Abbreviated Reptile Terminology - Acronyms

• ACF = African Clawed Frog
• ABX = Antibiotic
• Ackie = Varanus acanthurus
• ADF = African Dwarf Frog
• AFT = African Fat Tailed Gecko
• AOA = Alive On Arrival
• Amel = Amelanistic
• Anery = Anerythristic
• A.P.T.O.R = Albino Patternless Tremper ORange
• ARP = African Rock Python
• ATB = Amazon Tree Boa
• ATF = American Tree Frog
• AWD = Australian Water Dragon

• Ball = Ball Python
• BCC = Boa constrictor constrictor
• BCI = Boa constrictor imperator
• BD = Bearded Dragon
• Beardie = Bearded Dragon
• Bluey = Blue-Tongued Skink
• BM = Bowel Movement
• BP = Ball Python
• BRB = Brazilian Rainbow Boa
• BTS = Blue-Tongued Skink
• Burm = Burmese Python

• Ca = Calcium
• Cal = Calcium
• Cali King = California Kingsnake
• CB = Captive Bred
• CBB = Captive Born & Bred
• CCP = Coastal Carpet Python
• CF = Captive Farmed
• CGD = Crested Gecko Diet
• CH = Captive Hatched
• Cham = Chameleon
• CHE = Ceramic Heat Emitter
• Chondro = Green Tree Python
• CITES = Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species
• CL = Carapace Length
• Corn = Corn Snake
• CRB = Colombian Rainbow Boa
• Crestie = Crested Gecko
• Crix = Crickets
• CT = Carrot-Tail
• CWD = Chinese Water Dragon

• DB = Dumeril's Boa
• DCF = Dwarf Clawed Frog
• Dendro = Poison Dart Frogs
• DH = Double Het
• DOA = Dead On Arrival
• DP = Diamond Python

• EB = Externally Ballasted
• EBT = Eastern Box Turtle
• EDB = Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
• EFBT = European Fire-Bellied Toad
• ESA = Endangered Species Act
• ETB = Emerald Tree Boa

• F = Female
• FBN = Fire-Bellied Newt
• FBT = Fire-Bellied Toad
• F/K = Fresh Killed
• Flouro - Floro = Flourescent
• F/T = Frozen/Thawed
• FTG = Fat-Tailed Gecko
• FW = Freshwater
• FWC = False Water Cobra

• G = Gallons
• Gab - Gabby = Gaboon Viper
• Garg = Gargoyle Gecko
• Garter = Garter Snake
• Gator = Alligator
• GDG = Giant Day Gecko
• Gex = Geckos
• GFBT = Giant Fire-Bellied Toad
• GMF = Giant Monkey Frog
• GTF = Green Tree Frog
• GTF = Grey Tree Frog
• GTP = Green Tree Python

• Herp = Herptile
• Het = Heterozygous
• HG = House Gecko
• HTCT = Hypo Tangerine Carrot-Tail
• Hygro = Hygrometer

• IBD = Inclusion Body Disease
• IEAKA = International Exotic Animal Keepers Association
• Ig = Iguana
• IJCP = Irian Jaya Carpet Python
• Invert = Invertebrate
• IR = Infrared (type of light wavelength)

• JCP = Jungle Carpet Python
• JFBN = Japanese Fire-Bellied Newt
• Juvie = Juvenile

• KC = King Cobra
• KD = Komodo Dragon
• KS = Kingsnake
• KSB = Kenyan Sand Boa

• L = Length
• Leachie = Leachianus Gecko
• Leo = Leopard Gecko
• Leucy = Leucistic
• LPS = Local Pet Store
• LTC = Long-Term Captive

• M = Male
• MBD = Metabolic Bone Disease
• MBK = Mexican Black Kingsnake
• Mealies = Mealworms
• Meds = Medication
• MHD = Mountain Horned Dragon
• MHG = Mediterranean House Gecko
• Min = Mineral
• MS = Milksnake
• MTS = Monkey-Tailed Skink
• MV = Mercury Vapor
• MVB = Mercury Vapor Bulb

• nm = nanometers
• NW = New World

• OBT = Ornate Box Turtle
• OFBT = Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad
• OP = Opaque
• OW = Old World

• P = Phosphorous
• Pink = Pinkie
• Ph = Phosphorus
• Phos = Phosphorus
• P/K = Pre-Killed
• PRB = Peruvian Rainbow Boa
• PTS = Prehensile-Tailed Skink

• RAPTOR = Ruby-eyed Albino Patternless Tremper ORange
• Rattler = Rattlesnake
• RELF = Red-Eyed Leaf Frog
• Rep = Reptile
• RES = Red-Eared Slider
• RETF = Red-Eyed Tree Frog
• Retic = Reticulated Python
• Rhac = Rhacodactylus
• RI = Respiratory Infection
• Roach = Cockroach
• RP = Reticulated Python
• RTB = Red-Tailed Boa
• RV = Rhinoceros Viper

• Sally = Salamander
• Saltie = Saltwater Crocodile
• Sav = Savannah Monitor
• Savy = Savannah Monitor
• SB = Self Ballasted
• SHTCTB = Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot-Tail Baldie
• Silkies = Silkworms
• Sling = Spiderling
• Snapper = Snapping Turtle
• sp. = species
• ssp. = subspecies
• STL = Snout to Tail Length
• Supers = Superworms
• SVL = Snout to Vent Length
• SW = Saltwater

• T = Tarantula
• Tort = Tortoise

• URI = Upper Respiratory Infection
• Uro = Uromastyx
• UTH = Under Tank Heater
• UV = Ultraviolet
• UVA = Ultraviolet light (A range: 320-400 nm)
• UVB = Ultraviolet light (B range: 290-320 nm)
• UVC = Ultraviolet light (C range: 100-290 nm)
• UVI = Ultraviolet Light Index

• V/E = Vitamin Enriched
• Vit = Vitamin
• Viv = Vivarium

• W = Width
• Waxies = Waxworms
• WC = Wild Caught
• WD = Water Dragon
• WDB = Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
• WMF = Waxy Monkey Frog
• WTF = White's Tree Frog

• X = Times or By (example: 4' X 5' reads as 4' by 5')

• YBS = Yellow-Bellied Slider
• YBT = Yellow-Bellied Toad