Reptile acronyms and abbreviations

Here are a few abbreviations that may help people out as far as understanding some of the reptiles....
1.2.3 :-:The numbers represent the amount of each sex: the first number is Male, the second number is Female, and the third number is Unknown. In our example (1.2.3) it means 1 male, 2 females and 3 unknown. The last number is also sometimes used to indicate the number of hatchlings/newborns.
1.2 -:As above, but with the last number omitted.

A

ACF :-:African Clawed Frog
Ackie :-:Varanus Acanthuras (species of dwarf monitor)
AFT :-:African Fat Tailed Gecko
AHS- Advanced Heating System
AWH- Albino Western Hognose
Amel :-:Amelanistic
Anery :-:Anerythristic
Annie- Anaconda
APTOR :-:Albino Patternless Tremper Orange (Leopard Gecko morph)
ARP :-:African Rock Python
ASF - African Soft Furred Rat
ATB :-:Amazon Tree Boa
ATF :-:American Tree Frog
AWD :-:Australian Water Dragon

B

BCC :-:Boa constrictor constrictor, or red tail boa
BCI :-:Boa constrictor imperator, or common boa
BD :-:Bearded Dragon
BP :-:Ball Python
BRB :-:Brazilian Rainbow Boa
BTS :-:Blue Tongued Skink
Burm :-:Burmese Python

C

Ca :-:Calcium
CalKing - Californian King Snake
CB :-:Captive Bred. Often combined with the year of birth, eg CB08 means captive bred in 2008.
CC :-:Candy Cane (Cornsnake morph)
CCP :-:Coastal Carpet Python
CF :-:Captive Farmed. CF animals have been born in captivity from wild caught adults, or the eggs have been collected from the wild and hatched in captivity.
CGD :-:Crested gecko diet
CHE :-:Ceramic Heat Emitter
Chondro :-:Chondropython sp.
CITES :-:Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species
CL :-:Carapace length
CRB :-:Columbian Rainbow Boa
Crestie :-:Crested Gecko
CWD :-:Chinese Water Dragon

D
DTH and NTL- Day time high, and night time low
DOR - Dead On Road
DEFRA :-:Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK government department)
DH :-:Double het
DIE :-:Dead in egg
DOA :-:Dead on arrival
DWA :-:Dangerous Wild Animal - usually refers to a section of UK law requiring inspections and permits to keep venomous and other dangerous species

E
ELV- Eyelash viper
ETB :-:Emerald Tree Boa

F

F1, F2 etc :-:The 'F' stands for 'Filial' which means generation removed from the original parents. F1 is the first generation, and if two siblings are mated then they would be F2 and so on.
Farmed - WC Eggs Hatched Out. (Female was caught already Gravid)
FK :-:Freshly killed
FT :-:Frozen/Thawed
FBN :-:Fire Belly Newt
FBT :-:Fire Belly Toad
Fuzzie - Rat or Mouse just starting to grow hair
FWC :-:False Water Cobra

G

GAL :-:Giant African Landsnail
GD :-:Gold Dust (Cornsnake morph)
GG :-:German Giant (Leopard Gecko morph)
GPR :-:Great Plains Ratsnake
Gravid - Pregnant
GTF :-:Green Tree Frog
GTP :-:Green Tree Python

H
Hatchling - Baby Snake completely out of the egg
Het :-:Heterozygous
Herp :-:Informal word for reptiles and amphibians, taken from the word Herpetology which is the study of reptiles and amphibians.
Hoggie/hoggy- hognose snake
Homo :-:Homozygous
HTCT :-:Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail (Leopard Gecko morph)
Hypo :-:Hypomelanistic (usually)

I

IBD :-:Inclusion Body Disease
IJCP :-:Irian Jaya Carpet Python
Invert :-:Invertebrate

J

JCP :-:Jungle Carpet Python
Juvenile - Snake older than a year but not yet an Adult

K

KSB :-:Kenyan Sand Boa

L

Lav :-:Lavender (Cornsnake morph)
Leo :-:Leopard Gecko
LTC :-:Long Term Captive. A wild caught animal that has been in captivity for several years.
Lucy :-:Leucistic

M
Morios- Another name for 'giant' mealworms.
MBD :-:Metabolic Bone Disease
MBK :-:Mexican Black Kingsnake
MF-Mature female
MM- Mature male
Mot :-:Motley (Cornsnake morph)
MTS :-:Monkey Tailed Skink
Multis- Multimammate mice.
MVB :-:Mercury Vapour Bulb

N

O

P
Pippie - Baby Snake which has just cut through the egg shell
Pinkie - New Born Mouse or Rat
PMV :-:Paramyxovirus
PK :-:Pre killed
Ph :-:Phosphorus
PH :-:Possible het
PS :-:Pied Sided (Cornsnake morph)
Pokie- Poecilotheria sp. (arboreal tarantulas)
POTZ- Preferred Optimum temperature zone

Q

QT :-:Quarantine

R

RETF :-:Red Eye Tree Frog
RAPTOR :-:Ruby/Red eyed Albino Patternless Tremper ORange (Leopard Gecko morph)
RES :-:Red Eared Slider
Retic :-:Reticulated Python
RI :-:Respiratory Infection
RK :-:Road kill
RO :-:Reverse Okeetee (cornsnake morph)
RTB :-:Red-Tailed Boa
RUB :-:Really Useful Box (Brand of plastic tub common in the UK for keeping snakes in)

S

SHTCT :-:Super Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail (Leopard Gecko morph)
SK :-:Sunkissed (Cornsnake morph)
Sling- baby spider, short for 'spiderling.
SQG :-:Silver Queen Ghost (Cornsnake morph)
Sp. :-:Species
Spp. :-:Sub Species
STL :-:Snout to Tail Length
SVL :-:Snout to Vent Length

T

T- :-:Tyronase negative
T+ :-:Tyronase positive
TSD- Temperature dependent sex determination

U

Uro :-:Uromastyx sp.
UTH :-:Under Tank Heater
UV :-:Ultraviolet
UVA :-:Ultraviolet light (320-400nm)
UVB :-:Ultraviolet light (280-320nm)
UVC :-:Ultraviolet light (180-280nm)

V

VBB :-:Vietnamese Blue Beauty
Vits :-:Vitamins
Viv :-:Vivarium

W
WDB- western diamond back
WC :-:Wild Caught. This means the animal was taken from its natural habitat in the wild. WC reptiles have a reputation for being less healthy than CB, often carrying parasites and can be very hard to get feeding.
WD :-:Water Dragon
WTF :-:Whites Tree Frog

X

Y
Yearling - Year old baby snake

YBS :-:Yellow Belly Slider

Z