Yehudah L. Werner, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 31 relations: Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii, Amphibian, Asaccus, Be'er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, Cerastes cerastes, Cerastes gasperettii, Doctor of Philosophy, Eirenis, Emeritus, Franz Werner, Gecko, Georg Haas (paleontologist), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Herpetology, Japanese tree frog, Jerusalem, Kleinmann's tortoise, Laudakia stellio, Leopard fringe-fingered lizard, Mandatory Palestine, Mesalina bahaeldini, Micrelaps, Middle East, Munich, Nazi Germany, Ptyodactylus, Reptile, Sinai agama, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Weimar Republic, Zoogeography.

2. Israeli herpetologists

Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii

Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii, also known commonly as the Jordanian fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.

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Asaccus

Asaccus is a genus of geckos, commonly known as Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos, in the family Phyllodactylidae.

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Be'er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard

The Be'er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus beershebensis) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Cerastes cerastes

Cerastes cerastes, commonly known as the Saharan horned viperMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. (2003).

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Cerastes gasperettii

Cerastes gasperettii, also known commonly as the Arabian horned viper and Gasperetti's horned viper, is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Viperinae of the family Viperidae.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Eirenis

Eirenis is a genus of Old World snakes in the family Colubridae.

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Emeritus

Emeritus (female version: emerita) is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus".

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Franz Werner

Franz Josef Maria Werner (15 August 1867 in Vienna – 28 February 1939 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist and explorer.

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Gecko

Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica.

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Georg Haas (paleontologist)

Georg Haas (19 January 1905, Vienna, Austria – 13 September 1981 Jerusalem, Israel) was an Austrian-born Israeli herpetologist, malacologist and paleontologist, one of the founders of zoological research in Israel. Yehudah L. Werner and Georg Haas (paleontologist) are academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Israeli herpetologists.

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel.

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Herpetology

Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and tuataras).

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Japanese tree frog

Hyla japonica, commonly known as the Japanese tree frog, is a species of anuran native to Japan, China, and Korea.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Kleinmann's tortoise

Kleinmann's tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni), also called commonly the Egyptian tortoise, Leith's tortoise, and the Negev tortoise, is a critically endangered species of cryptodire turtle in the family Testudinidae.

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Laudakia stellio

Laudakia stellio is a species of agamid lizard.

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Leopard fringe-fingered lizard

The leopard fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus pardalis), also known commonly as the Egyptian fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Mandatory Palestine

Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.

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Mesalina bahaeldini

Mesalina bahaeldini is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Micrelaps

Micrelaps is a genus of rear-fanged mildly venomous snakes.

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Middle East

The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

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Munich

Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Ptyodactylus

Ptyodactylus is a genus of geckos, which are commonly known as fan-fingered geckos.

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Reptile

Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.

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Sinai agama

The Sinai agama (Pseudotrapelus sinaitus) is an agamid lizard found in arid areas of southeastern Libya, eastern Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti.

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Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (החברה להגנת הטבע, HaHevra LeHaganat HaTeva), or SPNI, is an Israeli non-profit environmental organization working to preserve plants, animals, and natural environments that represent bio-diversity, by protecting the lands and waters needed for their survival, and is Israel's oldest and largest conservation organization.

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Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic, officially known as the German Reich, was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

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Zoogeography

Zoogeography is the branch of the science of biogeography that is concerned with geographic distribution (present and past) of animal species.

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See also

Israeli herpetologists

• Georg Haas (paleontologist)
• Heinz Steinitz
• Yehudah L. Werner

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudah_L._Werner

Also known as Yehudah Werner.