Comments on: Quest 250 http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/quest-250/ Some random thoughts, gently stewed, served on a bed of love Tue, 25 May 2010 02:51:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Stewart http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/quest-250/comment-page-1/#comment-43787 Stewart Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:26:50 +0000 http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=568#comment-43787 Nice to see you're checking up on me! <i>Cryptoblepharus carnabyi</i> wasn't simply renamed, it was invalidated. So I had unchecked <i>C. carnabyi</i> from my list a while back. Thus, it wasn't contributing to my total of 250. Stewart Nice to see you’re checking up on me! Cryptoblepharus carnabyi wasn’t simply renamed, it was invalidated. So I had unchecked C. carnabyi from my list a while back. Thus, it wasn’t contributing to my total of 250.

Stewart

]]> By: Kerry Geddes http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/quest-250/comment-page-1/#comment-43785 Kerry Geddes Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:06:05 +0000 http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=568#comment-43785 Hi Stewart, I'm sitting in an empty lab with nothing constructive to do, so I thought I'd make my own construction by reading a few thoughts that had been slow-cooked with carrots, celery and onions. But 'tis with trepidation that I put finger to keyboard, and I may be wrong, but I see an apparent anomaly with your 'Quest 250' total count: If <em>Cryptoblepharus carnabyi</em> used to be counted in your list of repticks (identified as this species 'back in 2006', as you point out), but then it was renamed <em>C. pannosus</em>, it seems to me that the renaming has the effect of leaving your 2006 total count unchanged - still the same animal, but just called something different. Is your end-of-2009 total therefore 249 (I must say I'm aghast at the thought), or have I (very hopefully) missed something obvious and got this wrong? Kerry. Hi Stewart,

I’m sitting in an empty lab with nothing constructive to do, so I thought I’d make my own construction by reading a few thoughts that had been slow-cooked with carrots, celery and onions. But ’tis with trepidation that I put finger to keyboard, and I may be wrong, but I see an apparent anomaly with your ‘Quest 250′ total count:

If Cryptoblepharus carnabyi used to be counted in your list of repticks (identified as this species ‘back in 2006′, as you point out), but then it was renamed C. pannosus, it seems to me that the renaming has the effect of leaving your 2006 total count unchanged – still the same animal, but just called something different. Is your end-of-2009 total therefore 249 (I must say I’m aghast at the thought), or have I (very hopefully) missed something obvious and got this wrong?

Kerry.

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