Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 – 20 April 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes...
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Wilhelm Otto Peters (17 August 1851 – 18 November 1935) was a Norwegian painter who participated in the Modern Breakthrough in Nordic painting. He associated...
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River. The Latin name petersii is probably for the German naturalist Wilhelm Peters. The fish uses electrolocation to find prey, and has the largest brain-to-body...
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August Friedrich Peters (7 September 1806 – 8 May 1880) was a German astronomer. He was the father of astronomer Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Peters. He was born...
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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Peters (16 April 1844 – 2 December 1894) was a German astronomer. His key work was on studies of chronometers and the effect of...
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Mozambique spitting cobra (category Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters)
Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. German naturalist Wilhelm Peters described this species in 1854. In colour, the snake is slate to blue...
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Varanus salvadorii (category Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters)
nearby. Varanus salvadorii was first described as Monitor salvadorii by Wilhelm Peters and Giacomo Doria in 1878 based on a female specimen with a snout-to-vent...
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Ophioscincus (category Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters)
ophioscincus (Boulenger, 1887) Yolk-bellied snake-skink Ophioscincus truncatus (Peters, 1876) Short-limbed snake-skink "Ophioscincus ". The Reptile Database. www...
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Guppy (category Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters)
Guppies were first described in Venezuela as Poecilia reticulata by Wilhelm Peters in 1859 and as Lebistes poecilioides in Barbados by De Filippi in 1861...
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Phelsuma quadriocellata (category Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters)
Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Gekkonidae Genus: Phelsuma Species: P. quadriocellata Binomial name Phelsuma quadriocellata Peters, 1883...
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