Snakely Speaking

[kibakiba]

I like radi.

[ConcinusMan]

What would be the term for a snake with an overwhelming amount of red coloring?

Erythristic. Here's an erythristic northwestern garter snake. Now, if a snake normally has red, such as a T.s. concinnus, or T.s. parietalis, but is mutated to lack red, it's called "Anerythristic"



Erythrism - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

[EasternGirl]

Well, given what Chris and Stefan were saying...I wish someone would explain that to the instructors in the Biology and Chemistry departments in my nursing school...we get some very interesting pronunciations of scientific and medical terminology by some of the instructors in my school and quite a variance among the different instructor's pronunciations...it is quite frustrating when you are trying to learn!

[kibakiba]

I'd just say it the way you see correct in that case.

[ConcinusMan]

Well, given what Chris and Stefan were saying...I wish someone would explain that to the instructors in the Biology and Chemistry departments in my nursing school...we get some very interesting pronunciations of scientific and medical terminology by some of the instructors in my school and quite a variance among the different instructor's pronunciations...it is quite frustrating when you are trying to learn!

It happens with the Latin names such as "thamnophis" too. Since that word is actually an adaptation of two words, and not technically a word as it is spelled in this usage, there is no "correct" pronunciation. You'll find if you look up the word in a dictionary, they tell you what it is, (the name of a family of colubrids, specifically garter / ribbon snakes) but don't offer a pronunciation most of the time. That's because there is no "wrong" or "right" pronunciation.

"concinnus" on the other hand, is a whole Latin word by itself and it does have a specific correct pronunciation.

[EasternGirl]

Yeah I suppose that's the problem...no true correct pronunciation...just different ways of pronouncing...although I have actually had some teachers just botching pronunciations horribly...and then you wonder how they are science teachers in the first place.

[Stefan-A]

You'll find if you look up the word in a dictionary, they tell you what it is, (the name of a family of colubrids, specifically garter / ribbon snakes) but don't offer a pronunciation most of the time. That's because there is no "wrong" or "right" pronunciation.

Doesn't follow. Like all scientific names, it too follows the rules of New Latin.

[infernalis]

Yeah I suppose that's the problem...no true correct pronunciation...just different ways of pronouncing...although I have actually had some teachers just botching pronunciations horribly...and then you wonder how they are science teachers in the first place.

Bah.. If you can make a vinigar / Baking soda volcano, you can be a science teacher...

[Stefan-A]

Leucistic, by the way, is not pronounced "loose-istic", but "luke-istic". Greek word, leukos.

[infernalis]

Leucistic, by the way, is not pronounced "loose-istic", but "luke-istic". Greek word, leukos.

Now that is good to know, Bet there is many others a lot of us mispronounce when spoken.