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Terminology
There are a lot of terms used in Herpetology, you will quickly get used to them and in this web site I have avoided these where possible.
However here are some of the terms and meanings to give you a head start.
Common usage
Animals
CB Captive Bred, animals that have been born in captivity.
CF Captive Farmed, animals that are born as part of a large production.
WC Wild Caught, animals obtained from the wild.
LTC Long Term Captive, animals that have been held in captivity for a long period of time.
Sex
1.0.0 = 1 Male
0.1.0 = 1 Female
0.0.1 = 1 Unsexed
Example...
2.5.4 Corn snakes = 2 males, 5 females and 4 unsexed Corn snakes.
Food types
PK Pre killed
FK Fresh killed
FT Frozen Thawed
Snake Terms (Not exhaustive)
BRB Brazilian Rainbow Boa
ATB Argentinean Rainbow Boa
CRB Columbian Rainbow Boa
BCC Boa Constrictor Constrictor (Red Tailed Boa)
BCI Boa Constrictor Imperator (Common Boa)
ATB Argentinean Tree Boa
ETB Emerald Tree Boa
CCP Coastal Carpet Python
JCP Jungle Carpet Python
Amel Amelanistic (Albino)
Anery Anerythristic
Het Heterozygous
Hypo Hypomelanistic
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