Herp Terms
Commonly Used Herpetology Abbreviations and Terms
Food and Care
1.2.3 male.female.unsexed
CB Captive Bred
Clutch A female’s layed eggs
Crix Crickets
CF Captive Farmed
CHE Ceramic Heat Emitter
Double Clutch Two clutches in one season, by one female
F/K Fresh/Killed
Fluoro Fluorescent
F/T Frozen/Thawed
Fuzzy Newborn mouse just growing hair/fur
GSE Grapefruit Seed Extract
Herp Herptile
Het Heterozygous
Hide Hiding place for herps; box, log, rock, etc.
Homo Homozygous
Hopper Baby mouse, eyes open, hair/fur, hops
IBD Inclusion Body Disease
Juvie Juvenile
LTC Long-Term Captive
MBD Metabolic Bone Disease
Mealies Mealworms
Min Mineral
MV Mercury Vapor
Pink(s)/Pinkie Newborn mice
Pip/Pipping Hatchling breaking through eggs.
Popping Sexing technique everting the hemipenes
Probing Sexing technique using probes to identify hemipenes
Rep Reptile
sp. species
ssp. Sub-Species
Temp Temperature
UTH Under Tank Heater
UVA Ultraviolet light (320-400 nm)
UVB Ultraviolet light (280-300 nm)
V/E Vitamin Enriched
Vit Vitamin
WC Wild Caught
Snakes
ARP African Rock Python (Python sebae)
ATB Amazon Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus)
Ball Ball/Royal Python (Python regius)
BCC Boa constrictor constrictor (common/red-tailed boa)
BCI Boa constrictor imperator (hogg island boa)
BP Ball/Royal Python (Python regius)
BRB Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria)
Burm Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus)
Corn Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
CRB Columbian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria maurus)
DB Dumeril’s Boa (Acrantophis dumerili)
ETB Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus canina)
Garter Garter Snake (Thamnophis sp.)
GTP Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
HIB Hogg Island Boa (Boa constrictor imperator)
JCP Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia spilota cheynei)
KSB Kenyan Sand Boa (Eryx columbrinus loverdgei)
PRB Peruvian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria gaigei)
Retic Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)
RP Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)
RTB Red-Tailed Boa (Boa constrictor constrictor)
Lizards
BD Bearded Dragon (Pagona vitticeps)
Beardie Bearded Dragon (Pagona vitticeps)
Cham Chameleon
Crestie Crested Gecko (Rhacodactylus ciliatus)
FD Frilled Dragon (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
CT Carrot Tail (a leo morph)
FTG Fat-Tailed Gecko (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)
Gex Geckos
HTCT Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail (leo morph)
Ig Iguana (usually the green iguana, Iguana iguana)
Leo Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
Uro Uromastyx (Uromastyx sp.)
WD Water Dragon (Physignathus sp.)