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    Charles Frédéric Girard (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl fʁedeʁik ʒiʁaʁ]; 8 March 1822 – 29 January 1895) was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology...
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  • Charles Girard may refer to: Charles Frédéric Girard (1822–1895), French biologist Charles J. Girard (1917–1970), brigadier general in the United States...
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    Scolopendra heros (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Rowland M.; Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio (2016). "Scolopendra heros Girard, 1853". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). University...
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    who collected specimens of this blenny, and passed them on to Charles Frédéric Girard, who described it. Sarcastic fringeheads can be up to 30 centimetres...
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    Masticophis (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Girard, 1853 – Schott's whip snake Masticophis schotti ruthveni Ortenburger, 1923 – Ruthven's whip snake Masticophis schotti schotti Baird & Girard,...
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    Nerodia (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    recognized as being valid: Nerodia clarkii (Baird & Girard, 1853) – salt marsh snake N. c. clarkii (Baird & Girard, 1853) N. c. compressicauda (Kennicott, 1860)...
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    Western skink (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    active during the warm seasons. Initially described in 1852 by Baird and Girard, the Western skink is named for Dr. Avery Judd Skilton (1802–1858), an American...
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    Leopard shark (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    California Academy of Natural Sciences. In April 1855, French biologist Charles Frédéric Girard published another description of this species, naming it Triakis...
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    Paralabrax clathratus (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Labrax clathratus by the French ichthyologist and herpetologist Charles Frédéric Girard (1822-1895) with the type locality given as San Diego, California...
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    Desert horned lizard (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    1643/0045-8511(2001)001[1114:BSVIHL]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1448403. S2CID 86061329. Peterson, Charles C. (1998). "Rain-harvesting behavior by a free-ranging desert horned lizard...
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    Smooth earth snake (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    West Virginia and western Maryland. Virginia valeriae valeriae Baird & Girard, 1853 – eastern earth snake, dorsal scales in 15 rows, New Jersey to Georgia...
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    Colorado River toad (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    org. Retrieved 6 May 2022. Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Incilius alvarius (Girard, 1859)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6...
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    Long-nosed snake (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Texas. Western long-nosed snake, Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853 Texas long-nosed snake, Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus Garman,...
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    Virginia striatula (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Virginia Baird & Girard, 1853 Species: V. striatula Binomial name Virginia striatula (Linnaeus,...
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    Rena humilis (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata)". Zootaxa 2244: 1-50. Baird SF, Girard CF (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian...
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    Checkered garter snake (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. T. m. marcianus (Baird & Girard, 1853) T. m. praeocularis (Bocourt, 1892) T. m. bovalli (Dunn, 1940) Nota...
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    Horn shark (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    threats off the coast of the United States. The French biologist Charles Frédéric Girard published the first scientific description of the horn shark under...
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    Pantherophis emoryi (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    reclassification since it was first described by Spencer Fullerton Baird and Charles Frédéric Girard in 1853 as Scotophis emoryi. It has often been placed in the genus...
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    Desert iguana (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Spencer Fullerton Baird and Charles Frédéric Girard, in 1852 as Crotaphytus dorsalis. It was reclassified two years...
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    Sharp-tailed snake (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Baird SF, Girard C (1852). "Descriptions of new species of Reptiles, collected by the U. S. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes...
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    Garibaldi (fish) (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Pomacentrinae Genus: Hypsypops Gill, 1861 Species: H. rubicundus Binomial name Hypsypops rubicundus (Girard, 1854) Synonyms Glyphisodon rubicundus Girard, 1854...
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    Mosquitofish (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    "Trophic microvilli of the belated embryos of Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard) (Atheriniformes: Poeciliidae)". Journal of the Inland Fisheries Society...
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    Desert kingsnake (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Binomial name Lampropeltis splendida (Baird & Girard, 1854) Synonyms Ophibolus splendidus Baird & Girard, 1853 Lampropeltis splendida Cope, 1860 Ophibolus...
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    Tantilla (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    originally described in a genus other than Tantilla. Baird, Spencer F., and Charles Girard. 1853. Catalogue of North American reptiles in the museum of the Smithsonian...
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    Texas coral snake (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    resumed. The six recognized subspecies of M. tener are: M. t. tener (Baird & Girard, 1853) M. t. fitzingeri (Jan, 1858) M. t. bernadi (Cope, 1887) M. t. maculatus...
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    Storeria (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    (hardcover), ISBN 0-395-19977-8 (paperback). (Genus Storeria, p. 153). Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian...
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    Sonora (snake) (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Sonora taylori, p. 262). Genus Sonora at The Reptile Database Baird SF, Girard CF (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian...
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    Western pond turtle (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Baird SF, Girard CF (1852). "Descriptions of new species of Reptiles, collected by the U. S. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes...
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    Astyanax (fish) (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Protogino, Miquelarena & H. L. López, 2006 Astyanax argentatus Baird & Girard, 1854 (Texan tetra) Astyanax argyrimarginatus Garutti, 1999 Astyanax asuncionensis...
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    Woodhouse's toad (category Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard)
    Woodhouse's toad was first described in 1854 by the French herpetologist Charles Frédéric Girard. He gave it the name Bufo woodhousii in honor of the American physician...
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