herpetologist

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “creeping animal, reptile, especially a snake”) +‎ -ologist.

Noun

herpetologist (plural herpetologists)

1. One who studies reptiles and amphibians; a reptile and amphibian specialist.
   • 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 1, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:

     Already, Griffith has observed several amphibian extinctions. Pretty much every herpetologist working out in the field has watched several.

Related terms

• herp
• herper
• herpetology

Translations

one who studies reptiles, a reptile specialist

• Asturian: herpetólogu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爬蟲學家／爬虫学家 (páchóngxuéjiā)

• Czech: herpetolog (cs) m
• French: herpétologiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: herpetólogo m
• German: Herpetologe (de) m, Herpetologin (de) f
• Hungarian: herpetológus (hu)
• Italian: erpetologo m
• Japanese: 爬虫類学者 (ja) (hachūrui-gakusha), 爬虫両性類学者 (hachūryōseirui-gakusha)
• Korean: 파충류학자 (pachungnyuhakja), 양서파충류학자 (yangseopachungnyuhakja)
• Polish: herpetolog (pl) m or f
• Portuguese: herpetólogo m
• Romanian: erpetolog (ro) m, erpetologă (ro) f
• Russian: герпето́лог (ru) m (gerpetólog)
• Slovak: herpetológ m
• Spanish: herpetólogo (es) m