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Roger Conant (May 6, 1909 – December 19, 2003) was an American herpetologist, author, educator and conservationist.He was Director Emeritus of the Philadelphia Zoo and adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico.
Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodilians, and tuataras).
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) is an international learned society devoted to the scientific studies of ichthyology (study of fish) and herpetology (study of reptiles and amphibians). The primary emphases of the society are to increase knowledge about these organisms, to communicate that knowledge through ...
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The British Herpetological Society (BHS) is an international herpetological society based in the United Kingdom.The BHS is a non-profit organization with goals to support the conservation, education and captive care of reptiles and amphibians.
[1] His work focuses on a wide range of topics, but he is best known for his studies of convergent evolution and adaptive radiation , and for experimental studies of evolution in nature. [ 2 ] Most of his empirical work has involved the evolutionary radiation of lizards in the genus Anolis which occur in Central and South America and on islands ...
He provided the first comprehensive illustrated account of North American amphibians and reptiles in the two editions of his North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States. The first edition in four volumes (1836–1840) is very rare because Holbrook attempted to destroy all copies in a bonfire in his ...
Herpetology Richard Carl "Dick" Vogt (August 06, 1949 – January 17, 2021) was an American herpetologist based in Brazil. He was the director of the Centro de Estudos de Quelônios da Amazônia (Center for the Study of Amazonian Turtles) at the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA).