APS Trivia

[Guest]

I didnt i am a super quick typer ............................................. RUN

 

[earthmother]

Acrochordus javanicus - javan wart snake.... nasty name for a pretty snake

 

[Magpie]

Nah, I like the dog faced water snake.
That's a great name (Bockadam)

 

[Slateman]

answer should be: They are not closely related to any living snakes we know of. This superfamily have 3 species.

1/2 point to reptile rascal.

Score so far:

Fangs 1 point
reptile rascal 5 points
Astrobeca 1/2 point
Fuscus 1 point
Morelia man 1/2 point
brendan_spencer 1/2 point

Player who will get first 7 points will be nominated to run his own trivia in the forum.

Next question

In which year was inland taipan recognized as valid species?

 

[ReptileRascals]

1879 it was discovered but was virtually unknown to science untill 1974

 

[africancichlidau]

82

 

[wattso]

83 if you include Janus Slaterii ! what was the question? lmao

 

[Whaa]

1978

 

[earthmother]

The Western Taipan

 

[earthmother]

Jeanette Covacevich rediscovered it by finding a dead one on the side of the road in the region the were discovered 90 odd years before. 1972

 

[Slateman]

it was recognized officially as valid species in year 1976

1/2 point to reptile_rascal for reasonably close answer.

Score so far:

Fangs 1 point
reptile rascal 5+1/2 points
Astrobeca 1/2 point
Fuscus 1 point
Morelia man 1/2 point
brendan_spencer 1/2 point

Next question
Name some African elapids Known to be climbers.

 

[python_guy44]

boomslang,black mamba,green mamba...

 

[africancichlidau]

What you mean Wattso, "Whats the question"? You mean there are questions??

 

[Brodie]

what jeremy said!

 

[earthmother]

Yeah, what he said and African Bush Vipers. like, Mount Kenya Bush Viper, Great Lakes Bush Viper and the Bristly Bush Viper....?
Em

 

[Brodie]

OH shyte elapids........oops thought ya said venemous snakes in general...........well the boomslang is a cloubrid...................... all 4 species of the genus Dendroaspis (mamba's) and some species of cobra are known to climb(but very rarely)

 

[Slateman]

Point is going to python_guy44 for Mamba.
Viper is i think crotalidae.

Score so far:

Fangs.............. 1 point
reptile rascal.......... 5+1/2 points
Astrobeca ...................1/2 point
Fuscus ...................1 point
Morelia man ..............1/2 point
brendan_spencer ..........1/2 point
python_guy44 ..............1 point

Question.
In what year was filesnake DESCRIBED ?

 

[Brodie]

Little file snake - 1799 (schneider)
Arafura(javan) file snake 1787 (hornstedt)

 

[Slateman]

Mabe i am wrong, but by my book it was 1980.

New question
Name one Australian elapid which will readily and efficiently climb tree.

 

[Nicole]

Broad-headed snake?