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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).
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).
A vivarium housing poison dart frogs . Herpetoculture is the keeping of live reptiles and amphibians in captivity, whether as a hobby or as a commercial breeding operation. "Herps" is an informal term for both reptiles and amphibians, shortened from the scientific umbrella term “herptiles”. [1]
E Karl Eichwald Martin Eisentraut [de] Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz Alberto R. Estrada [fr] Susan E. Evans Eduard Friedrich Eversmann Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux F Soumia Fahd Julián Faivovich [fr] Albert-Auguste Fauvel Fei Liang Géza Fejérváry (naturalist) [fr] Harold S. Ferguson (1851–1921) William Ferguson (1820–1887) Adam Finell (herpetologist) (2004-) Frank Finn Johann ...
Common Garter Snake. Herping is the act of searching for amphibians or reptiles. [1] [2] The term, often used by professional and amateur herpetologists, comes from the word "herp", which comes from the same Greek root as herpetology, herpet-, meaning "creeping".
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The study of the traditional reptile orders, customarily in combination with the study of modern amphibians, is called herpetology. Reptiles have been subject to several conflicting taxonomic definitions. In Linnaean taxonomy, reptiles are gathered together under the class Reptilia (/ r ɛ p ˈ t ɪ l i ə / rep-TIL-ee-ə), which corresponds to ...
In September 2002 O'Shea received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Wolverhampton, for "services to herpetology". In September 2018 O'Shea was appointed Professor of Herpetology at the University of Wolverhampton. O'Shea is a patron of the National Association for Bikers with a Disability. [2] and the Small Woods ...