Re: Common and scientific names...

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Posted by RC on September 06, 2000 at 23:32:09:

In Reply to: Common and scientific names... posted by Terry Cox on September 06, 2000 at 02:49:44:

I would like to thank everyone who responded to my (pic) and to common and scientific names.
Every time someone posts it gives us all a chance to learn something else and lets us look at it in a differant light.
I also think we should use locale specific when we know it but some times all we know is russia or central china.
Hopefully in the future we can have better info on our annimals.
Thanks RC

: Very nice analysis, Sacha. Sometimes we can get more creative with the common names, and sometimes we forget. Thanks to Soe, we are reminded that s. schrencki is not the only Russian ratsnake. I often call mine Russian Amur ratsnakes on my List, as opposed to Chinese or N. Korean Amur ratsnakes.

: As a hobbyist interested in Dion's ratsnakes, I'm often confused when people say Russian dione, too. Does it mean East Russia (Sibeia), or West Russian? Could it mean Ukrainian, like some that I have, which was once part of Russia? Maybe we can start learning to be more careful with the common names, but first we need to learn more about geography. Let's face it, not too many Americans are experts on Asian and European geography.

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: I would like to thank everyone who responded to my (pic) and to common and scientific names. : Every time someone posts it gives us all a chance to learn something else and lets us look at it in a differant light. : I also think we should use locale specific when we know it but some times all we know is russia or central china. : Hopefully in the future we can have better info on our annimals. : Thanks RC : : Very nice analysis, Sacha. Sometimes we can get more creative with the common names, and sometimes we forget. Thanks to Soe, we are reminded that s. schrencki is not the only Russian ratsnake. I often call mine Russian Amur ratsnakes on my List, as opposed to Chinese or N. Korean Amur ratsnakes. : : As a hobbyist interested in Dion's ratsnakes, I'm often confused when people say Russian dione, too. Does it mean East Russia (Sibeia), or West Russian? Could it mean Ukrainian, like some that I have, which was once part of Russia? Maybe we can start learning to be more careful with the common names, but first we need to learn more about geography. Let's face it, not too many Americans are experts on Asian and European geography.

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