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    Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized...
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  • psychiatrist Jim Leonhard (1982– ), American football safety Leonhard Rauwolf (1535–1596), German physician and botanist Leonhard Stejneger (1851–1943), American...
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    Speckled kingsnake (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    the species previously described by Schlegel as Coluber sayi. In 1902, Stejneger pointed out that because Coluber sayi is a different snake, Pituophis...
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    Baird's beaked whale (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    beaked whales were first described in 1883 by American zoologist Leonhard Stejneger based on a skull from a specimen that had been found stranded on the...
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  • United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Leonhard Stejneger (1851–1943), American zoologist who made important investigations...
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    Texas blind salamander (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    27 April 2023. 32 FR 4001 Frost, Darrel R. (2021). "Eurycea rathbuni (Stejneger, 1896)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version...
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    § Common names below. The specific name, stejnegeri, is in honor of Leonhard Stejneger, the Norwegian-born, American herpetologist who worked at the Smithsonian...
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    Screamer (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Suborder: Anhimae Wetmore & Miller 1926 Family: Anhimidae Stejneger, 1885 Genera Anhima Chauna †Chaunoides...
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    Lark bunting (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    under the name Fringilla bicolor. This is a preoccupied name, so Leonhard Hess Stejneger renamed the species in 1885 Calamospiza melanocorys. By then, the...
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    specific name was chosen to honour the Norwegian born ornithologist Leonhard Stejneger. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the white-winged...
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    Leptotyphlopidae (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Suborder: Serpentes Infraorder: Scolecophidia Family: Leptotyphlopidae Stejneger, 1892 Subfamilies Epictinae Leptotyphlopinae Synonyms Stenostomata — Ritgen...
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    Tailed frog (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    be monotypic, the single species being the tailed frog (Ascaphus truei Stejneger, 1899). However, in that year, Nielson, Lohman, and Sullivan published...
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    Boiga kraepelini (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Jean-Jay (2010). "A record of the Taiwanese tree snake (Boiga kraepelini Stejneger, 1902) as prey of the many-banded krait Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus...
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    Lichanura orcutti (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    trivirgata), and the two species of rubber boas (Charina). Zoologist Leonhard Stejneger described the species in 1889. Lichanura taxonomy is not well understood;...
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    Pituophis catenifer deserticola (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Linnean Society. 77 (2): 165–183. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00098.x. Stejneger, L. 1893. Annotated List of the Reptiles and Batrachians Collected by...
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    member of the genus Mesoplodon inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean. Leonhard Hess Stejneger collected the type specimen (a beach-worn skull) on Bering Island...
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    Scrubbird (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Atrichornithidae Stejneger, 1885 Genus: Atrichornis Stejneger, 1885 Type species Atrichia clamosa Gould, 1844 Species...
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    Florida scrub lizard (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    (paperback), ISBN 0-307-47009-1 (hardcover). (Sceloporus woodi, pp. 122–123). Stejneger L (1918). "Description of a New Snapping Turtle and a New Lizard from...
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    Florida sand skink (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    United States. It was described as a new genus and new species by Leonhard Stejneger in 1910 and named in honor of a certain Mr. A.G. Reynolds of Gulfport...
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    Alopochen (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Subfamily: Tadorninae Genus: Alopochen Stejneger, 1885 Synonyms Chenalopex Stephens 1824 non Vieillot 1818 Mascarenochen...
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    Hemitheconyx (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 August 2021. "Hemitheconyx Stejneger, 1893". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 August 2021...
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    Plectrophenax that was introduced in 1882 by the Norwegian born zoologist Leonhard Stejneger with the snow bunting as the type species. The genus name Plectrophenax...
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    Gastornithiformes (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: incertae sedis Order: †Gastornithiformes Stejneger, 1885 Subgroups †Brontornis? †Gastornithidae †Dromornithidae?...
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    Hunter Bay Kadin Island William Henry Bay Golder, Frank Alfred and Leonhard Stejneger (1922). Bering's voyages: an account of the efforts of the Russians...
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    with the combination Caretta caretta first introduced in 1873 by Leonhard Stejneger. The English common name "loggerhead" refers to the animal's large...
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    for a wide variety of avialan groups since it was first named by Leonhard Stejneger in 1884. It was first defined as a clade in 1998 by Paul Sereno, who...
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  • Guerreran horned lizard (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    The Guerreran horned lizard (Phrynosoma sherbrookei) is a horned lizard species native to Mexico. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Phrynosoma...
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    ʻAkikiki (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae Subfamily: Carduelinae Genus: Oreomystis Stejneger, 1903 Species: O. bairdi Binomial name Oreomystis bairdi (Stejneger, 1887)...
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    spelling "Jacaneinae". The modern spelling "Jacanidae" was used by Leonhard Stejneger in 1885. The pronunciation of the word jacana is debated. Jacana is...
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    Kishinoue's giant skink (category Taxa named by Leonhard Stejneger)
    Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Plestiodon Species: P. kishinouyei Binomial name Plestiodon kishinouyei Stejneger, 1901 Synonyms Eumeces kishinouyei...
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