Definition of herpetology in English:

herpetology

noun ˌhəːpɪˈtɒlədʒiˌhərpəˈtɑlədʒi

mass noun

The branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Big Alligator River’ is a disjointed, plodding, tacky foray into pop herpetology.
- For me, this is the most stunning discovery in the field of herpetology during my lifetime. It's so utterly unexpected, so completely unexpected.
- But it's not the large size of boas that interests Auburn University herpetology graduate student Scott Boback.
- In this example, the bibliographic file Florida Environments Online and the herpetology specimen database from the Florida Museum of Natural History were selected.
- Big-eyed amphibians peer out from nearly every page of this collaborative effort by the curator of herpetology at the Bronx Zoo and the editor-in-chief of Wildlife Conservation magazine.
- According to the Wildlife Warden, V. Ganesan, the study of amphibians and reptiles, known as herpetology, had begun to attract the attention of biologists in the recent times.
- The newsletter gives current developments in the world of herpetology in perspective, including the activity inside and outside the Crocodile Bank, says the Director of the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Harry Andrews.
- Sam Lee, assistant supervisor in the Bronx Zoo's department of herpetology, concurs, again based on personal experience.
- But Cuba's connections led elsewhere - to the Soviet Bloc - not fertile ground for tropical herpetology.
- ‘Communication is also partly the function of coloration,’ Christopher Raxworthy, associate curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, wrote in an e-mail interview.
- The coverage of research is extensive enough that it should be useful to researchers, but the book is written for a more general audience making it suitable as a supplementary text for a general zoology or herpetology course.
- ‘It is an interesting approach to ensure survival,’ said Darrel Frost, curator in the department of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
- Curator of herpetology Andrew Gray said: ‘Our work here is essentially about ensuring we still have these species in the future.’
- I don't know what else it would be used for, but in herpetology it is used for incubating reptile eggs.
- Breck continued research in herpetology, studying the natural history of Manitoba toads and spiny soft-shelled turtles.

Derivatives

herpetological

adjectiveˌhəːpɪtəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l

Dr. Raxworthy has nearly 20 years of experience conducting herpetological fieldwork in Madagascar, which includes a wide range of habitats and an exceptional diversity of species, many of which are found nowhere else.
Example sentencesExamples
- For some time, the herpetological community has been aware of island boas such as Hog Island boas, Corn Island boas, and Crawl Caye boas.
- They are deposited in the herpetological collection of Laboratorio de Anfibios e Repteis, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Now, as an associate curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, he has an entire three-story building full of herpetological specimens at his disposal.
- He published his first herpetological article (on a marsupial frog in his own collection) at age fourteen.

herpetologist

nounˌhəːpɪˈtɒlədʒɪstˌhərpəˈtɑlədʒəst

H. Robert Bustard is a Scottish herpetologist with a special interest in crocodilians and chelonians.
Example sentencesExamples
- Walter Auffenberg, a herpetologist formerly at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, demonstrated that Komodo monitors can detect carrion from nearly seven miles away.
- By profession I am a herpetologist, a biologist specializing in reptiles and amphibians.
- He was primarily a herpetologist and mammalogist and he described many genera and species that are still used today.
- Some herpetologists thought those results suggested the likelihood of interbreeding among local populations of the same species.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek herpeton 'reptile' (from herpein 'to creep') + -logy.

Definition of herpetology in US English:

herpetology

nounˌhərpəˈtäləjēˌhərpəˈtɑlədʒi

The branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians.
Example sentencesExamples
- According to the Wildlife Warden, V. Ganesan, the study of amphibians and reptiles, known as herpetology, had begun to attract the attention of biologists in the recent times.
- ‘Big Alligator River’ is a disjointed, plodding, tacky foray into pop herpetology.
- Sam Lee, assistant supervisor in the Bronx Zoo's department of herpetology, concurs, again based on personal experience.
- But it's not the large size of boas that interests Auburn University herpetology graduate student Scott Boback.
- ‘It is an interesting approach to ensure survival,’ said Darrel Frost, curator in the department of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
- The coverage of research is extensive enough that it should be useful to researchers, but the book is written for a more general audience making it suitable as a supplementary text for a general zoology or herpetology course.
- But Cuba's connections led elsewhere - to the Soviet Bloc - not fertile ground for tropical herpetology.
- I don't know what else it would be used for, but in herpetology it is used for incubating reptile eggs.
- Curator of herpetology Andrew Gray said: ‘Our work here is essentially about ensuring we still have these species in the future.’
- In this example, the bibliographic file Florida Environments Online and the herpetology specimen database from the Florida Museum of Natural History were selected.
- Breck continued research in herpetology, studying the natural history of Manitoba toads and spiny soft-shelled turtles.
- Big-eyed amphibians peer out from nearly every page of this collaborative effort by the curator of herpetology at the Bronx Zoo and the editor-in-chief of Wildlife Conservation magazine.
- ‘Communication is also partly the function of coloration,’ Christopher Raxworthy, associate curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, wrote in an e-mail interview.
- The newsletter gives current developments in the world of herpetology in perspective, including the activity inside and outside the Crocodile Bank, says the Director of the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Harry Andrews.
- For me, this is the most stunning discovery in the field of herpetology during my lifetime. It's so utterly unexpected, so completely unexpected.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek herpeton ‘reptile’ (from herpein ‘to creep’) + -logy.

单词	herpetology
释义	Definition of herpetology in English: herpetology noun ˌhəːpɪˈtɒlədʒiˌhərpəˈtɑlədʒi mass noun The branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians. Example sentencesExamples ‘Big Alligator River’ is a disjointed, plodding, tacky foray into pop herpetology. For me, this is the most stunning discovery in the field of herpetology during my lifetime. It's so utterly unexpected, so completely unexpected. But it's not the large size of boas that interests Auburn University herpetology graduate student Scott Boback. In this example, the bibliographic file Florida Environments Online and the herpetology specimen database from the Florida Museum of Natural History were selected. Big-eyed amphibians peer out from nearly every page of this collaborative effort by the curator of herpetology at the Bronx Zoo and the editor-in-chief of Wildlife Conservation magazine. According to the Wildlife Warden, V. Ganesan, the study of amphibians and reptiles, known as herpetology, had begun to attract the attention of biologists in the recent times. The newsletter gives current developments in the world of herpetology in perspective, including the activity inside and outside the Crocodile Bank, says the Director of the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Harry Andrews. Sam Lee, assistant supervisor in the Bronx Zoo's department of herpetology, concurs, again based on personal experience. But Cuba's connections led elsewhere - to the Soviet Bloc - not fertile ground for tropical herpetology. ‘Communication is also partly the function of coloration,’ Christopher Raxworthy, associate curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, wrote in an e-mail interview. The coverage of research is extensive enough that it should be useful to researchers, but the book is written for a more general audience making it suitable as a supplementary text for a general zoology or herpetology course. ‘It is an interesting approach to ensure survival,’ said Darrel Frost, curator in the department of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Curator of herpetology Andrew Gray said: ‘Our work here is essentially about ensuring we still have these species in the future.’ I don't know what else it would be used for, but in herpetology it is used for incubating reptile eggs. Breck continued research in herpetology, studying the natural history of Manitoba toads and spiny soft-shelled turtles. Derivatives herpetological adjectiveˌhəːpɪtəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l Dr. Raxworthy has nearly 20 years of experience conducting herpetological fieldwork in Madagascar, which includes a wide range of habitats and an exceptional diversity of species, many of which are found nowhere else. Example sentencesExamples For some time, the herpetological community has been aware of island boas such as Hog Island boas, Corn Island boas, and Crawl Caye boas. They are deposited in the herpetological collection of Laboratorio de Anfibios e Repteis, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Now, as an associate curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, he has an entire three-story building full of herpetological specimens at his disposal. He published his first herpetological article (on a marsupial frog in his own collection) at age fourteen. herpetologist nounˌhəːpɪˈtɒlədʒɪstˌhərpəˈtɑlədʒəst H. Robert Bustard is a Scottish herpetologist with a special interest in crocodilians and chelonians. Example sentencesExamples Walter Auffenberg, a herpetologist formerly at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, demonstrated that Komodo monitors can detect carrion from nearly seven miles away. By profession I am a herpetologist, a biologist specializing in reptiles and amphibians. He was primarily a herpetologist and mammalogist and he described many genera and species that are still used today. Some herpetologists thought those results suggested the likelihood of interbreeding among local populations of the same species. Origin Early 19th century: from Greek herpeton 'reptile' (from herpein 'to creep') + -logy. Definition of herpetology in US English: herpetology nounˌhərpəˈtäləjēˌhərpəˈtɑlədʒi The branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians. Example sentencesExamples According to the Wildlife Warden, V. Ganesan, the study of amphibians and reptiles, known as herpetology, had begun to attract the attention of biologists in the recent times. ‘Big Alligator River’ is a disjointed, plodding, tacky foray into pop herpetology. Sam Lee, assistant supervisor in the Bronx Zoo's department of herpetology, concurs, again based on personal experience. But it's not the large size of boas that interests Auburn University herpetology graduate student Scott Boback. ‘It is an interesting approach to ensure survival,’ said Darrel Frost, curator in the department of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The coverage of research is extensive enough that it should be useful to researchers, but the book is written for a more general audience making it suitable as a supplementary text for a general zoology or herpetology course. But Cuba's connections led elsewhere - to the Soviet Bloc - not fertile ground for tropical herpetology. I don't know what else it would be used for, but in herpetology it is used for incubating reptile eggs. Curator of herpetology Andrew Gray said: ‘Our work here is essentially about ensuring we still have these species in the future.’ In this example, the bibliographic file Florida Environments Online and the herpetology specimen database from the Florida Museum of Natural History were selected. Breck continued research in herpetology, studying the natural history of Manitoba toads and spiny soft-shelled turtles. Big-eyed amphibians peer out from nearly every page of this collaborative effort by the curator of herpetology at the Bronx Zoo and the editor-in-chief of Wildlife Conservation magazine. ‘Communication is also partly the function of coloration,’ Christopher Raxworthy, associate curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, wrote in an e-mail interview. The newsletter gives current developments in the world of herpetology in perspective, including the activity inside and outside the Crocodile Bank, says the Director of the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Harry Andrews. For me, this is the most stunning discovery in the field of herpetology during my lifetime. It's so utterly unexpected, so completely unexpected. Origin Early 19th century: from Greek herpeton ‘reptile’ (from herpein ‘to creep’) + -logy.
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