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08-05-03, 08:35 AM
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How to pronounce elaphe?
What's the proper way to pronounce Elaphe?
Martin
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08-05-03, 09:34 AM
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i always thought it was E-Laugh-E
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08-05-03, 07:57 PM
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e-laff-eh
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08-06-03, 07:31 AM
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L - laugh - Eh
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08-06-03, 08:58 AM
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I say El-La-Fay.
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08-06-03, 09:54 AM
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Actually for Cornsnakes and other north american ratsnakes it is pronounced Pan-ther-o-fis 
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08-06-03, 10:57 AM
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BWSmith, I have not seen anything "official" about corn snakes being re-classified. Do you have any scientific sources on this? I'd be most interested in reading about the reasons behind the re-classification.
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08-06-03, 11:55 AM
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Let me see if I can track it down. According to the paper, all north American Elaphe have been redefined as Pantherophis. In another paper, Asian Elaphe have been redefined as Coelognathus. I have not seen the second paper, but all of the most recent studies that I have seen pre-release and post release have refered to "ratsnakes" with these 2 new genuses. Maybe i'll just shoot an email to Wolfgang Wuster. He prolly wrote it LOL
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08-06-03, 12:34 PM
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I might be wrong but...I did some reading when I heard of the new name for corn snakes. What I concluded (from the research) was that they added a new clasification of corn/rat snake rather than replace Elaphe.
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08-06-03, 12:36 PM
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interesting...if someone hears why it was reclassified, please post. thanks...
MIKE
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08-07-03, 01:53 PM
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I think the last e is silent so it would pronounce like elaugh
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08-07-03, 02:06 PM
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You can check on this web site http://www.cnah.org/index.asp
The Center for North American Amphibians and Reptiles
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08-07-03, 02:12 PM
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El-Ah-fay
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08-07-03, 04:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by dfitzsim
I think the last e is silent so it would pronounce like elaugh
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Vowels are always pronounced in latin. There are no silent letters.
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08-07-03, 04:09 PM
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E-lay-phe
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