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

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Myers.

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  • Other surprising findings included the presence of Central American species recorded for the first time in the northern area of South America, including a salamander (Bolitoglossa taylori), a rain frog (Pristimantis pirrensis), a small lizard (Ptychoglossus myersi) and a snake not yet identified.

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • Other surprising findings included the presence of Central American species recorded for the first time in the northern area of South America, including a salamander (Bolitoglossa taylori), a rain frog (Pristimantis pirrensis), a small lizard (Ptychoglossus myersi) and a snake not yet identified.

    Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed 2009

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