Things with strange, amusing, poetic, and/or fun-to-say names.
I try to keep this updated, but occasionally things will stop making sense as people remove/edit the common names or taxonomic changes occur.
Also see: https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/4370770-The-Moths
https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/277559-Rad-Clams
https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/245849-Fun-Cicada-Names
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disembodied ghost vagina apparently, according to the scientific name
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Mini ature doesn't have a default photo yet. Add One Now
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Mini mum doesn't have a default photo yet. Add One Now
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Salty Rocket Frog (Aromobates saltuensis) doesn't have a default photo yet. Add One Now
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alternate Poe verse?: "oh the piping and the peeping of the frogs, frogs, frogs, frogs"
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both Pobblebonk & Banjo Frog are fine names. they really do sound like a banjo being plunked!
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A.k.a. "Ta-ta Lizard," since they'll wave a front leg at you before running away.
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Lightbulb Lizard (Oreosaurus luctuosus) doesn't have a default photo yet. Add One Now
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Problem Ground Snake (Arcanumophis problematicus) doesn't have a default photo yet. Add One Now
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"Confused Coral Snake" alternate common name
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I didn't understand the weird specific epithet until I found a photo of the whole bird and noticed that the undertail coverts are bright red.
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Why does this poor bird deserve that subspecies name?
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For alternate common name "Woodcock Pilot," from the old myth that these migrate by riding on the backs of woodcocks!