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    Spencer Fullerton Baird (/ˈbɛərd/; February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum...
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    Prairie skink (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
    Baird in 1859. Two subspecies are generally recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies: Northern prairie skink, P. s. septentrionalis Baird,...
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    Plestiodon egregius (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
    including the nominotypical subspecies: Florida Keys mole skink, P. e. egregius Baird, 1859: occurs only on some of the Florida Keys. Cedar Key mole skink, P...
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    Plestiodon anthracinus (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
    anthracinus Baird, 1850 Southern coal skink – Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis (Cope, 1880) The (northern) coal skink was first described by Baird in 1850;...
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    Plestiodon tetragrammus (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
    including the nominotypical subspecies: Long-lined skink, P. t. tetragrammus Baird, 1859 Short-lined skink, P. t. brevilineatus (Cope, 1880) Some herpetologists...
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    Mud sunfish (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
    sunfish was first formally described as Centrarchus pomotis by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1855 with the type locality given as Cedar Swamp Creek, Beesley's...
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    Sapsucker (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
    genus Sphyrapicus was introduced in 1858 by the American naturalist Spencer Baird with the yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) as the type species...
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    less interested in being a museum. Under the second secretary, Spencer Fullerton Baird, the Smithsonian turned into a full-fledged museum, mostly through...
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    Red-naped sapsucker (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
    the genus Sphyrapicus. It has no subspecies. First described by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1858, it was initially thought to be a subspecies of the yellow-bellied...
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    Pantherophis emoryi (category Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird)
    undergone extensive reclassification since it was first described by Spencer Fullerton Baird and Charles Frédéric Girard in 1853 as Scotophis emoryi. It has...
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