Herndon G. Dowling | Britannica

Herndon G. Dowling

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY

Emeritus Professor of Biology, New York University, New York City. Curator of Reptiles, New York Zoological Park, 1960–67.

Primary Contributions (1)

A painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) with a dark shell and red and yellow markings rests on a rock near water, surrounded by green aquatic plants.

reptile

Reptile, any member of the class Reptilia, the group of air-breathing vertebrates that have internal fertilization, amniotic development, and epidermal scales covering part or all of their body. The major groups of living reptiles—the turtles (order Testudines), tuatara (order Rhynchocephalia…