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OverviewWho was Richard Kemp, after whom the Kemp's ridley sea turtle is named? Is Wake's Gecko named after Berkeley's Marvalee Wake? Or perhaps her husband, David? Why do so many snakes and lizards have Werner in their name? This reference book answers these and thousands of other questions about the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of reptiles across the globe. From Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti, the Florida cottonmouth subspecies named for Roger Conant, to Xantusia, the night lizard genera namesake of John Xantus, this dictionary covers everyone after whom an extant or recently extinct reptile has been named. The entries include a brief bio-sketch, a list of the reptiles that bear the individual's name, the names of reptiles erroneously thought to be associated with the person, and a summary of major-and sometimes obscure or even incidental-contributions made by the person to herpetology and zoology. An introductory chapter explains how to use the book and describes the process of naming taxa. Easy to use and filled with addictive-and highly useful-information about the people whose names will be carried into the future on the backs of the world's reptiles, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bo Beolens , Michael Watkins , Michael GraysonPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.748kg ISBN: 9781421401355ISBN 10: 1421401355 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 10 November 2011 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z BibliographyReviewsEasy to use and filled with addictive-and highly useful-infromation, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike. -- Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report 2011 This is a fun and interesting book for herpetologists and students wanting to know the backgrounds of the pioneers in their field. Wildlife Activist 2011 The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles does precisely what it says on the box. It's a dictionary of names appended in various species of reptiles, contemporary and recently extinct alike, with a brief overview of the discoverer and the namesake (since one isn't necessarily the other), plus a list of all that person's eponymous species. a remarkably fun book for dipping into or to skate through looking for notable names. -- Andrew P Street Time Out Sydney 2012 Easy to use and filled with addictive-and highly useful-infromation, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike. -- Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report 2011 This is a fun and interesting book for herpetologists and students wanting to know the backgrounds of the pioneers in their field. Wildlife Activist 2011 Easy to use and filled with addictive-and highly useful-information... The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike. -- Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report 2011 Investigates the person behind the names attached to many reptiles... A fun and interesting book for herpetologists and students wanting to know the backgrounds of the pioneers in their field. Wildlife Activist 2011 The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles does precisely what it says on the box. It's a dictionary of names appended in various species of reptiles, contemporary and recently extinct alike, with a brief overview of the discoverer and the namesake (since one isn't necessarily the other), plus a list of all that person's eponymous species... A remarkably fun book for dipping into or to skate through looking for notable names. -- Andrew P Street Time Out Sydney 2012 This dictionary provides concise information on the 2,330 persons who have had reptiles named after them... An interesting, informative, and easy-to-read book. -- Edmund D. Keiser, Jr. American Reference Books Annual 2012 Beolens and co-authors have produced a great book that is fun to read. Notably, they have already published similar books on birds and mammals... and reportedly have a companion volume on amphibians in press. If they live long enough to work through the 30,000 species of fish, a future eponym dictionary of vertebrates may keep saving biologists from buying People magazine for years to come. Herpetological Review 2012 It will be useful in all biological collections as the most convenient reference on the subject. Choice 2012 Easy to use and filled with addictive-and highly useful-infromation, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike. -- Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report 2011 This is a fun and interesting book for herpetologists and students wanting to know the backgrounds of the pioneers in their field. Wildlife Activist 2011 The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles does precisely what it says on the box. It's a dictionary of names appended in various species of reptiles, contemporary and recently extinct alike, with a brief overview of the discoverer and the namesake (since one isn't necessarily the other), plus a list of all that person's eponymous species. a remarkably fun book for dipping into or to skate through looking for notable names. -- Andrew P Street Time Out Sydney 2012 This is an interesting, informative, and easy-to-read book. -- Edmund D. Keiser, Jr. American Reference Books Annual 2012 Beolens and co-authors have produced a great book that is fun to read. Notably, they have already published similar books on birds and mammals (Beolens and Watkins 2003; Beolens et al. 2009) and reportedly have a companion volume on amphibians in press. If they live long enoughto work through the 30,000 species of fish, a future eponym dictionary of vertebrates may keep saving biologists from buying People magazine for years to come. Herpetological Review 2012 Easy to use and filled with addictive-and highly useful-infromation, The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles is a handy and fun book for professional and amateur herpetologists alike. -- Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report 2011 Author InformationBo Beolens, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson are the coauthors of The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, also published by Johns Hopkins. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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