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    Kurt
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    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    I don't understand how Kurt deals with all of those. I think Justin (Greatwtehunter) might beat Kurt though.
    I don't really have a life.

    For Kerry -
    0.0.1 Hadogenes troglodytes, flat rock scorpion
    0.1.0 Heterometrus spinifer, Asian forest scorpion
    0.0.1 Pandinus cf. militaris
    0.0.1 Xenomystus nigri, African knife fish
    0.0.1 Chromobotia macracanthus, clown loach
    0.0.1 Ambystoma mavortium,barred tiger salamander
    0.0.1 Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum, blotched tiger salamander
    0.0.1 Ambystoma sp. larva
    0.0.3 Eurycea lucifuga, cave salamander
    1.1.0 Tylototriton shanjing, emperor or Mandarin crocodile newt
    4.1.0 Bombina orientalis, fire-bellied toad
    0.0.1 Ollotis alvaria, Colorado River toad
    1.0.0 Anaxyrus debilis insidior, western green toad
    0.0.1 Dendrobates tinctorius, blue poison dart frog
    0.0.2 Dendropsophus leucophyllatus, clown treefrog
    0.0.1 Hyla cinerea, green treefrog
    0.0.1 Osteopilus septentrionalis, Cuban treefrog
    0.0.1 Sphaenorhynchus lacteus, greater hatchet faced treefrog
    1.1.0 Litoria caerulea, (Australian) green or White's treefrog
    2.1.35 Agalychnis callidryas, red-eyed leaf frog
    0.0.1 Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis, tiger-legged monkey frog
    0.0.1 Leptopelis vermiculatus, big-eyed treefrog
    1.2.0 Dyscophus guineti, southern tomato frog
    2.2.0 Phrynomantis bifasciatus, red-banded rubber frog
    0.0.2 Phrynomantis microps, West African rubber or Ghana fire frog
    0.0.1 Rhacophorus reinwardtii, blue-webbed flying frog
    0.0.1 Terrepene carolina bauri, Florida box turtle
    0.0.1 Apalone ferox, Florida soft-shell turtle
    0.1.0 Riopa fernandi, fire skink
    0.0.1 Charina trivirgata roseofusca, coastal rosy boa
    0.0.1 Antaresia maculosa, spotted python
    1.0.0 Xenopeltis unicolor, sunbeam snake
    0.1.0 Coelognathus helena, trinket snake
    0.0.1 Lampropeltis calligaster, prairie kingsnake
    0.0.2 Lampropeltis getula californiae, California kingsnake
    0.1.0 Lampropeltis getula nigrita, Mexican black kingsnake
    0.0.1 Lampropeltis triangulum nelsoni, Nelson's milk snake (albino)
    1.0.0 Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum, eastern milk snake
    2.0.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus, corn snake

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    Kerry1968
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    Thank you Kurt! You can test me on the latin names next week! Joking! I don't know how you remember all the scientific names, I've only just got my head round the two species I have, Kassina senegalensis and Ambystoma mexicanum!

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    Kurt
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kerry1968 View Post
    Thank you Kurt! You can test me on the latin names next week! Joking! I don't know how you remember all the scientific names, I've only just got my head round the two species I have, Kassina senegalensis and Ambystoma mexicanum!
    What are those? Just kidding. LOL

    See if you can guess what these are.

    Hyla andersoni
    Hypsiboas punctatus
    Ollotis periglenes
    Hyperolius marmoratus
    Phrynomantis annectens
    Dyscophus antongili
    Gastrophryne carolinensis
    Telmatobius culeus
    Atelopus flavescens
    Anaxyrus punctatus
    Conraua goliath
    Dendrobates leucomelas
    Mantella laevigata
    Leptopelis uluguruensis
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Ara macao
    Dendroaspis polylepis

    Good luck

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    Kerry1968
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kurt View Post
    What are those? Just kidding. LOL

    See if you can guess what these are.

    Hyla andersoni some kind of Tree frog
    Hypsiboas punctatus
    Ollotis periglenes
    Hyperolius marmoratus a newt
    Phrynomantis annectens
    Dyscophus antongili
    Gastrophryne carolinensis
    Telmatobius culeus
    Atelopus flavescens
    Anaxyrus punctatus
    Conraua goliath
    Dendrobates leucomelas dart frog
    Mantella laevigata
    Leptopelis uluguruensis
    Acinonyx jubatus
    Ara macao
    Dendroaspis polylepis Is this some kind of frog too? Dart frog?

    Good luck
    Thats about it without cheating and Googling them!
    Last edited by Kerry1968; July 18th, 2009 at 02:53 PM. Reason: Added another!

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    Kurt
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kerry1968 View Post
    Thats about it without cheating and Googling them!
    The correct answers are in RED. They are all frogs accept the last three.

    Hyla andersoni some kind of Tree frog pine barrens treefrog
    Hypsiboas punctatus red-spotted treefrog
    Ollotis periglenes Costa Rican golden toad (now extinct)
    Hyperolius marmoratus a newt painted reed frog
    Phrynomantis annectens marbled rubber frog
    Dyscophus antongili northern tomato frog
    Gastrophryne carolinensis eastern narrowmouth toad
    Telmatobius culeus Lake Titicaca frog
    Atelopus flavescens Cayenne stubfoot toad
    Anaxyrus punctatus red-spotted toad
    Conraua goliath goliath frog
    Dendrobates leucomelas bumblebee dart frog
    Mantella laevigata lowland or climbing mantella
    Leptopelis uluguruensis Uluguru treefrog
    Acinonyx jubatus cheetah
    Ara macao scarlet macaw
    Dendroaspis polylepis Is this some kind of frog too? Dart frog?
    No, it's a more deadlier than any dart frog. It is the black mamba

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    Kerry1968
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    I ended up looking them all up to find out what they were! But I was good and didn't change my answers!

    The last one I thought was a dart frog from the dendro part of the name. I guess it must mean poison or dangerous (something like that) in Latin.

    I'm going to try to look out for the scientific names more and see what I can pick up.
    Over on Caudata.org I'm getting to know some of the newt and salamander names, not completely, but can recognise the names when I see them!

    I actually took latin as a subject at school, but that was FAR too long ago to remember any of it! I don't think it would have any bearing on species names anyway!

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    Dendro means tree. I am not sure what genius decided the genus Dendrobates were treefrogs (they are not).

    I think and speak in scientific names unless I don't know it - in that case I use the common name. I only do this because there's no confusion - the scientific name is universal, even across languages. Of course, if the person doesn't know the scientific name I can always try the common name if I know it. I honestly don't know many of the common names. The scientific name business isn't hard - once you do it for a while you find you can learn others more readily.
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