synonymy
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They claimed that the work collapsed several species of snakes together in synonymy, meaning that different types of creatures were treated as if they were the same one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Caimanops amphibolurodes – the Mulga dragon, the only member of its genus – was recently returned to synonymy with by Doughty .
From Scientific American ● Feb. 7, 2014
The resurrection of the Cape Verde shearwater from synonymy with Cory’s shearwater means that there are now two Atlantic Calonectris species.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 10, 2013
Branca paused from his lunch to let forth a burst of philosemitism — declaiming the health benefits of kashrut and circumcision, the synonymy of Judaism with charity, leadership, patriotism, brains.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2011
River sturgeons of the American genus Scaphirhynchus: characters, distribution, and synonymy.
From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by W. L. Minckley
In the following accounts complete synonymies are given for each species.
From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by William E. Duellman
The changes in nomenclature which grew out of increased understanding of these mice through additional collecting are expressed in the synonymies under the accounts of subspecies.
From Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado by Sydney Anderson
References cited only in the synonymies are not listed in the Literature Cited.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
The details of variation in these and other characters and our justifications for the synonymies are given in the accounts of the species.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman
Only the most important references are given in the synonymies, except those of the two subspecies of Hyla staufferi, which are more nearly complete.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by Juan R. león
