> But then, what if you go to the International Convention of Island Lizard
> Researchers and talk with a bunch of your fellow lizard-counters (help me
> out here, Eva, what's the name for someone who studies lizards?) and
"Herpetologist". Actually, that's someone who studies reptiles.
Etymologicially, it's "studier of creeping things". "Herpes" is a related
word, for a different creeping thing, and "serpent" is directly related as
well.
--Eva