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Mr.Lizard
07-06-03, 11:32 AM
Hey guys,anybody out there feel like composing a list of herp shorthand and slang terms?
I've picked up a lot since visiting here but there's still a lot of terms and abbreviations left to learn. For example when referring to Boas I see abbreviatons like bcc and bci(I think that's correct).
I think it'd be a great way for a lot of newbies as well as folks with peripheral interests in certain herps to learn without feeling like they're asking silly questions.
Thanks :)
Invictus
07-06-03, 08:40 PM
BCC - Boa constrictor constrictor. (Common boa)
BCI - Boa constrictor imperator (Redtail boa)
JCP - Jungle Carpet Python
IJ - Irian Jaya (Carpet Python)
BP - Ball Python
Any others you've seen that you want translated? :)
CRB, colombian rainbow boa
BRB, brazilian rainbow boa
CCP, coastal carpet python
corn, corn snake
leo, leopard gecko
Mr.Lizard
07-06-03, 09:06 PM
Thanks guys,I'll post a few I've learned so far too.
F/T=Frozen-Thawed
PK=Pre-killed
CB=Captive Born
CBB=Captive born/captive bred from captive parents
WC=Wild Caught
3.2.1=3 males,2 females,1 of undetermined sex(male.female.undetermined)
ackie=acanthurus(varanus acanthurus)-spiny tailed monitor
beardie=bearded dragon
burm=burmese python
cham=chameleon
conda=anaconda
croc,crock=crocodile/crocodilian/crocodile monitor---depending on the context in which it is used
iggy=iguana
tic,retic=reticulated python
uro=uromastyx
Hot=venomous
CHE=Ceramic Heat Emitter
pinkie=newborn mouse/rat
fuzzy=baby mouse/rat
hopper=juvenile mouse/rat
crix=crickets
pinheads=hatchling crickets
Bryce Masuk
07-06-03, 09:19 PM
Pit = pituophis
Tagged=Bitten
RI = respitory infection
Clutch= babys
Fh= farm hatched
Usacb= Captive bred babys born and bred in usa
feeders= food
Those are off the top of my head
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