How to Use herpetology in a Sentence

herpetology

noun
  • For the herpetology team, taking good care of the animals is the goal.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2024
  • They are currently being raised behind the scenes in the zoo's herpetology department, said the zoo.
    — Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
  • An Arizona resident spoke about her work at a herpetology center.
    — Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Vonk specializes in herpetology, and will list the top 50 most iconic and venomous snakes for Clevers and his team to track down and foster into organoids.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Ryan Dumas, the head keeper of herpetology and fish at the Cincinnati Zoo, said in the release that the zoo was happy to provide a home for the lizards.
    — Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Camping and herpetology in the Shawnee National Forest, also this spring.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Challenge your snake and herpetology knowledge with my fun Reptile & Amphibian IQ Test.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Building communities around herpetology research will help citizen science projects reach their full potential in herp conservation.
    — Caren Cooper, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2015
  • Amphibians and reptiles, commonly called herps (as in herpetology, based on the Greek root herpet which means creeping), includes animals that hop and slither too, like frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, snakes, lizards, and turtles, to name a few.
    — Caren Cooper, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2015
  • Glaudas, a herpetology postdoctoral student at South Africa's University of the Witwatersrand, knew this was unusual—no land snake is known to use such a technique to lure prey.
    — Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2017
  • Genetic divergence thresholds are commonly used in herpetology and broader taxonomy to evaluate whether a population represents a distinct species or merely a variant within an existing one.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Easily identifiable by large dark diamonds with brown centers and cream borders down its back and its distinct tail rattle, the rattlesnake is found throughout every county in Florida, according to the Florida Museum's herpetology page.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Still, snakes may emerge during a winter warm spell to bask in the sun, said Greg Pauly, curator of herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • According to the Audubon Zoo, the facility's reptile building is closed to visitors for renovation, but its herpetology department is currently caring for a breeding colony of 21 adult pine snakes, which produce offspring each year that are released into the wild.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • Matthew Fujita, a UTA biology professor and the center’s curator of herpetology, uses the collection to study parthenogenesis, a wacky way that certain female whiptail lizards reproduce by cloning themselves.
    — Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Coca growers use pesticides and fertilizers that are poisoning local waterways, according to Steffen Reichle, a Bolivian ecologist and leader of the herpetology team on the expedition.
    — Eric Niiler, Wired, 14 Dec. 2020
  • These included collection managers across disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, botany, geology, ichthyology, entomology, herpetology and paleontology.
    — Bradley Wade Bishop, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025

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