Tim Low
Encyclopedia
Tim Low is an Australia
n author of articles and books on nature and conservation
.
For twenty years Low wrote a column in Nature Australia, Australia's leading nature magazine and now regularly contributes to Australian Geographic
and Wingspan
among other magazines.
Low became very interested in reptile
s as a teenager and discovered several new species of lizard
. He named the chain-backed dtella
(Gehyra catenata) and had the dwarf litter-skink
(Menetia timlowi) named after him.
He works as a freelance environmental consultant, writer and photographer, serves on government committees, and does public speaking and conservation advocacy. He is the patron of Rainforest Rescue. Low lives in Brisbane
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n author of articles and books on nature and conservation
Conservation ethic
Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as important to...
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For twenty years Low wrote a column in Nature Australia, Australia's leading nature magazine and now regularly contributes to Australian Geographic
Australian Geographic
The Australian Geographic is a quarterly geographical magazine-style journal created by Dick Smith in 1985. It focuses mainly on stories about Australia, or about Australian people in other countries...
and Wingspan
Wingspan (magazine)
Wingspan is the quarterly membership magazine of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union . It was first issued in 1991, replacing the RAOU Newsletter. The current Editor is Sean Dooley....
among other magazines.
Low became very interested in reptile
Reptile
Reptiles are members of a class of air-breathing, ectothermic vertebrates which are characterized by laying shelled eggs , and having skin covered in scales and/or scutes. They are tetrapods, either having four limbs or being descended from four-limbed ancestors...
s as a teenager and discovered several new species of lizard
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
. He named the chain-backed dtella
Gehyra
Gehyra is a genus of geckos known commonly as Web-toed Geckos or Dtellas. Dtellas are moderately-sized geckos; the species have a wide range of habitat, covering most of the Oceania and Melanesian Islands up to Ryukyu Islands and Thailand....
(Gehyra catenata) and had the dwarf litter-skink
Menetia
The genus Menetia GRAY, 1845 belongs to the family of skinks . Members of this genus are found in Australia. They are ground-dwellers and live in open forests and open grasslands.-Classification:Genus Menetia*Menetia alanae...
(Menetia timlowi) named after him.
He works as a freelance environmental consultant, writer and photographer, serves on government committees, and does public speaking and conservation advocacy. He is the patron of Rainforest Rescue. Low lives in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
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Notations
- Low, Tim, Wild Food Plants of Australia, ISBN 978-0-207-14383-0