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08-May-08, 08:13 PM
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how does one study to be a herpetologist? are there sub catagories of specialisation in this profession? im just asking out of general interest as i have no idea on the matter |
08-May-08, 08:17 PM
|  | Regular Member | | | | | being a herpetologist is my dream
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08-May-08, 08:24 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Darwin, NT Age/Gender: 24 | | | | it would certainly be a rewarding experience |
08-May-08, 08:27 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: newcastle Age/Gender: 15 | | | | i think you have to do zoology and biology but if some one knows please correct me
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08-May-08, 08:49 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: north coast NSW Age/Gender: 24  | | | | to become a true "herpetologist" would require a zoology degree with honours followed by postgrad work such as masters, PhD imo
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08-May-08, 08:50 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Brisbane QLD Gender: | | | | to be a herpetologist you need to do a zoology course at uni, and then branch of into herpetoligy. as i have been told. |
08-May-08, 08:54 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Darwin, NT Age/Gender: 24 | | | | how many years of dedicated study would it take to become a "true herp" |
08-May-08, 08:57 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: north coast NSW Age/Gender: 24 | | | well 3 year undergrad, 1 year honours, 3yr PhD - thats all minimum time period, it can take longer 
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08-May-08, 09:01 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Darwin, NT Age/Gender: 24 | | | | wow thats close to a decade of study.
is the profession broken into seperate fields, eg snakes lizards etc or is a herp full bottle on it all? |
08-May-08, 09:06 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: north coast NSW Age/Gender: 24 | | | | when you do honours and PhDs you do a research project. This is on a topic you & your supervisor decide on, so you can choose snakes, lizards etc. Most people focus on particular genera or species
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08-May-08, 09:09 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Darwin, NT Age/Gender: 24 | | | | once you become a herp, what type of employment oppertunities are there? |
08-May-08, 09:10 PM
| | Regular Member | | | | | is their much hands on
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08-May-08, 09:20 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: north coast NSW Age/Gender: 24 | | | To tell you the truth, it is quite hard to find a job in the zoological field (let alone something as specific as herpetology) as there aren't many positions and lots of competition for them.
Most herpetologists work in research, which is pretty practical when you are conducting your experiment/research but there is also a lot of writing as you need to write up your findings as a scientific report and try to get it published in a peer reviewed journal etc. You also need to do lots of statistics to back up your findings.
(by the way, I'm not trying to talk you out of it - but you do need to be extremely dedicated and it is a long haul with no absolute guarantee of a cool job at the end - I'm all for informed choices )
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08-May-08, 09:24 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Darwin, NT Age/Gender: 24 | | | | are these research projects a paid activity or do most herps rely on another job or snake breeding as a source of income? |
08-May-08, 09:28 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: north coast NSW Age/Gender: 24 | | | | You're not paid at uni but you can apply for scholarships to help fund your projects there.
If you are working in research then you get paid but you still mostly rely on grants etc to fund your work.
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