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    Johann Ludwig (Louis) Gerard Krefft (17 February 1830 – 18 February 1881), was an Australian artist, draughtsman, scientist, and natural historian who...
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    name from that of the Australian lungfish. The species was named, by Gerard Krefft, in honour of the squatter and politician William Forster. The Australian...
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    by the giant oceanic manta ray. The species was described in 1868 by Gerard Krefft, the director of the Australian Museum. He named it M. alfredi in honor...
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    Krefft's glider (Petaurus notatus) is a species of arboreal nocturnal gliding possum, a type of small marsupial. It is native to most of eastern mainland...
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    Emydocephalus (category Taxa named by Gerard Krefft)
    Australasia. Emydocephalus has three recognized species. Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869 - turtle-headed sea snake, egg-eating sea snake Emydocephalus ijimae...
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  • psychologist Gerard 't Hooft (born 1946), Dutch theoretical physicist Gerard de Jode (1509–1591), Dutch cartographer, engraver and publisher Gerard Krefft (1830–1881)...
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    Black-headed python (category Taxa named by Gerard Krefft)
    World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X. Krefft G (1869). The Snakes of Australia; An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue...
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    The first desert mouse specimen was collected by Australian zoologist Gerard Krefft on the Blandowski Expedition in 1856-57, between Gol Gol Creek and the...
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    Giorgio Jan named Pseudoelaps sordellii and Pseudoelaps kubingii in 1859. Gerard Krefft, curator of the Australian Museum, reclassified Duméril, Bibron, and...
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    scientific stature of the museum was established under the curatorship of Gerard Krefft, himself a published scientist. The museum is located at the corner...
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