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    Alfred Grandidier (20 December 1836 – 13 September 1921) was a French naturalist and explorer. From a very wealthy family, at the age of 20, he and his...
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  • Grandidier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921), French naturalist and explorer Ernest Grandidier (1833–1912)...
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    famous of Madagascar's six species of baobabs. It is sometimes known as Grandidier's baobab or the giant baobab. In French it is called Baobab malgache. The...
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    fasciata, and its stripes are not as wide. The species is named after Alfred Grandidier. This species has been called one of the least-studied carnivorans...
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    southern Madagascar. The mineral was named in honor of French explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1912) who studied the natural history of Madagascar. Grandidierites...
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    Propithecus Species: P. verreauxi Binomial name Propithecus verreauxi A. Grandidier, 1867 Distribution of P. verreauxi Synonyms majori Rothschild, 1894 verreauxoides...
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    Tomato frog (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    (froglets) after about 45 to 60 days. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Dyscophus Grandidier, 1872". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6...
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    Labord's chameleon (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Furcifer labordi, p. 149). Grandidier A (1872). "Descriptions de quelques Reptiles nouveaux découverts à Madagascar...
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  • from being harmed, or to ensure that the guilty were. The naturalist Alfred Grandidier presented similar practices among the Malagasy to argue for ancient...
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    Geckolepis (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    polylepis Boettger, 1893 Grandidier's gecko, Geckolepis typica Grandidier, 1867 Geckolepis megalepis Scherz et al., 2017 Grandidier, Alfred (1867). "Liste des...
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    François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948) in 1902 in Tuléar Province, Madagascar. It was named in honor of the French naturalist and explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1912)...
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    Coquerel's sifaka (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    Genus: Propithecus Species: P. coquereli Binomial name Propithecus coquereli A. Grandidier, 1867 Distribution of P. coquereli Synonyms damonis Gray, 1870...
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    Malagasy hippopotamus was first described in the mid-19th century by Alfred Grandidier, who unearthed nearly 50 individual hippos from a dried-up swamp at...
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  • Colotis zoe (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    Pieridae Genus: Colotis Species: C. zoe Binomial name Colotis zoe (Grandidier, 1867) Synonyms Anthocharis zoe Grandidier, 1867 Colotis (Colotis) zoe...
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    most notable contributions from this century includes the work of Alfred Grandidier, a naturalist and explorer who devoted himself to the study of Madagascar's...
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    Drawing by Alfred Grandidier...
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    Brachyseps splendidus (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Brachyseps Species: B. splendidus Binomial name Brachyseps splendidus (Grandidier, 1872) Synonyms Amphiglossus splendidus...
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    such as trogons and parrots from prehistoric France. He worked with Alfred Grandidier on L'Histoire politique, physique et naturelle de Madagascar. Milne-Edwards...
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    Red-tailed sportive lemur (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    Lepilemur Species: L. ruficaudatus Binomial name Lepilemur ruficaudatus Grandidier, 1867 Distribution of L. ruficaudatus Synonyms pallidicauda Gray, 1873...
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    Malagasy hippopotamuses were first discovered in the mid-19th century by Alfred Grandidier, who unearthed nearly 50 individual hippos from a dried-up swamp at...
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    Silky sifaka (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    by French naturalist Alfred Grandidier in a formally published letter to French zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards. Grandidier's description was based...
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    Dyscophus antongilii (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Microhylidae Genus: Dyscophus Species: D. antongilii Binomial name Dyscophus antongilii Grandidier, 1877...
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    During the description of the first specimens from 1866 to 1872, Alfred Grandidier described both the brown mantella (Mantella betsileo) and Malagasy...
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    specimens, if the data had been recorded at all. In 1905, Alfred Grandidier's son, Guillaume Grandidier, reviewed subfossil lemur taxonomy and determined that...
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    described by Alfred Grandidier in 1867. It is found on Madagascar. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Axiopoeniella laymerisa (Grandidier, 1867)". Afromoths...
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    Grandidier's gecko (Geckolepis typica) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Raxworthy, C.J.; Vences, M. (2010)...
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    Trachylepis aureopunctata (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Trachylepis Species: T. aureopunctata Binomial name Trachylepis aureopunctata (Grandidier, 1867)...
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    Madagascan mantella (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
     madagascariensis Binomial name Mantella madagascariensis (Grandidier, 1872) Synonyms Dendrobates madagascariensis Grandidier, 1872 Mantella loppei Roux, 1935...
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    Malagasy hippopotamuses were first discovered in the mid-19th century by Alfred Grandidier, who unearthed nearly 50 individual hippos from a dried-up swamp at...
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    Dyscophus guineti (category Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier)
    Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Microhylidae Genus: Dyscophus Species: D. guineti Binomial name Dyscophus guineti (Grandidier, 1875) Range in brown...
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