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what's a yearling?

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silly question i know but...

what's the age of a hatchling

and what's the age of a yearling

and what's it called after that?

:shrugs:
 
Yearlings are typically 1-2 years old. At least that's my definition. =P

After 3 years, they're adults.

I also seem to use the term when it comes to a certain size, not just age of the snake, to further confuse things. The tweener size between hatchling and adult.

Edit:

Hatchling:
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Yearlings:
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Adult: (Not the best shot, pic taken after 8 months MIA)
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My catagories are:
hatchling = from the egg to about 3-4 months
juvenile = 3-4 months to yearling
yearling = about 10-16 months (roughly)
sub adult = older than yearling but not breeding size
adult = breeding sized snake

Of course there are no right and wrong answers but this is how I split them and refer to them.
 
wow those are great photos are really show the difference in size... thanks.

so am i to understand that there isn't really any specific definition of these terms?

:shrugs:
 
no specifics...

I had an e-arguement with someone on a Swedish forum who was selling an 6 month old as a sub adult...yes, technically it is 'below' adult level so it is a sub-adult but I would have called a snake of that age (and all its 50g of body weight) a juvenile.

I posted an advert asking for adult and subadult corns and thought people would understand sub-adult to mean approaching adult size...we can't all be mind-readers!
 
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I rank them as pippling, hatchling, yearling, subadult, and adult.

Pippling - pipped the egg, but not quite hatched yet
Hatchling - from hatch until the next breeding season begins
Yearlings - year old (give or take) until the following breeding season
Sub-adult - older than a yearling, but not breeding size (some corns never get this title)
Adult/Breeding Adult - has reached breeding size

I'll use Juvenile for around the older hatchling stage through small sub-adult stage, but it's less specific in my vocabulary and kind of a catch-all for "not fresh hatched, not adult".

There aren't any set in stone definitions, but most people use some similar system.
 
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