What does this statement mean?

It doesn’t mean that the snakes were created. It means that the grouping (this one is a family) was created, presumably because these specific species of snakes share common traits that others in that order don’t. The family was created by humans, not a deity.

The article doesn’t say anything about humans creating the family, though.

No, they simply expect you to be able to read it correctly.

No need to get sarcastic, @dappled_leaves.

If a family is “created” by humans, it is for a reason, and that reason us usually listed. See Domestic cattle for example.

PS. I don’t believe in God, so whatever you were thinking, you read it wrong.

I think you want a reason to laugh at the person who wrote the Wikipedia page (oh look, a creationist!). I don’t think you believe that snakes were created by god.

I haven’t read enough pages on Wikipedia to say whether its authors “usually list” the reason for a particular wording about taxonomy. There is no convention for the way taxonomists or systematists describe creating new taxa. By all means, change it if you think it is wrong.

You’re not reading it correctly again. I’m not looking to laugh at any one. It didn’t even occur to me to assume the person writing it was a creationist.

It was a curious way to put it, and I wondered if anyone could explain why it was phrased that way.

I didn’t say it was right or wrong, just curious.

You sure see a lot of negativity where there is none and you consistently don’t read things correctly.

Now now girls. Rather than a cat fight over serpents, how about a soulful blues rendition?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfraFOEJOaA

@Dutchess_III “If a family is “created” by humans, it is for a reason, and that reason us usually listed. See Domestic cattle for example.”

I just re-read this – are you interpreting what I said as “humans genetically engineered this family of snakes”? That is not what I said. I said that the grouping (i.e., the category) was created by humans. Humans decided to name this group of snakes as a separate family, Xenopeltidae.

@Dappled Leaves— Just stop, will you? The wording was odd. That’s ALL I’m saying. So quit. Please.

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Okey dokey.