Tarantula abbreviations....

[Miss Bianca]

I am somewhat of a new-comer here... I'd like to know about some of the abbreviations used here on this site (and possibly others) when it comes to T's...... I know some, like 'GBB'.... or 'B. Smithi'.... but sometimes I am SO lost while browsing and its a tad frustrating... :?

The other day a thread was started about a Tarantula disease/disorder and I was so lost! Members got really into it but no one gave insight as to what it actually was, just about its contagiousness and treatment... can some of you's help me out.. thanks.

 

[Miss Bianca]

also.....

I feel REALLY dumb asking, but what are "pokies".... thanks again.. :?

 

[M.C. Exotics]

I feel REALLY dumb asking, but what are "pokies".... thanks again.. :?

Poecilotheria.... like P. striata, P. regalis, P. metallica :drool: , P. ornata... just another family. If you ever get too confused google it. I'm sure if you put in B. smithi it would pop up a dozen or more pages about brachypelma smithi or Mexican Red Knee.

 

[Miss Bianca]

GOOGLE yes

that's actually what I do everytime... like with the disease...

GOOGLE saves the day all the time... but I thought I'd ask... hoping maybe someone has a list or something...

TY!!

 

[Aurelia]

You can browse some of the threads in the picture forum. It helps to match the T with the scientific name.

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/forumdisplay.php?f=51

 

[tima]

Several abbreviations that you will see on here...I'm sure if you spend some time, you'll catch on soon enough. A couple of very common ones are:

GBB: Greenbottle Blue (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)
OBT: Orange Baboon Tarantula/Orange Bitey Thing (Pterinochilus murinus)

for the most part, people use the first letter of the genus name, followed by the species name (like your example of Brachypelma smithi.)

 

[Zoltan]

Well, most people in the t hobby use scientific names as
"first letter of the genus" + "species name" --> like B. smithi, T. blondi, H. lividum etc.
Once you get used to scientific names, you'll get the hang of it.

 

[crpy]

also try doing a thread search some have lists of abrevs, terminology/nomenclature

 

[Zeus9699]

Abbreviations

Your best bet is to look at the classified ads and find one of the breeders who lists many fidderent species. Most of them use abbreviations. If you look at my posts, I always use the complete genus and species names so as not to confuse anyone

Mark (Animal Magic)

 

[ShadowBlade]

This should help answer most of your questions - Tarantula-keeping terminology

-Sean

 

[Brian S]

I feel REALLY dumb asking, but what are "pokies".... thanks again.. :?

This is a pokie
http://images.gaslampball.com/images/admin/dex_poking_troy.jpg


but then again, so is this
http://www.goliathus.cz/poecilotheria-regalis-pocock-276.jpg

which pokie do you like the best? LMAO

 

[the nature boy]

How I did it

This is how I did it. A number of websites have a section with pictures of given species of tarantulas along with their scientific names, common names, and a few paragraphs about them (see tarantulas.com, eightlegs.org, and redwineexotics). I printed out these pages. I then went to "articles and free downloads" on the American Tarantula Society website, and printed out "A key to the pronunciation and meaning of scientific names of popular species". I used this information to determine the correct pronunciation of the scientific names of all the species I had printed information about. I wrote the proper pronunciation on the page about each species.

When I felt like learning more about Ts (which was often) I simply leafed through my printouts, learning about various species (where they're from, are they "defensive" or "docile", how large they grow to be, do they live on the ground or in trees...?) , recognizing visually what different ones look like, becoming familiar with their common names, and practicing the pronunciation of the scientific ones. It was very painless--except for the initial time required to print everything and figure out and record how things are pronounced--and I still enjoy leafing through these pages contemplating which species I want next.

--the nature boy