Herpetology

thumb|Blue poison dart frog Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodilians, and tuataras). Birds, which are cladistically included within Reptilia, are traditionally excluded here; the separate scientific study of birds is the subject of ornithology.

thumb|right|Closeup of a Heloderma|helodermatid's skin, revealing the osteoderms thumb|Armadillo skeleton, with shell made of osteoderms (displayed at the Museum of Osteology) Osteoderms are bony deposits forming scales, plates, or other structures based in the dermis. Osteoderms are found in many groups of extant and extinct reptiles and amphibians, including lizards, crocodilians, frogs, temnospondyls (extinct amphibians), various groups of dinosaurs (most notably ankylosaurs and stegosaurians), phytosaurs, aetosaurs, placodonts, and hupehsuchians (marine reptiles with possible ichthyosaur a

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thumb|right|190px|A female Cyphotilapia frontosa mouthbrooding fry which can be seen looking out from her mouth Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a variety of different animals, such as Darwin's frog, fish are by far the most diverse mouthbrooders. Mouthbrooding has evolved independently in several different families of fish.

database that provides information of all living reptile species

type of environmental sex determination in which the temperatures experienced during embryonic/larval development determine the sex of the offspring

AmphibiaWeb is an American non-profit website that provides information about amphibians. It is run by a group of universities working with the California Academy of Sciences: San Francisco State University, the University of California at Berkeley, University of Florida at Gainesville, and University of Texas at Austin.

Morphometric measurement used in herpetology

origin and diversification of reptiles through geologic time

thumb|right|Spectacled caimans (Caiman crocodilus) at the Herpetarium in [[Saint Louis Zoological Park.]]

Indian conservation organisation