Lampro-peltis

[KingFfaj]

I just thought i'd share this interesting piece of info I found out about.
Obviously the word "King" in Kingsnake is given because of the snakes ability to eat all of the snakes in its naturally occuring habitat, including Rattle snakes, Copper heads and Cottonmouths....
Also the "Milk" in Milk snake was given because old folk law tales say that farmers used to belive that the snakes would slip into their barns at night and milk their cows because they where seen hanging around them, Obviously before they discoverd they were after the mice ......
But, did you know the the Latin word Lampropeltis is derived from the Greek words "Lampro", meaning "shiny" and "Peltis" meaning "shields" "Shiny Shields" which I think is very fitting (especially for my Cal kingsnake as he has a kind of emblem on his head which looks like it could go on a shield) it was a picture of a very shiny milk snake somewhere in this forum that made me remember ;):cool:

[Ladyhawk]

Was it my shiny milksnake? ;)

[Emily-Fisher]

that is really interesting! Did you know that part of Eublepharis Macularius supposedly comes from the latin word for trustworthy? How did that happen?! ;) Also, did you know that okeetee isn't a morph of cornsnake and that it's really a golfcourse? Once, someone was golfing at the Okeetee golfcourse when they saw a really nice cornsnake and called it an okeetee cornsnake but okeetee cornsnakes can't be bred(since it's not recessive)... they are really just a pretty cornsnake!!

[reverendsterlin]

Actually Emily, Okeetee is a hunt club not a golf course. And true okeetee is to me a simple pattern morph having wide black outlines around the saddles coming from a specific locale and breeding true.

[KingFfaj]

Originally posted by Ladyhawk
Was it my shiny milksnake? ;)

It amay well have been, but I have yet to see a pic on the lampro-forum that didnt fit its name:D I love our snakes.:D
Check out this site that Ace gave to me, it has all the latin translation for all most all types of snakes!!! scroll down to lampropeltis for all the king snake translations:thumbsup:
http://ebeltz.net/herps/etymain.html#Snakes