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[carol]

I've been jotting them down in a text file for a few months now, so I couldn't tell you where most came from. If that one isn't acceptable, I can remove it, as I did "AmelLav". Is there a different trade name for Anery A/Anery B?

LOL. Don't ask me about "acceptable". I hate combo names, for this very reason. Once that list gets totally filled with starlight, starbright, and wangbang corns, how is a person with my limited mental capacity supposed to remember them all? Yes I know I'm the odd one out on liking names such as "Hypo Lav", and I know it's a battle that I will never win. I'll have to deal with it, but I don't have to like it. Hee hee.

This post and the previous one really wasn't directed at you, just my frustration of not being able to keep up.

 

[jaxom1957]

LOL. Don't ask me about "acceptable". I hate combo names, for this very reason. Once that list gets totally filled with starlight, starbright, and wangbang corns, how is a person with my limited mental capacity supposed to remember them all?

Actually, I agree with you entirely. I don't like to use trade names for anything more than two morph combinations, and even then, only in describing phenotype. Unfortunately, the majority of hobbyists seem to like the trade names, and I needed a reference guide. That's how this list began, with me jotting down trade names to look up and learn.

 

[jaxom1957]

The list is difficult to go through as it is written, especially with all the notes on ultramels. You may want to just put all the ultramel combos in one spot.

All ULTRAMEL combinations have been moved to one spot at the bottom of the list. Thanks for the suggestion, and I hope that makes it easier to read.

 

[jaxom1957]

If that one isn't acceptable, I can remove it, as I did "AmelLav". Is there a different trade name for Anery A/Anery B?

LOL. Don't ask me about "acceptable". I hate combo names, for this very reason.

I'm not sure where I first saw "COAL" but I do like it. What's blacker that a charcoal except coal, right?

The one I made up for myself is "STIPPLED", replacing motley/stripe, motley het stripe and het motley + stripe. I've mentioned it to a couple of friends, venting my frustration at finding an acceptable description of a snake het for both motley and stripe but looking motley. I remember stippling from faux wall painting techniques, one definition of which is "to apply in dots or short strokes." Isn't that a cool description of motley/stripe? It also has the advantage of using the letters found in the combination: STrIPed motLEy. I don't actually expect anyone else to use it, but I like it.

 

[Velvet]

I like it!!! lol Hope it catches on! :grin01:

I just wanted to mention that we call Anery A's "Silver corns" here...lol When I first came here I was talking about my "Silver corn" and everyone was like "What the heck is that?!?!" :grin01: That was before I knew about Anery A etc etc, I refer to him as an anery now...lol

 

[jaxom1957]

I just wanted to mention that we call Anery A's "Silver corns" here...lol When I first came here I was talking about my "Silver corn" and everyone was like "What the heck is that?!?!"

I can see where that name could come from. Silver, with a bit of tarnish

 

[Velvet]

I like it personally, I think its very descriptive...lol

But I also like being correct, so I stick to Anery...lol Also, at least that way everyone knows what I am talking about! :grin01:

 

[El Jefe]

I like the idea of a standardized list. Perhaps the ACR could get in on this an publish a list of accepted trade names? I know one of the people working with the ACR publishes some book on morphs... :sidestep:

 

[jaxom1957]

I like the idea of a standardized list. Perhaps the ACR could get in on this an publish a list of accepted trade names? I know one of the people working with the ACR publishes some book on morphs... :sidestep:

Charles Pritzel is the author of "Cornsnake Morph Guide". He, along with Connie Hurley, maintain the ACR. I agree, it would be a good feature to add to the registry, and Charles is already staying on top of the latest morphs and names being used. The registrations include the genotype of the snakes, which is what I find most useful. I do think there is also a need for a reference page to translate the genotype into the trade names by which the snakes are more likely being sold. Not everyone browsing the registrations is going to be able to translate ANERY CARAMEL LAVA into "AVALANCHE" (I cheated and looked at my database; I don't remember more than half of them!). It would be nice to be able to either look up a trade name to retrieve the information needed to do a morph search, or, conversely, to be able to read the genetics, look up the trade name, and be able to more easily seek out a breeder with those snakes available.

 

[El Jefe]

Not everyone browsing the registrations is going to be able to translate ANERY CARAMEL LAVA into "AVALANCHE" (I cheated and looked at my database; I don't remember more than half of them!).

You may want to fix that database of yours...first off I think Avalanche is being used for a Snow Blood and second...I don't think there is a name for anery caramel lava and I really doubt if one has be produced either.

 

[jaxom1957]

You may want to fix that database of yours...first off I think Avalanche is being used for a Snow Blood and second...I don't think there is a name for anery caramel lava and I really doubt if one has be produced either.

A shining example of why I started this thread! Sorry, bad database editing on my part.

Mea culpa, mea culpa, tutti mea culpa.