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  • 08-25-2009, 03:04 PM
    tsdsbd
    probably stupid question..
    what is morelia and liasis? and the other forum tops that have latin (or whatever) names i dnt know what im clicking on lol
  • 08-25-2009, 03:12 PM
    rjk890
    Re: probably stupid question..
    What a stupid question.... :rofl:
  • 08-25-2009, 03:53 PM
    orphan
    Re: probably stupid question..
  • 08-25-2009, 04:30 PM
    Colin Vestrand
    Re: probably stupid question..
    they are the names of the respective genus that encompass the various species.

    for example, the genus liasis contains the species 'olive pythons' and 'savu pythons', the genus morelia contains the species 'carpet python' and 'boelens pythons'.
  • 08-25-2009, 04:31 PM
    Colin Vestrand
    Re: probably stupid question..
    and orphan, the funny thing is, your morelia google search just yielded a bunch of stuff about Morelia, Mexico!
  • 08-26-2009, 04:47 PM
    DrLew
    Re: probably stupid question..
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Colin Vestrand View Post
    they are the names of the respective genus that encompass the various species.

    for example, the genus liasis contains the species 'olive pythons' and 'savu pythons', the genus morelia contains the species 'carpet python' and 'boelens pythons'.

    Forgot "Morelia Viridis" the Chondropython!
  • 08-26-2009, 04:56 PM
    Colin Vestrand
    Re: probably stupid question..
    well i was just giving examples... ;)
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