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UNDERSTANDING REPTILE ABREVIATIONS


GENERAL

1.2.3 = 1 Male, 2 Females, 3 Not Sexed

ASF or ASFR = African Soft Fur Rat [Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis]

Ca:P = Calcium to Phosphorus ratio

CB = Captive born

CBB = Captive Bred and Born
 

CITES
= The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

DUW
= Dial-up Warning (Warning directed to dial-up users; thread contains many/large images)

Herp
= A reptile/amphibian; Related: Herpetology - The study of reptiles and ampibians. 

LTC = Long Term Captive 

MBD = Metabolic Bone Disease

MVB = Mercury Vapor Bulb

RI = Respiratory Infection

UTH = Under tank heat(er)

UVB = Ultra Violet Bulb

WC = Wild Caught

LIZARD SHORTS


Beardies = Bearded Dragon [Pogona vitticeps]

BTS = Blue-tongued Skinks [Tiliqua gigas]

Cham = Chameleon [Chamaeleo sp.]

Chewie = Rhacodactylus chahoua

Cresties = Crested Gecko [Rhacodactylus ciliatus]

CWD = Chinese water dragon [Physignathus cocincinus]

Gargs = Gargoyle Geckos [Rhacodactylus ariculatus]

Iggy or Iggies = Iguana [Iguana iguana] 

Leachie = Rhacodactylus Leachianus

Leo(s) = Leopard Gecko [Eublepharis macularius]

Mali = Mali Uromastyx [Uromastyx maliensis]

MHD = Mountain Horned Dragon

PTS = Prehensile-tailed Skinks [Corucia zebrata]

Rhacs = Members of the Rhacodactylus genus

Sav = Savannah Monitor [Varanus exanthematicus]
 
Uro = Uromastyx and sometimes Uroplatus, (leaf-tail gecko)
 

SNAKE SHORTS

AHS = African House Snake [Lamprophis fuliginosus]

Amel
= Amelanistic - albino - lacks darkening pigment

Anery
= Anerythristic - lacks red pigment

ARS = Asian Ratsnake

ATB
= Amazon Tree Boa [Corallus hortulanu]

Axanth = Axanthic - lacks yellow pigment

Bateater - Borneo Bateater Python (Reticulated Python X Burmese Python)

BCA
- Boa Constrictor Amarali (Brazilian or Bolivian Boa Constrictor)

BCC = Boa Constrictor Constrictor

BCI = Boa Constrictor Imperator

BCL
= Boa Constrictor Longicauda (Peruvian Long-tailed boa)

BCO = Boa Constrictor Occidentalis (Argentina, Paraguay)
 
BP = Ball Python [Python regius]

BRB
= Brazilian Rainbow Boa [Epicrates cenchria cenchria]

Burm
= Burmese Python [Python molarus bivittatus]

CoDom
= Co-dominant gene

Conda
- Anaconda [Eunectes murinus]

CRB = Colombian Rainbow Boa [Epicrates cenchria maurus]

Chondro
= Chondropython (Green Tree Python)

DPH
= Double possible het. Dum's = Dumeril's Boa [Acrantophis dumerili]

EASB
= East African Sand Boa [Eryx colubrinus]

ETB
= Emerald Tree Boa [Corallus caninus]

F1 = Term used to determine generation in genetics and selective breeding (e.g. F1 = 1st Generation, F2 = 2nd Generation)

FK or F/K = Freshly Killed

FT or F/T = Frozen Thawed
 
FWC = False Water Cobra [Hydrodynastes gigas]

Gabby = Gaboon Viper [Bitis gabonica]

GBK
- Gray Banded Kingsnake [Lampropeltis alterna]

GTP = Green Tree Python [Morelia viridis]

Het = Heterozygous -Having two different alleles for a single trait.

Hog - Hognose snake [Heterodon spp.]

Hogg - Hogg island boa - Boa constrictor un-named subspecies

Homo. = Homozygous

Hondo
= Honduran Milk Snake [Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis]

Hot(s) = Venomous reptile(s) Hypo - Hypomelanistic - reduced melanin

IBD = Inclusion Body Disease (viral disease of boid snAKES)

IJCP or IJ = Irian Jaya Carpet Python [Morelia Spilota Variegata]

JCP
= Jungle Carpet Python [Morelia spilota cheynei]

Jag(s)
= Jaguar Carpet Python(s) [Morelia spilota sp.] KS = Kingsnake [Lampropeltis sp.]

 KSB = Kenyan Sand Boa [Eryx colubrinus loveridgei] Leucs = Leucomella

LTR = Leucistic Texas Ratsnake [Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri]

Nic = Nicaraguan Boa Constrictor [Boa constrictor imperator]

PAM = Prevent-A-Mite PH = Possible het. Pinks = Pinkies, new born rodents

Pit(s) = Snakes of the Pituophis species (gophers, bulls, pines, etc.)

PK or P/K
= Pre Killed Retic = Reticulated Python [Python reticulatus]

RFV = Rear fanged venomous

RTB = Red-tail Boa

SD Gopher - San Diego Gophersnake [Pituophis melanoleucus annectens]

SD Retic = Super Dwarf Reticulated Python
T-
= Incapable of producing tyrosinase, a melanin synthesizing enzyme

T+
= Capable of producing tyrosinase, a melanin synthesizing enzyme

Tincs = Tinctorius
 
VBB = Vietnamese Blue Beauty [Orthriophis taeniurus ssp]

WLP
= White Lipped Python [Liasis albertisi]
TURTLE AND TORT SHORTS

RES = Red Ear Slider [Trachemys scripta elegans

Tort = Tortoise  

SPIDER  SHORTS

S'ling(s)
= Spiderling(s)

T(s) = Tarantula(s)  


FROGS

Chytrid = Chytrid Fungus - Highly contagious fungus fatal to amphibians

Darts = Dart Frogs [Dendrobatidae sp.]

Pyxie = Pyxie Frog - African Bullfrog [Pyxicephalus adspersus]

PM = Pacman frog [Ceratophrys ornata]
 
RETF = Red Eyed Tree Frog [Agalychnis callidryas]

WTF = White's Tree Frog [Litoria caerulea]

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