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- Batrachology
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Batrachology, from Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos), meaning "frog", and λόγος (lógos), meaning "study", is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. It is a sub-discipline of herpetology, which also includes non-avian reptiles (snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodilians, and the tuatara). Batrachologists may study the evolution, ecology, ethology, or anatomy of amphibians.
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