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- adjective
Werner (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Werner's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Wernerer.
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Examples
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Very high levels of endemism are observed among amphibians, with nearly 40 species as strict endemics: Hylarana longipes, Petropedetes parkeri, P. perreti, Phrynobatrachus cricogaster, P. steindachneri, P. werneri, Phrynobatrachus sp.
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Strict endemic species include Schneider's banana frog (Afrixalus schneideri), Dizangue reed frog (Hyperolius bopeleti), and Werner's river frog (Phrynobatrachus werneri).
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Poecilia reticulata Peters), threadfin rainbow (Iriatherina werneri
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David W. Verner-Jeffreys et al. 2009
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