HoodedRat
Rat Lives Matter
I used to keep reptiles and amphibians 40-plus years ago, when I was a kid. For some reason I can still remember most of their 'Latin' names.
The spelling may be slightly wrong on some of these, but this is how I recall them:
Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)
Red-Tailed Boa (Boa constrictor constrictor)
Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria)
Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)
Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)(although I think I may have known it as Chrysemys scripta elegans back then)
Greek Tortoise (Testudo graeca)
Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis)
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
Smooth Common Newt (Triturus vulgaris)
Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
Green Toad (Bufo viridis)
African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis)
African Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)(often still called Rana adspersus when I was a kid)
I can also still remember a few of the 'Latin' names of the many species of birds that I kept in a couple of aviaries in the garden.
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Budgerigar ((Melopsittacus undulatus)
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
Red-Throat Finch (Amadina fasciata)
Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)
Chinese Paintd Quail (Excalfactoria chinensis)
Canary (Serinus canaria)
etc, etc, etc.
I think I had a slight obssession with scientific nomenclature when I was young.
The spelling may be slightly wrong on some of these, but this is how I recall them:
Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)
Red-Tailed Boa (Boa constrictor constrictor)
Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria)
Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata)
Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)(although I think I may have known it as Chrysemys scripta elegans back then)
Greek Tortoise (Testudo graeca)
Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis)
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
Smooth Common Newt (Triturus vulgaris)
Common Toad (Bufo bufo)
Green Toad (Bufo viridis)
African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis)
African Bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)(often still called Rana adspersus when I was a kid)
I can also still remember a few of the 'Latin' names of the many species of birds that I kept in a couple of aviaries in the garden.
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Budgerigar ((Melopsittacus undulatus)
Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata)
Red-Throat Finch (Amadina fasciata)
Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)
Chinese Paintd Quail (Excalfactoria chinensis)
Canary (Serinus canaria)
etc, etc, etc.
I think I had a slight obssession with scientific nomenclature when I was young.


