General Question

Perhaps this should be in another discussion form, but it is a general question about lizards. Is there a specific name the study of lizards only?

not that im aware of..... herpetology is the only one i know about.

Yup, herpetology. From Wiki:

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and gymnophiona) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuataras). Batrachology is a further subdiscipline of herpetology concerned with the study of amphibians alone.

got my life science lesson in for the day. Thanks!!

Thanks all.

.... to much info for my small aint had my coffee been up for 1 day and a half brain...

One more question, why are tuataras considered part of herpetology (the study of reptiles and amphibians)?

While not Lizards, according to Wikipedia tuataras are part of Order Reptilia so are considered reptiles and would be included in herpetology.

Really neat! I've never heard of them before.

Yea, they seem fascinating. I would love to have one or two of these "dinosaurs" but I think it's impossible unless your a zoo and really big one at that.

Sorry everyone, I thought Focal X said tarantulas, a mere misunderstanding, read it too fast, but thank you everyone.

No problem, it got me reading about tuatara and I learned a lot of things I didn't know so Thank You

Jabberwocky Dragons wrote:

No problem, it got me reading about tuatara and I learned a lot of things I didn't know so Thank You

Agreed!!