Home › Words › H › herpetologistherpetologistherpetologist means one who studies reptiles and amphibians; a reptile and amphibian specialist.EtymologyFrom herpeto- (From Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “creeping animal, reptile, especially a snake”)) + -logist.nounOne who studies reptiles and amphibians; a reptile and amphibian specialist.e.g.“Already, Griffith has observed several amphibian extinctions. Pretty much every herpetologist working out in the field has watched several.” — 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 1, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).