tantilla Species: T. nigriceps Binomial name Tantilla nigriceps Kennicott, 1860 Synonyms Scolecophis fumiceps Cope, 1860 Homalocranion praeoculum...
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Arizona (snake) (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Subfamily: Colubrinae Tribe: Lampropeltini Genus: Arizona Kennicott, 1859 Species 2 recognized species, see article....
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Two-striped garter snake (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Tropidonotus ordinatus Var. hammondi, p. 210). Kennicott R (1860). "Descriptions of New Species of North American Serpents in the...
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Heterodon kennerlyi (category Taxa named by Robert Kennicott)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002. Kennicott R (1860). "Descriptions of New Species of North American Serpents in the...
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task of exploring Russian America went to the Smithsonian naturalist Robert Kennicott. In Siberia, the construction and exploration was under the charge...
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subspecies of garter snake, Thamnophis radix haydenii, was named for him by Robert Kennicott in 1860. A land snail, Oreohelix haydeni, was named for him by William...
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