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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).
Patrick Russell (6 February 1726, [1] Edinburgh – 2 July 1805, London) [2] was a Scottish surgeon and naturalist who worked in India. He studied the snakes of India and is considered the "Father of Indian Ophiology". Russell's viper, Daboia russelii, is named after him. [3]
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 ...
In 1937, he became the editor of the herpetology and ichthyology journal Copeia, a post he occupied until 1949. In 1938, he served in the U.S. Army . He became the chief curator of zoology at the Field Museum in 1941, where he remained until his retirement in 1955.
The journal was named after Edward Drinker Cope, a renowned 19th century herpetologist, naturalist, and paleontologist, who identified thousands of vertebrate species.In 2020, members of the Society raised the issue that the name of the journal be changed because Cope, a staunch Lamarckian, flaunted his views on race and women, which were undeniably offensive even during his Civil War-era ...
Slowinski was a founder of the first online herpetological journal, Contemporary Herpetology, and served as its editor-in-chief. He was also the curator for the Department of Herpetology for the California Academy of Sciences. His primary area of research was venomous snakes, having written some 40 peer-reviewed articles and one book.
The journal was established in 2006, with the first issue appearing in September. [1] In 2012 it was included in the Journal Citation Reports. [2] In September 2014, the journal became an incorporated nonprofit corporation. [3] The editor-in-chief is R. Bruce Bury (US Geological Survey).
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.