How to Use herpetology in a Sentence

herpetology

noun

• In the field of herpetology, that's not always a given.
  — Ellen Airhart, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2018
• 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
• 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
• Camping and herpetology in the Shawnee National Forest, also this spring.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2020
• An Arizona resident spoke about her work at a herpetology center.
  — Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024