Giorgio Jan
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Giorgio Jan was an Italian taxonomist, zoologist, botanist, herpetologist, and writer. He is also known as Georg Jan or Georges Jan. He was the first director of the natural history museum in Milan.
Jan Giorgio 1791 1866
Hypsiglena jani
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Hypsiglena jani, commonly known as the Texas night snake or the Chihuahuan night snake, is a small species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is
Giorgio Jan
…described more than 85 new species of snakes, and is honoured by having several species and subspecies named after him, such as the Texas night snake (Hypsiglena jani), the Mexican pine snake (Pituophis deppei jani), Jan's shovelsnout snake (Prosymna janii), and Jan's centipede snake (Tantilla jani). In the 1860s…
Hypsiglena torquata jani