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François Péron, the Glossary

Index François Péron

François Auguste Péron (22 August 1775 – 14 December 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 49 relations: Aboriginal Tasmanians, André Marie Constant Duméril, Anthropology, Australian green tree frog, Baudin expedition to Australia, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Blue Mountains tree frog, Carlia, Cérilly, Allier, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Edward Duyker, Elapidae, European and American voyages of scientific exploration, Exploration, Four-toed earless skink, French Revolution, Frog, Gabriel Bibron, Hochspeyer, Hydrophis peronii, Hylidae, Incertae sedis, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, John Edward Gray, John White (surgeon), Landau, Limnodynastidae, Louis de Freycinet, Magdeburg, Mastigiidae, Mauritius, Myobatrachidae, National Museum of Natural History, France, Natural history, Nicolas Baudin, Oceanic dolphin, Pelodryadinae, Peron's tree frog, Polygenism, Port Jackson, René Maugé de Cely, Skink, Société des observateurs de l'homme, Southern right whale dolphin, Species, Striped marsh frog, Tasmania, Taxon, Truganini.

  2. Shark Bay

Aboriginal Tasmanians

The Aboriginal Tasmanians (Palawa kani: Palawa or Pakana) are the Aboriginal people of the Australian island of Tasmania, located south of the mainland.

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André Marie Constant Duméril

André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist.

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans.

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Australian green tree frog

The Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea/Litoria caerulea), also known as simply green tree frog in Australia, White's tree frog, or dumpy tree frog, is a species of tree frog native to Australia and New Guinea, with introduced populations in the United States and New Zealand, though the latter is believed to have died out.

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Baudin expedition to Australia

The Baudin expedition of 1800 to 1803 was a French expedition to map the coast of New Holland (now Australia). François Péron and Baudin expedition to Australia are Shark Bay.

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Bernard Germain de Lacépède

Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (26 December 17566 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason. François Péron and Bernard Germain de Lacépède are French naturalists.

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Blue Mountains tree frog

The Blue Mountains tree frog (Ranoidea citropa) also called the variegated river tree frog is a species of tree frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae.

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Carlia

Carlia is a genus of skinks, commonly known as four-fingered skinks or rainbow skinks, in the subfamily Eugongylinae.

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Cérilly, Allier

Cérilly is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

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Charles Alexandre Lesueur

Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1 January 1778 in Le Havre – 12 December 1846 in Le Havre) was a French naturalist, artist, and explorer. François Péron and Charles Alexandre Lesueur are French naturalists and Shark Bay.

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Edward Duyker

Edward Duyker (born 21 March 1955) is an Australian historian, biographer and author born in Melbourne.

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Elapidae

Elapidae (commonly known as elapids; ἔλλοψ "sea-fish") is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth.

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European and American voyages of scientific exploration

The era of European and American voyages of scientific exploration followed the Age of Discovery and were inspired by a new confidence in science and reason that arose in the Age of Enlightenment.

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Exploration

Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery.

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Four-toed earless skink

The four-toed earless skink (Hemiergis peronii), also known commonly as Péron's earless skink, the lowlands earless skink, or the four-toed mulch skink, is a viviparous earless skink endemic to southern Australia.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Frog

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek ἀνούρα, literally 'without tail').

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Gabriel Bibron

Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. François Péron and Gabriel Bibron are 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis and Tuberculosis deaths in France.

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Hochspeyer

Hochspeyer is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Hydrophis peronii

Hydrophis peronii, commonly known as the horned sea snake, Peron's sea snake, and the spiny-headed seasnake, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae.

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Hylidae

Hylidae is a wide-ranging family of frogs commonly referred to as "tree frogs and their allies".

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Incertae sedis

of uncertain placement or problematica is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.

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Johann Jakob von Tschudi

Johann Jakob von Tschudi (25 July 1818 – 8 October 1889) was a Swiss naturalist, explorer and diplomat.

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John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist.

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John White (surgeon)

John White (c. 1756 – 20 February 1832) was an Irish surgeon and botanical collector.

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Landau

Landau (Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (kreisfrei) town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Limnodynastidae

Limnodynastidae, commonly known as the Australian ground frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands.

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Louis de Freycinet

Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (7 August 1779 – 18 August 1841) was a French Navy officer. François Péron and Louis de Freycinet are explorers of Western Australia.

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Magdeburg

Magdeburg is the capital of the German state Saxony-Anhalt.

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Mastigiidae

Mastigiidae is a family of true jellyfish.

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Mauritius

Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar.

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Myobatrachidae

Myobatrachidae, commonly known as Australian ground frogs or Australian water frogs, is a family of frogs found in Australia and New Guinea.

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National Museum of Natural History, France

The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a grand établissement of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Nicolas Baudin

Nicolas Thomas Baudin (17 February 175416 September 1803) was a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer, most notable for his explorations in Australia and the southern Pacific. François Péron and Nicolas Baudin are 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis, explorers of Australia and French naturalists.

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Oceanic dolphin

Oceanic dolphins or Delphinidae are a widely distributed family of dolphins that live in the sea.

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Pelodryadinae

Pelodryadinae, also known as Australian treefrogs (although not all members are arboreal), is a subfamily of frogs found in the region of Australia and New Guinea, and have also been introduced to New Caledonia, Guam, New Zealand, and Vanuatu.

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Peron's tree frog

Peron's tree frog (Litoria peronii), also known as the emerald-spotted tree frog, emerald-speckled tree frog, laughing tree frog, and maniacal cackle frog, is species of tree frog in the subfamily Pelodryadinae.

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Polygenism

Polygenism is a theory of human origins which posits the view that the human races are of different origins (polygenesis).

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Port Jackson

Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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René Maugé de Cely

René Maugé (born in 1757 - died 20 February 1802) was a French zoologist.

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Skink

Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha.

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Société des observateurs de l'homme

Société des observateurs de l'homme, rendered in English as Society of Observers of Man, was a French learned society founded in Paris in 1799.

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Southern right whale dolphin

The southern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) is a small and slender species of cetacean, found in cool waters of the Southern Hemisphere.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Striped marsh frog

The striped marsh frog or brown-striped frog (Limnodynastes peronii) is a predominantly aquatic frog native to coastal Eastern Australia.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.

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Taxon

In biology, a taxon (back-formation from taxonomy;: taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.

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Truganini

Truganini (c.1812 – 8 May 1876), also known as Lalla Rookh and Lydgugee, was a woman famous for being widely described as the last "full-blooded" Aboriginal Tasmanian to survive British colonisation.

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See also

Shark Bay

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Péron

Also known as François Auguste Péron.