The black-browed snake was renamed "Black-browed Akewara"?
White ring snakes are called "chain snakes"?
The three-sorcerer's golden snake was renamed "three-sorcerous cavity snake"?
The green snake is also called "green snake"?
Gang's bamboo leaf green is later called "Gang's Viper"?
And also
The green iguana will no longer be called a green iguana
Want to call it "Rhinoceros American iguana"?
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Due to the development of amphibian and reptile disciplines, we are learning more and more about amphibians and reptiles. And as the cornerstone of understanding them, taxonomy, is also becoming more and more refined. And this process of progress is relatively complicated to explain, for non-science enthusiasts. The most intuitive feeling is -- change the name
The short "name" is like the brand image of each species. Its changes and retention represent whether the identity of this species has changed. For example, a change that is widely known to climbers:
Black eyebrows, hundred flowers, south peaks and other snakes
Suddenly, one day, he was assigned to a genus called the "Morning Snake" (or Akebono).
That is, the "black-browed snake" that has been called for decades.
Henceforth it will be called "Black Brow Morning Snake" (or Black Brow Dawn Snake)
Later, there were more and more similar changes, and unconsciously, the common ones seemed to have changed over and over again. Even by looking at the name used by the other party, the climber can determine the pit that the other party has entered in the same year
However, in addition to scientific researchers and senior climbers like to be more real, most amateurs are not interested in these professional changes. More people are even "not aware of the change at all". This can be difficult for popular science workers:
We must keep up with the "trend of the times"
Also explain the "name change process" to the average enthusiast
Again, the previous work will be revised...
Can't we just not change it?
In fact, the "name change" is not intended to be deliberately difficult for everyone. "Changing names" is a good thing, meaning we're one step closer to understanding these species. But biological systems often involve the whole body. The cost of revision after the "name change" has gradually affected the fields of science popularization, species protection, and academic exchanges. And these "new names" that contradict the customary name will often make the discordant climbing circle more likely to "tear up"
Now here's the good news
After several years of research and discussion
By Wang Jie, Lü Zhitong, Jiang Ke, Che Jing and others
Published in Biodiversity in December 2019
Updated List of Amphibians and Reptiles in China
It is recommended that the Chinese names of various reptiles be restored
The specific list is as follows:
Don't look just "Recover Name". It should be known that many species bear their earliest Chinese and the correct name spread throughout the north and south of China. The two climbs have always been unpopular with the media, and it is difficult for the name change initiated by the professional field to achieve the coverage of the "old name", because the cost of correcting the dissemination of a name is too large
For example, to explain why the black-browed snake was renamed "black-browed morning snake", it may be difficult to explain in one or two sentences; but if someone is curious about why it is called a snake, but the Latin genus names are different, popular science workers only need to tell him that "this Chinese name honors the previous habits"
Moreover, taxonomy is constantly evolving, and the taxonomic unit of a species may change again and again, which means that its name will also change back and forth. Maybe you've just gotten used to the new name, and it may have changed its name again.
So for general application scenarios, basically maintain the tradition of "what was called before, what is now called". If in order to reflect the scientific and professional, the Latin scientific name can be added after the Chinese name. After all, most people don't need to know about the complex phylogenetic tree. Chinese name is mainly used for communication, and it is customary not to move in order to improve the efficiency of communication
Similar things are happening abroad
The redefinition of the genus American iguanas is the news of 2020. The familiar "Jackal Dragon" is divided into three types, namely the most common Iguana rhinolophus in China, the Iguana iguana with a southern distribution, and the Iguana melanoderma with the best resolution
Since Iguana melanoderma is newly independent and the most recognizable in appearance, it is not controversial to call it "Saba Black Iguana"
So what are the other two called?
Sorry, there is no official Chinese at this time
At present, several names for these two kinds of "green iguanas" are derived from the literal translation of Latin names and English names, depending on geographical location or traditional names. So there should be a saying, right? Let's go back to the origin of the name "Green Hyena"
"Green iguana" comes from the English name
“Common Green Iguana”
Common: Ordinary
Green: Green
Iguana: Iguana
Iguana rhinolophus
In later spreads, for the sake of ease of use, "Common" is often omitted and only called "Green Iguana", that is, "Green Iguana". Today we already know that there is more than one kind of "green iguana". But who should inherit this classic name? Some believe that the name should be inherited by Iguana rhinolophus, now known as the "Rhino-horned American iguana."
WHY？
Although these two species came to the world together with the name of "green iguana", the real widespread, establishing their own well-known land in the tropics, occupying the pet market, and interbreeding everywhere in Central America are actually "Iguana rhinolophus". That is, the "green iguana" you have seen, most of them are Iguana rhinolophus
As with the snake name change mentioned earlier, the name has become widely known, well-known, and more common. Why should we change the common ones and not the rare ones?
Therefore, when many media reports in the United States reported the news of "new members of the green iguana", they continued to choose to use "Grenn iguana" (green iguana) to refer to Iguana rhinolophus. What about the other? Don't forget, the previously omitted Common is not used ~ so "Common iguana" (common iguana) is used by them to refer to the less common "Iguana Iguana"
It's not just the news media that insists on using the "green iguana", some enthusiasts also prefer the name
That's the iguana we're most familiar with
Will it be called "Green Iguana" in the future?
It's up to you
According to tradition and popularity, it can be called "green iguana"
Depending on the geographical location, it can be called "Central American iguana"
According to the appearance characteristics, it can be called "Sino-American horned iguana"
Or the "Rhinoceros American iguana"
But the problem is, in international exchanges, Chinese climbers will definitely give priority to the literal translation Chinese into English to communicate (otherwise can you still use Latin), at this time, the problem arises:
Green Iguana – Green Iguana is no problem
Central American Iguana, the Central American iguana, is no problem
The Central American Horned Iguana profession can also be distinguished
But the "rhinoceros American iguana" – Rhinoceros iguana... was "squatted"
Put it another way – Rhino-horned iguana or it
And then – Rhino Iguana is also it
Without using a Latin scientific name, as long as you have "rhinoceros" in your translation, all that comes out are rhino iguanas. So when you communicate internationally according to the English translation of "Rhinoceros American iguana". This translated name can be a huge embarrassment to you
Climbing friends know how to call the wrong name after a hundred mouths
Fortunately, the Chinese is still in the discussion stage, and the above four are not wrong. If you want to change your taste, it is right to call these new names; if you don't change your habits, there is no problem
If you ask me about my attitude?
I think it's good not to change
First, changing a familiar species to any awkward name can affect transmission and cause great trouble for the workers involved. "Common not changing the uncommon" is the most efficient approach. As mentioned earlier, if you need to distinguish, you only need to add the Latin scientific name to distinguish
Second, even if you remember the new name today, how do you know that it will not change in two years? You know, the members of this family have adjusted countless times in the past hundred years...
Finally, no matter what kind of green hyena, it is a large pet that requires a huge environment, a variety of equipment, and a rich amount of food to support, which is not easy for ordinary families to bear.
They used to be bought and sold because they were too cheap, and no matter how "easy to raise", it is still a common fact that "there are far more people to raise than to feed". Today's laws force the pace of barbaric development to halt, which is not necessarily a bad thing from an animal point of view.
We really need more time to settle down and learn
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