Talk:Cyclura cychlura cychlura
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Any reason why this article is at the latin name rather than at 'Andros Island Iguana'? Convention is usually for these to be at common names...Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:29, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- Andros Island Iguana redirects here. I was following the snake articles on vipers (see Bitis gabonica) on naming convention when i created the Cyclura and Ctenosaura articles, with these two genera, it is common to have one common name refer to as many as 4 different species.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 15:07, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- OK, that is a good reason, which is why we have the humble cultivated mushroom at its name of Agaricus bisporus. I am not good on lizards, but if there are genuinely a few with no defining names then I guess they're better there. With birds, there has been a huge effort over the years ot ensure each little critter has its own name..Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:37, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- For the most part lizards have their own common name, they are just not as widely accepted or used...there are 7 species of Cyclura that can be called "Bahamian Rock Iguanas", including the Andros...it has 2 subspecies and there's another 4 throughout the islands. Ctenosauras are actually worse as their ranges overlap throughout Central America and they also interbreed!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 20:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- I suppose I would have preferred all taxa, whether plant or animal, at their scientific names..but that was not to be. Anyway, if there are specific names that might echo what happened at Common Raven which is where corvus corax actually is, rather than Raven....so if each does have a unique name, it can go there with the "Bahamian Rock Iguana" as a disambig page which expalins the problem, quite a fascinating one, with the extra info above...Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 23:23, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- For the most part lizards have their own common name, they are just not as widely accepted or used...there are 7 species of Cyclura that can be called "Bahamian Rock Iguanas", including the Andros...it has 2 subspecies and there's another 4 throughout the islands. Ctenosauras are actually worse as their ranges overlap throughout Central America and they also interbreed!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 20:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- OK, that is a good reason, which is why we have the humble cultivated mushroom at its name of Agaricus bisporus. I am not good on lizards, but if there are genuinely a few with no defining names then I guess they're better there. With birds, there has been a huge effort over the years ot ensure each little critter has its own name..Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:37, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
