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Read more about Welcome to the NEW Herpetology Notes website!Herpetology Notes is an online-only and Open Access journal (under CC BY-NC 4.0) published by the Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH) alongside its flagship journal, Amphibia-Reptilia. Processing, editing, and typesetting of manuscripts is carried out by an international editorial team. The current rejection rate is around 30%.
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Read More Read more about Welcome to the NEW Herpetology Notes website!First record of Trimerodytes praemaxillaris (Angel, 1929) from Xaisomboun Province, Laos, with additional comments on morphology, natural history, and the type locality
Tail movements as an anti-predatory behaviour in Hynobius okiensis Sato, 1940
Shedding excess: small tape patches as a lower-impact transmitter attachment method for snakes
Bright marks, dark fate: records of predation on Coleodactylus meridionalis Boulenger, 1888 from a movement ecology study in a forest area in southern Bahia, Brazil
First record of Kellogg’s Coralsnake, Sinomicrurus kelloggi (Pope, 1928), from Nghe An Province, Vietnam
Preliminary data on saltwater crocodiles, Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801, and an updated assessment of threats in the Nilwala River, Matara, Sri Lanka
New country records of the Laotian Wolfsnake, Lycodon laoensis Günther, 1864, in Myanmar, discovered via citizen science
Potential predation by a carabid beetle (Catadromus sp.) larva on an adult Spotted Marsh Frog, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858, in western Victoria, Australia
Insights from short-term post-fire monitoring of a population of Hermann’s Tortoise, Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789, in Calabria, southern Italy
Low genetic diversity and relatively strong population genetic structure of Przewalski's Wondergecko, Teratoscincus przewalskii Strauch, 1887, in the Mongolian Gobi Desert
Capture events of Forster's Tree Iguana, Liolaemus forsteri Laurent, 1982, by Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis Temminck, 1822, in the high Andes of Bolivia
Preliminary assessment of movements and habitat use of the Tabasco Mud Turtle, Kinosternon acutum Gray, 1831, in a tropical rainforest in Belize
Nueva información sobre la distribución y biología de la Culebra de Cola Corta Jaspeada, Tantillita brevissima (Taylor, 1937) en México y Guatemala
Attempted scavenging and aquatic hunting in the Iberian Asp Viper, Vipera aspis zinnikeri Kramer, 1958
Life history characteristics of the Colombian Wood Turtle, Rhinoclemmys melanosterna (Gray, 1861), in the middle Magdalena River, Colombia
The use of fluorescent powdered pigments as a tracking technique for hatchling turtles in Belize
Male-male combat in free-ranging Falcón Indigo Snakes, Drymarchon caudomaculatus Wüster et al., 2001, in Guajira, Colombia
Field body temperatures and microclimatic influences in Hermann’s Tortoise, Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789, from Thrace
First report of consumption of the Italian Three-toed Skink, Chalcides chalcides (Linnaeus, 1758), by a European Pine Marten in Lazio, Italy
The herpetofauna of the Echinades Island Complex, Ionian Islands, Greece, with notes on the ecological peculiarities of its lizard species
New records of the Vanzolini’s Spiny-chest Frog, Alsodes vanzolinii (Donoso-Barros, 1974), from south-central Chile
First photographic evidence of oceanic swimming behaviour in littoral Snake-eyed Skinks, genus Cryptoblepharus, in the Western Indian Ocean
A noteworthy observation of Corallus caninus (Linnaeus, 1758) within the Corallus batesii (Gray, 1860) range in the Central Brazilian Amazonia
Predation of a White-banded Treefrog, Boana albomarginata (Spix, 1824), by a Parrot Snake, Leptophis liocercus (Wied, 1824), in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Bahia, northeastern Brazil
Contribution to the knowledge of the gecko Tenuidactylus longipes (Nikolsky, 1896) in northeastern Iran
The wonder of rain: records of Plateau Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma velasci Dugès, 1888, in Salinas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
First report of piebaldism for the Crowned False Boa, Pseudoboa coronata Schneider, 1801, from the lowlands of Bolivia
Head hiding behaviour in the Eastern Montpellier Snake, Malpolon insignitus fuscus (Fleischmann, 1831)
Tail trifurcation in Hemidactylus aff. malcolmsmithi in southern Mississippi, USA
Third case of tail bifurcation in Cope’s Mabuya, Notomabuya frenata (Cope, 1863), in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
On the occurrence of a golden colour variant in the Common Spadefoot Toad, Pelobates fuscus (Laurenti, 1768), in the state of Saxony, Germany
Amplexus between frogs in different families: a microhylid Nilphamarai Narrow-mouthed Frog, Microhyla nilphamariensis Howlader et al., 2015, grasps a Terai Cricket Frog, Minervarya teraiensis (Dubois, 1984), in Nepal
Domestic water buffaloes: an unexpected basking support for two sympatric freshwater turtles, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833) in Türkiye
Unusual use of water-filled tires by Nyctixalus spinosus (Taylor, 1920) in an agroforestry farm in eastern Mindanao, Philippines
Minimum hydroperiod for metamorphosis in the California Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma californiense Gray, 1853
First record of predation on reptiles by the Sakishima Rice Frog, Fejervarya sakishimensis Matsui et al., 2007, in Japan
Hidden breeding behaviour in a still undescribed giant Mantidactylus frog from Betampona Strict Nature Reserve, eastern Madagascar
Post-hatching maternal attendance in wild Burmese Pythons in southern Florida
New records of the Ocellated Skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskål, 1775), reveal possible human-mediated translocation to Syros Island, Greece
Unusual defensive behaviour combination recorded in Bufotes viridis (Laurenti, 1768)
Initial survey of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis around Bouamir Research Station, Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon
Updating the snake menu: two cases of ophiophagy by the Western Indigo Snake, Drymarchon corais (Boie, 1827), in a Neotropical rain forest
Ocular anomaly in the Plateau Toad, Anaxyrus compactilis (Wiegmann, 1833), from Jalisco State, West-Central Mexico
New data on introduced geckos of the Mediodactylus kotschyi complex in Hungary
Predation of a Barker Frog, Physalaemus cuvieri Fitzinger, 1826, by a Giant Water Bug, genus Belostoma, in a Cerrado pond Minas Gerais, Brazil
A new record of the Endangered Zolio's Shield-backed Ground Lizard, Philochortus zolii Scortecci, 1934, from Algeria, with genetic insights and a geographic distribution review
Give me five: a case of polymelia in the Common Midwife Toad, Alytes obstetricans (Laurenti, 1768), in Central Spain
First record of Paratelmatobius segallai Santos et al., 2019 in the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, based on molecular and morphological evidence
Don't bother me, I'm venomous: first report of envenoming by an Aesculapian False Coralsnake, Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Bolivian Yungas
New prey record for Baird's Patchnose Snake, Salvadora bairdi Jan, 1860
New insights into the distribution of Scincus and Scincopus (Scincidae) in Northwest Africa, with the first record of the Sandfish Skink, Scincus scincus (Linnaeus, 1758), from Morocco
New records of the Golden Spectacled Tegu, Gymnophthalmus speciosus (Hallowell, 1861), in Veracruz, Mexico
Prolonged copulation and possible mating plug formation in the Ryukyu Greensnake, Ptyas semicarinata (Hallowell, 1861), on Okinawa Island
Efficacy of GPS-based satellite transmitters to monitor movement and nesting of Alligator Snapping Turtles, Macrochelys temminckii (Troost, 1835)
Molecular identification of the ant Pheidole nodus in the diet of Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) in Taiwan
Use of a handheld metal detector to evaluate metal ingestion in the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Troost, 1835)
Early maturation and high growth rates in an Eastern Treefrog, Hyla orientalis Bedriaga, 1890, population after the species’ expansion in Kaliningrad Oblast (East Baltic Sea region)
Biofluorescence in the Madeiran Wall Lizard, Teira dugesii (Milne-Edwards, 1829)
Expanding the known range: Spalerosophis diadema diadema (Schlegel, 1837) in the temperate western Himalayan region, India
Further herpetofaunal records from Kastos and Kalamos islands, with comments on the occurrence of Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) and Podarcis ionicus (Lehrs, 1902) in the adjacent Meganissi, Ionian Islands, Greece
Bioacoustics of the False Toad Pseudobufo subasper Tschudi, 1838 from Southeast Asia
First report of juvenile fish (genus Geophagus) in the diet of the neotropical caecilian Potomotyphlus kaupii (Berthold, 1859)
First recorded predation of a Mediterranean Centipede, Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1789, by a North African Ocellated Lizard, Timon pater (Lataste, 1880), in Chréa National Park, Algeria
Bite, shriek, or intimidate: defensive behaviours of the Apatani Horned Toad, Xenophrys apatani Saikia et al., 2024, and the Bicoloured Frog, Clinotarsus curtipes (Jerdon, 1853), from India
An unexpected urbanite: first record of a Plateau Toad, Anaxyrus compactilis (Wiegmann, 1833), from a developed site in Tlaxcala, Mexico
A new observation of ophiophagy in the Madagascar Black-backed Smooth Snake, Liophidium vaillanti (Mocquard, 1901), in the Kirindy Forest, western Madagascar
Passive acoustic monitoring protocol reveals new occurrence data for Eleutherodactylus bartonsmithi Schwartz, 1960 in eastern Cuba
Observations on nocturnal activities of the Dumeril’s Monitor, Varanus dumerilii Schlegel, 1839, in Borneo, Malaysia
Morphometrics aid identification of non-native iguanas to improve conservation of native Saba Green Iguanas, Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758)
Range extension and first record of Dendropsophus studerae (Carvalho-e-Silva, Carvalho-e-Silva, and Izecksohn, 2003) in the state of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil
Feeding on different life stages of the Common Spadefoot Toad, Pelobates fuscus (Laurenti, 1768), by the Medicinal Leech, Hirudo medicinalis
Death by geochemistry: sudden mortality among larvae of Korean Clawed Salamander, Onychodactylus koreanus Min et al., 2012, in Hwanseon Cave, South Korea
Egg predation of a rhacophorid foam-nest frog (Chiromantis cf. rufescens) by a colubrid tree snake (Dipsadoboa sp.) in Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The diet spectrum of Pelophylax waterfrogs from mainland Greece, including novel data for the Epirus Waterfrog, Pelophylax epeiroticus (Schneider et al., 1984)
Observations on predation by Mimophis mahfalensis (Grandidier, 1867) in Andranomena Special Reserve, Madagascar