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"Edward Lavin Girroir (August 26, 1871 - May 8, 1932) was a Canadian politician. Born August 26 or 27, 1871 in Tracadie, Nova Scotia, he was the son of William Girroir and Anne (Lavin) Girroir. He had a twin brother, Hubert, who died one month after their birth, on September 25, 1871. Girroir was educated at Saint Francis Xavier College and Dalhousie University. He was a Halifax lawyer, and also lectured on international law at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. In 1902, he married Lauretta Maude Corbin; she died in 1909. Senator Girroir and Mrs. Girroir (née Corbin) had at least one son, Edward Lavin, Jr., born February 10, 1907. In 1900, 1905 and 1908, Girroir ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Antigonish. In 1911, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal-Conservative representing the provincial riding of Antigonish. Girroir was appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 20, 1912, as a Conservative representing the senatorial division of Antigonish. He was the second Acadian senator from Nova Scotia. He died in office on May 8, 1932. References * * Allison, D & Tuck, CE History of Nova Scotia, Vol. 3 (1916) pp. 326–7 * https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1907-99200437&Event;=birth&ID;=205837 * https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ItemView.aspx?ImageFile=1802-105&Event;=birth&ID;=6600 Category:1871 births Category:1932 deaths Category:Acadian people Category:Canadian senators from Nova Scotia Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates in the 1900 Canadian federal election Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates in the 1908 Canadian federal election Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators Category:People from Antigonish County, Nova Scotia "
"Cnemaspis assamensis, also known as the Assam day gecko, is a species of gecko found in Assam, India. References * Das, I. & S. Sengupta 2000 A new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Assam, northeastern India. J. South Asian Nat. Hist, 5(1): 17–23. A Category:Endemic fauna of India Category:Fauna of Assam Category:Reptiles of India Category:Lizards of Asia Category:Reptiles described in 2000 "
"Beddome's day gecko (Cnemaspis beddomei ) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to India. Etymology C. beddomei is named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830–1911, a British army officer and botanist.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cnemaspis beddomei, p. 21). Distribution C. beddomei is found in the Western Ghats, India. Type locality: "South Tinnevelly and Travankor hills 3-5000 feet" (914-1,524 meters). Ecology C. beddomei is diurnal and is found under rocks; it feeds mainly on insects. Conservation status The exact threats to C. beddomei are unknown but may be human disturbance. However, it exists in protected areas Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve and Meghamalai. References Further reading *Beddome RH (1870). "Descriptions of some new lizards from the Madras Presidency". Madras Monthly J. Med. Sci. 1: 30–35. (Gymnodactylus marmoratus, new species, p. 31). *Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gonatodes marmoratus, p. 67 + Plate VI, figure 4). *Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Gonatodes marmoratus, p. 76). *Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Cnemaspis beddomei, p. 71). *Theobald W (1876). Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. x + 238 pp. + Synopsis, i–xxxviii pp. + Appendix i–xiii pp. (Gymnodactylus beddomei, new species, pp. 88–89). External links * Category:Cnemaspis Category:Reptiles of India Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats Category:Reptiles described in 1870 "