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- adjective Stansbury (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Stansbury's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for American explorer Howard Stansbury
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The side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, has three morphs differing in color and mating behavior.
Science Blog BJS 2010
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The side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, has three morphs differing in color and mating behavior.
Science Blog BJS 2010
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Lizards are numerous, including Bailey's collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris baileyi), western earless lizard (Holbrookia maculata approximans), southern brownshouldered uta (Uta stansburiana elegans), striped swift (Sceloporus consobrinus), and horned toads (Phrynosoma sp.).
Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937
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