Herpetology B/C

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Herpetology B/C: Participants will be assessed on their knowledge of amphibians and reptiles.

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Herpetology Test Exchange 2018

Past Threads: 2009, 2018

Past Question Marathons: 2018

[SnakesRCute]

I was wondering about the new 2 inch or less binder rule. Is the measurement defined as the width of the spine or the diameter of the rings? Because I always thought it was width of the spine but apparently its actually the diameter of the rings.

[nicholasmaurer]

I was wondering about the new 2 inch or less binder rule. Is the measurement defined as the width of the spine or the diameter of the rings? Because I always thought it was width of the spine but apparently its actually the diameter of the rings.

Based upon the wording, I would assume that binders sold at OfficeMax, Amazon, etc. as "2 inch binders" would be appropriate.

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[dvegadvol]

I think reducing binder size is a good thing. Last year, there were many 6 inch binders at competition!

How are you setting up your binder given this change?

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I think reducing binder size is a good thing. Last year, there were many 6 inch binders at competition!

How are you setting up your binder given this change?

Our binder looks the same haha. I don't know how people manage big binders. They're ridiculous to maneuver to me.

[Things2do]

I think reducing binder size is a good thing. Last year, there were many 6 inch binders at competition!

How are you setting up your binder given this change?

Our binder looks the same haha. I don't know how people manage big binders. They're ridiculous to maneuver to me.

It just takes practice. We had 5 inches of stuff in a 6 inch binder for Crave The Wave, and we could find almost anything in it in about 10 seconds. We had to have the extra room to maneuver the papers, and it was a bit bulky, but it came in handy. It also requires the right kinda rings, or it won't allow the pages to move.

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I think reducing binder size is a good thing. Last year, there were many 6 inch binders at competition!

How are you setting up your binder given this change?

Our binder looks the same haha. I don't know how people manage big binders. They're ridiculous to maneuver to me.

It just takes practice. We had 5 inches of stuff in a 6 inch binder for Crave The Wave, and we could find almost anything in it in about 10 seconds. We had to have the extra room to maneuver the papers, and it was a bit bulky, but it came in handy. It also requires the right kinda rings, or it won't allow the pages to move.

Well now I'm curious what you had in 5 inches of paper for Crave the Wave...

[Things2do]

Our binder looks the same haha. I don't know how people manage big binders. They're ridiculous to maneuver to me.

It just takes practice. We had 5 inches of stuff in a 6 inch binder for Crave The Wave, and we could find almost anything in it in about 10 seconds. We had to have the extra room to maneuver the papers, and it was a bit bulky, but it came in handy. It also requires the right kinda rings, or it won't allow the pages to move.

Well now I'm curious what you had in 5 inches of paper for Crave the Wave...

A LOT... I would give specifics, but it disappeared two years ago, and I only have the inch I had copied. It was color scans of textbook pages and the rules and enough other stuff to teach a year's high school physics... And, it all pertained in some way or another...

[M017]

I managed only a 1 1/2 inch binder last year and I didn’t even fill it all the way, that’s crazy how some people had 6 inch binders

[Benewcomb]

Yeah we had a either 1or 2 inch I don’t remember. It doesn’t make much of a difference 6 inch or 2 inch, unless you have too much info. Then you resort to tiny font and page by page color coding.

[ScottMaurer19]

Yeah we had a either 1or 2 inch I don’t remember. It doesn’t make much of a difference 6 inch or 2 inch, unless you have too much info. Then you resort to tiny font and page by page color coding.

I've had a 5" binder for Rocks, Fossils, and Herpetology so it does make a bit of a difference cutting that much size off IMO

[platypusomelette]

So the only changes are:
Removed typhlopidae / brahminy blind snake
Added anaxyrus under bufonidae
Added "ornate chorus frog & spring peeper" to pseudacris common names
Added lithobates under ranidae
Added gastrophyrne under microhylidae?

[emxl]

I've had a 5" binder for Rocks, Fossils, and Herpetology so it does make a bit of a difference cutting that much size off IMO

I've always found it harder to find information in bigger binders, so what's your opinion on this? How was the five inch binder organized?

[ScottMaurer19]

I've had a 5" binder for Rocks, Fossils, and Herpetology so it does make a bit of a difference cutting that much size off IMO

I've always found it harder to find information in bigger binders, so what's your opinion on this? How was the five inch binder organized?

I always have the list/some form of the list in the front, then general info and charts, then the specimen pages themselves (all in sheet protectors so I could take them out of the binder easily at competition)

[Unome]

I've had a 5" binder for Rocks, Fossils, and Herpetology so it does make a bit of a difference cutting that much size off IMO

I've always found it harder to find information in bigger binders, so what's your opinion on this? How was the five inch binder organized?

I always have the list/some form of the list in the front, then general info and charts, then the specimen pages themselves (all in sheet protectors so I could take them out of the binder easily at competition)

This seems to be the common pattern, but how do you have time to take out the sheets during competition?!