Michal Szkudlarek wrote:The more developed country is the more herpetologists it has. Do you agree with this hypothesis? Why is it so? Maybe an exception of this trend would be Japan which aims at practical things (technology) in universities.
Crucial factor is the presence of herps: you will encounter difficulties in finding herpetologists among the esquimeses.
Then we must distinguish what you mean with the word herpetologist.
1) People who are fond of herps, but do different jobs, as a big part of us?
2) People who make researches on herps, at the University or with other institutions?
3) People who study herps independently from institutions and make maybe also publications?
4) People who work with herps, maybe in a reptilarium or catch herps as job, but do not make any research or study?
1) People who are fond of herps are found in any part of the world where herps live. Except in the extremely poor Countries where the main and only problem is to survive.
2) People who study herps in the University or with some institution are rare in every Country and I think they do not exist in the extremely poor regions of our world.
3) People who make independent researches or publications are present in many Countries, but are restricted to the people who do not have economical problems. Otherwise this type of activity would be impossible or very difficult.
4) People who work with herps in herps zoos or who catch herps as job are mainly limited to tropical and subtropical Countries, with the common exceptions of the herps zoos and shows that we can also find in our Countries.