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- adjective Witte (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Witte's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Witte.
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Examples
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There is one near-endemic amphibian, the Yambata River Frog (Phrynobatrachus giorgii), and three near-endemic reptiles: gray chameleon (Chamaeleo chapini), Witte's beaked snake (Rhinotyphlops wittei), and Gastropholis tropidopholis.
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