Herpetology B/C

[dvegadvol]

So you do a "mashup" of the numbers? Your answer would then be a combo of A & B: 25-150?

[Galahad]

Yeah, but I don't ever combine any numbers.

[Kyanite]

Yeah, but I don't ever combine any numbers.

I use a very similar method its more work but its worth it, its truly unfair to competitors to mark them off on something that varies so greatly.

[PeptoBismol]

I was researching about racers and I have come across an anomaly. There is a particular snake that's called the California whipsnake or striped racer, but whipsnakes and racers are part of different genera. Wikipedia, Reptile Database, ADW, and IUCN call it Masticophis lateralis and California Herps, iNaturalist, and EOL call it Coluber lateralis. I also found this issue for some other animals.

Does anyone know what to do in this situation?

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I was researching about racers and I have come across an anomaly. There is a particular snake that's called the California whipsnake or striped racer, but whipsnakes and racers are part of different genera. Wikipedia, Reptile Database, ADW, and IUCN call it Masticophis lateralis and California Herps, iNaturalist, and EOL call it Coluber lateralis. I also found this issue for some other animals.

Does anyone know what to do in this situation?

Include it in your notes but also mention the controversies.

[kate!]

I was researching about racers and I have come across an anomaly. There is a particular snake that's called the California whipsnake or striped racer, but whipsnakes and racers are part of different genera. Wikipedia, Reptile Database, ADW, and IUCN call it Masticophis lateralis and California Herps, iNaturalist, and EOL call it Coluber lateralis. I also found this issue for some other animals.

Does anyone know what to do in this situation?

Include it in your notes but also mention the controversies.

Adding on to this, when this comes up for other animals, and the information you find contradicts the official list, always go by what the list says, but include the other information.

[cbrant554]

I was researching about racers and I have come across an anomaly. There is a particular snake that's called the California whipsnake or striped racer, but whipsnakes and racers are part of different genera. Wikipedia, Reptile Database, ADW, and IUCN call it Masticophis lateralis and California Herps, iNaturalist, and EOL call it Coluber lateralis. I also found this issue for some other animals.

Does anyone know what to do in this situation?

Include it in your notes but also mention the controversies.

Adding on to this, when this comes up for other animals, and the information you find contradicts the official list, always go by what the list says, but include the other information.

Always use the rules or SOinc.org as a reference to see what to use or what could be right or wrong.

[MiningMathSushi]

Anyone have any idea if classification has changed recently? For example, I think that Polychridae has been renamed to Dactyloidae. If anyone could help it'd be great!

[dvegadvol]

Polychridae has indeed been changed to Dactyloidae (in 2012*), but the National list still has Polychridae as the Family name; ES are asked to stick to the National list.

Go with the list, but make a note of the Family name change...

* http://www.southeastern.edu/acad_resear ... al2012.pdf

[isotelus]

Hello, I was wondering how much trivia we would need to know for each order and genus, or if it's even relevant at all.
Thanks