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5 unusual facts about William Thomas Blanford


Blanford

William Thomas Blanford (1832–1905), an English geologist and naturalist.

Blanford's Fringe-fingered Lizard

Named after William Thomas Blanford (1832 - 1905), member of the Geological Survey of India.

Blanford's rock agama

Blanford's rock agama (Psammophilus blanfordanus) is an agamid lizard found in Peninsular India and is named after William Thomas Blanford (1832–1905), member of the Geological Survey of India.

Cremnoconchus carinatus

In 1869, another English naturalist, William Thomas Blanford, moved this species to the newly created genus Cremnoconchus.

Ram Brahma Sanyal

The handbook caught the eye of the Vice President of the Zoological Society of London W. T. Blanford.



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