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isotelus wrote: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

Okay this may not be good advice because I've never actually competed but I think that you should know things like state reptiles, etymology, information specifically pertaining to your state, but just things that you think are relevant and different from other genera/orders. For example, the fact that a species of Ensatina is a ring species.

kate! wrote:

isotelus wrote: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

Okay this may not be good advice because I've never actually competed but I think that you should know things like state reptiles, etymology, information specifically pertaining to your state, but just things that you think are relevant and different from other genera/orders. For example, the fact that a species of Ensatina is a ring species.

Ok, thank you!

isotelus wrote: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

Last year some notable ones I saw over and over were state reptiles/amphibians, locations of interest (ie blind salamanders in Texas), venom facts, defense mechanisms and unique adaptations. Essentially if a genus has something fairly unusual about it, expect them to ask questions about it.

Kyanite wrote:

isotelus wrote: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

Last year some notable ones I saw over and over were state reptiles/amphibians, locations of interest (ie blind salamanders in Texas), venom facts, defense mechanisms and unique adaptations. Essentially if a genus has something fairly unusual about it, expect them to ask questions about it.

Yeah, at this point its I wouldn't even call it trivia because they are asked so often.

karanbe123 wrote:

Kyanite wrote:

isotelus wrote: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

Last year some notable ones I saw over and over were state reptiles/amphibians, locations of interest (ie blind salamanders in Texas), venom facts, defense mechanisms and unique adaptations. Essentially if a genus has something fairly unusual about it, expect them to ask questions about it.

Yeah, at this point its I wouldn't even call it trivia because they are asked so often.

I would group the genus facts with one of the animals in the genus and use that as your base like I see a lot of dusky salamander questions so I would put my Plethodontidae genus facts on the same page or a page after them

Hello! I was wondering if there were any websites that I could use for additional information besides the wiki page. Have any ideas?

gl10086 wrote:Hello! I was wondering if there were any websites that I could use for additional information besides the wiki page. Have any ideas?

Wikipedia

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gl10086 wrote:Hello! I was wondering if there were any websites that I could use for additional information besides the wiki page. Have any ideas?

Wikipedia

Thank you.

This is a great resource: https://animaldiversity.org/

I recommend also trying to find online PDFs of field guides because they can be more consistent than some online resources