Herpetology

n. [Written also, but less properly, erpetology.] [Fr. herpétologie, erpétologie, from Gr. ἑρπετόν, a creeping thing, reptile, from ἕρπω, to creep, and λόγος, discourse.] The natural history or description of reptiles, including oviparous quadrupeds, as the crocodile, frog, and tortoise, and serpents.