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Once and for all, since I have dealt with so many variations...

col-OO-brid,

or

COL-uh-brid

thanks,
nate.

thats a good one. i say col-uh-brid. but i know alot of people say col-OO-brid.

Col-uh-brid just rolls off the tongue better, but then again, Latin's (or whatever it is) not really known for that, so maybe it's wrong? hehe

Kevin

np..

For me, I say: co-lu-brid.

LOL

Kerby...

The issue is where the emphasis falls. I figure if collusion is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable, colubrid should be as well.
I don't believe there are right and wrong ways to pronounce it if people understand you.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

coal-uuu-bread

Ko-lew-brid

lol, this is fun

I say Col-Oo-BrId

The Col-uh-brid pronunciation never occured and sounds British anyway.

The dictionary states it should be pronounced like call-ya-brid.

I've never heard a herpetologist pronounce it any other way, and it agrees with the usual rules for the english pronunciation of scientific latin:

http://www.saltspring.com/capewest/pron.htm#current

ie "u" is long, and "br" is treated as a single consonant, putting the stress on the next-to-last syllable.

It's koo-ba-lee-bruh, if you please! DOH!
Todd Hughes