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- adjective Boulenger (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Boulenger's ..."
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Examples
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Some of these species occur at very high altitudes; for example, the Xizang alpine toad (Scutiger boulengeri) is found to elevations of more than 5,000 meters above sea level.
Biological diversity in the mountains of Southwest China 2008
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These include the French Congo worm lizard (Cynisca bifrontalis), Haugh's worm lizard (Cynisca haughi), Boulenger's feylinia (Feylinia boulengeri), and the Cameroon racer (Poecilopholis cameronensis).
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The reptile fauna contains at least 10 species that are regarded as near-endemic to the ecoregion, but only a few are potentially confined to the Nama Karoo, including Karoo dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion karrooicum) and Boulenger's Padloper (Homopus boulengeri).
Nama Karoo 2008
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A new cryptic frog species of the Mantidactylus boulengeri group with a divergent vocal sac structure.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Strictly endemic amphibians include Mauda River frog (Phrynobatrachus albomarginatus), Bouda River frog (P. scapularis), the Bamileke Plateau frog (Rana (Amnirana) longipes), Hymenochirus boulengeri and Ptychadena ingeri.
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A photo of the spiny frog Quasipaa boulengeri from the mountains of Sichuan, China, graces the issue's cover.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The species Quasipaa boulengeri is from the mountains of Sichuan, China.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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