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Carmen are intermediate between _T.t. lepida_ and _thalassina_; however, he referred his sample to _lepida_ on the basis of short wing.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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_T.t. lepida_, and those from southern Coahuila are closer to _T.t. thalassina_.
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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-- Sutton and Burleigh (1939a: 39) recorded _P.n. lepida_ from Diamante Pass on March 6; Miller,
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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Violet-green Swallow (_T.t. lepida_ in northwestern Coahuila; _T.t. thalassina_ in southeastern Coahuila), Black-eared Bushtit (_P.m. lloydi_ in northern Coahuila; _P.m. iulus_ in southeastern Coahuila),
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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Three species of wood rats (Neotoma lepida lepida, N. mexicana fallax, and N. cinerea arizonae) do inhabit the rocky cliffs and ledges of the Chaco, where they erect nests of saltbush branches, pieces of cactus, etc.
Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937
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Quia istaec lepida sunt memoratui: eadem in usu atque ubi periclum facias, aculeata sunt, animum fodicant, bona distimulant, facta et famam sauciant.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Apud me, mi anime, ut lepidus cum lepida accubet. locus hic apud nos, quamvis subito venias, semper liber est. ubi tu lepide voles esse tibi “mea rosa,” mihi dicito
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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The moth which this caterpillar produces, _Neæra lepida_, Cramer; _Limacodes graciosa_, Westw., has dark brown wings, the primary traversed by a broad green band.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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This is a large lacertid - c. 130 mm snout-to-vent, and c. 300 mm in total length - that inhabits much of continental Europe except for the north-east: it’s also devoid from much of Spain and Portugal where it’s replaced by its close relatives the Ocellelated lizard L. lepida and Schreiber’s green lizard L. schreiberi.
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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