Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and the gymnophiona) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids ...
but these limbs are currently still a long way away from fully approximating the complex nature of human touch. Some scientists have begun to use intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) of the brain ...