Dermophis donaldtrumpi

Translingual mul Etymology Named after US President Donald Trump in 2018, in protest against his environmental policies and views. Proper noun 1 m Dermophis donaldtrumpi mul A proposed name for a putative new species of caecilian. en Rhett Butler Relative of ‘penis snake’ amphibian named after Donald Trump Mongabay https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/relative-of-penis-snake-amphibian-named-after-donald-trump/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250522065228/https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/relative-of-penis-snake-amphibian-named-after-donald-trump/ May 22, 2025 December 18, 2018 September 10, 2025 EnviroBuild notes that as an amphibian, Demorphus donaldtrumpi is particularly vulnerable to climate change. It is therefore using the name as a cheeky way to spur awareness about President Trump’s climate policies. “Donald Trump has claimed that climate change is a hoax by the Chinese,” stated the company. “As Demorphus donaldtrumpi is an amphibian, it is particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change and is therefore in danger of becoming extinct as a direct result of its namesake’s climate policies.” en mul Jack Guy Blind, burrowing amphibian named after Donald Trump w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/world/burrowing-amphibian-trump-scli-intl/index.html 2018-12-19 Dermophis donaldtrumpi was discovered in Panama and has a propensity for burrowing its head in the ground, said Aidan Bell, co-founder of sustainable building materials company EnviroBuild. “As demorphis donaldtrumpi is an amphibian, it is particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change and is therefore in danger of becoming extinct as a direct result of its namesake’s climate policies,” said Bell in a statement. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319201441/https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/world/burrowing-amphibian-trump-scli-intl/index.html Hypernyms species; Gymnophiona order order; Apoda clade clade; Dermophiidae family family; Dermophis genus genus Further reading 1 mul taxonomic eponyms mul Donald Trump