Those particular words are Greek.

However, some scietific terms ARE Latin, some are hybridized Greek and Latin, and some words are from other languages, and Latinized. The latter is especially true of scientific names which may contain the name for a species in some Native Language which is then Latinized (or not) or the name of a person for whom a species is named which is then Latinized.

E.g. Lampropeltis getulus brooksi - the Genus is Greek, the species latin and the subspecies Latinized English.

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