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    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

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    Re: probably stupid question..

    What a stupid question....

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    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'.
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    Re: probably stupid question..

    and orphan, the funny thing is, your morelia google search just yielded a bunch of stuff about Morelia, Mexico!
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    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!
    1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
    1.0 Anerythrystic Brazilian Rainbow Boa
    1.1 Het Albino Red Tail Boas
    1.0 Albino motley Red Tail
    1.2 Green tree pythons
    1.1 Emerald Tree Boas
    2.2 Corn snakes
    1.3 Honduran Milks (1.1 alb, 0.1 het alb, 0.1 dbl het)
    3.4 Ball pythons (Lemon bee, Spider & Pied males. 2 Pastels,poss het pied, girls)

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    Re: probably stupid question..

    well i was just giving examples...
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