Talk:Infrared sensing in snakes

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[edit] Taxonomy

A very nice article except that the taxonomy is a little off. The text refers repeatedly to the boids -- family Boidae -- as though it includes both boas and pythons. It would be better if the ITIS taxonomy were followed, which considers these snakes to be two different families: the Pythonidae and the Boidae. --Jwinius 00:54, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm ... You're right, though this is the first time I'd heard this. (Herp class last semester, and the text we used, still have them listed as Boidae.) I will see if I can figure out an eloquent way to change it. Serpentnirvana 21:07, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Boidae => boids (= boines and erycines). Pythonidea => pythonids. Or simply boas and pythons. I recently reorganized most of the python section, but the boa section is still a mess. --Jwinius 23:13, 3 December 2007 (UTC)