Daicus M. Belabut - University Malaya's Herpetologist

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What is Herpetology?

Here is the definition of Herpetology

her·pe·tol·o·gy (hûrp-tl-j)

NOUN:The branch of zoology that deals with reptiles and amphibians.

ETYMOLOGY: Greek herpeton, reptile (from herpein, to creep) + -logy

OTHER FORMS:

herpe·to·logic (-t-ljk) or herpe·to·logi·cal (Adjective),
herpe·to·logi·cal·ly (Adverb), herpe·tolo·gist (Noun)

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== What is an Amphibian?
== Amphibians are divided in three groups or orders viz.
(i) Anurans (frogs and toads);
(ii) Gymnophionans (caecilians);
(iii) Urodeles (newts and salamanders)
# no urodeleans in Malaysia (Berry, 1975).

== What is a Reptile?
== Reptiles are divided into four orders/groups viz.
(i) Testudines (turtles and tortoises);
(ii) Squamata (scaled reptiles - snakes and lizards);
(iii) Crocodylia (crocodiles, aligators and gharials);
(iv) Rhynchocephalia (tuataras)

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