Indonesian Garters and Petco

[adamanteus]

honestly, what I should have said, was... they need a real common name of their own!

There is the trouble.. they have one, several actually, one of which is Garter Snake!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

which is why it kinda sucks that more people won't embrace the use of latin!

[Stefan-A]

when speaking of my snakes, i generally refer to them by latin, and I would do it 24/7 except for the fact that I know not everyone on the forums, EPSECIALLY over at reptastic, is fluent in latin names.

Scientific names. Usually it's latinized Greek.

Often when I'm at work and I start spouting off the latin names of.... oh, just about anything and everything... from xenopeltis unicolor to betta splendens to ophiophagus hanna, I get called nerd, loser, bookworm... etc

Start calling those people "ignorant pigs". Anyone who shows that kind of contempt for knowledge deserves to get torn a new one.

[adamanteus]

Here's (part of) my argument against using common names....
Ever hear of a Ball Python? No, it's a Royal Python, Python regius. How about a Blood Python? No, Short Python, Python curtus. Notice how the alternative common names more closely match the scientific name? You see, this is not an American forum, it's international.... common names mean nothing. Many common names used in North America have been simply made up by the pet trade.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Scientific names. Usually it's latinized Greek.


Start calling those people "ignorant pigs". Anyone who shows that kind of contempt for knowledge deserves to get torn a new one.

okay on the first comment your right


on the second one, you're kind of right, except that they aren't really seriously trying to insult me, just playing with me

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

Here's (part of) my argument against using common names....
Ever hear of a Ball Python? No, it's a Royal Python, Python regius. How about a Blood Python? No, Short Python, Python curtus. Notice how the alternative common names more closely match the scientific name? You see, this is not an American forum, it's international.... common names mean nothing. Many common names used in North America have been simply made up by the pet trade.

ever heard of the dreaded spotted adder?!?!

that's L.t. triangulum

[adamanteus]

ever heard of the dreaded spotted adder?!?!

that's L.t. triangulum

My point exactly! Let's all try to use the scientific name whenever we can..... remember, to half our membership Thamnophis' common name is Kousebandslangen!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

My point exactly! Let's all try to use the scientific name whenever we can..... remember, to half our membership Thamnophis' common name is Kousebandslangen!

I'm going to walk around hamburg next saturday asking for kousebandslangens!!!!

[infernalis]

Anyone who shows that kind of contempt for knowledge deserves to get torn a new one.

that's about 97.83 percent of the population of planet earth.

However I consider being called a geek or nerd a compliment

[reptile3]

Here's (part of) my argument against using common names....
Ever hear of a Ball Python? No, it's a Royal Python, Python regius. How about a Blood Python? No, Short Python, Python curtus. Notice how the alternative common names more closely match the scientific name? You see, this is not an American forum, it's international.... common names mean nothing. Many common names used in North America have been simply made up by the pet trade.

James, I will remember this... I will make sure I use the scientific names for now on!!