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  • adjective Eisentraut (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Eisentraut's ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for zoologist Martin Eisentraut

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Examples

  • Among the reptiles the following nine species are considered narrow endemics: Atractapsis coalescens, Chamaeleo eisentrauti, Pfeffer's chameleon (C. pfefferi), four-horned chameleon (C. quadricornis), Cnemaspis gigas, Leptosiaphos chriswildi, L. ianthinoxantha, angel's five-toed skink (L. lepesmei), and Panaspis duruarum.

    Cameroonian Highlands forests 2009

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