Template:Did you know nominations/Ringed brown snake


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:51, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Ringed brown snake

 * ... that the species name of ringed brown snake (pictured) means "well-behaved" and has been linked to its reluctance to bite people? "the snake...is not inclined to bite, hence the name modesta meaning "well-behaved" (offline source)
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shoeburyness Boom

5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Self-nominated at 14:24, 28 October 2017 (UTC).


 * NOTE: I'm still new at DYK reviewing so please take this with a that caveat. Article was 5x expanded on 28 October, so recent enough. Readable prose size is 1570 characters so long enough. Hook is neutral and I'll take it on good faith that the snake doesn't bit people often as I don't have access to the text of the book, but I do know that modesta means "well-behaved". No obvious copyright violations. QPQ also done. Image is appropriately licensed, thought the binominal name should be italicized (I added that in). Symbol voting keep.svg Umimmak (talk) 08:17, 31 October 2017 (UTC)