I knew a girl once who was a herp fan.
There are more of us than you know. I used to come out West every year to go herping with local herpers. We would hike during the day and go night cruising over the roads come evening. Saw a lot of very cool things, like rattlesnakes, gila monsters, and scads of more ordinary lizards.
I love the tiny Western lizards like utas, whiptails, Tucson banded geckos, granite night lizards, zebra tail lizards, earless lizards, Yarrow's spiny lizards (gorgeous!), tree lizards, etc. Just lost a marble whiptail girl to old age and hope I can locate another one to replace her. Living in NYC, it's HARD to find Western lizards, unless I luck out at a reptile show around here.