#frogoloy

[frog-ology]

i call myself a frogologist because there isn't actually a word for someone who studies frogs, and frogologist sounds cute

batrachology is the study of amphibians, including salamanders, newts and caecilians, but that's not specific to frogs (even though the word comes from the Greek word for frog, but whatever)

if we were to coin a "proper" term, it would probably be anurology, from Anura - the order containing all frogs and toads - but that is an objectively awful word

other contenders include ranalogy - from the Latin rana, meaning frog or bufology - from the Latin bufo, meaning toad, but it can be argued that those terms would only apply to the study of species within the families of Ranidae or Bufonidae (aka 'true frogs' and 'true toads', respectively), and that could cause confusion

so, i just say frogology

#frogology is currently a nonce word #but if enough people catch on it'll become a neologism #it aint the 1800s anymore #we don't have to use greek or latin only #linguistics #etymology #history #herpetology #science #frogoloy