Herpetology Notes

Age structure and body size of Southern Banded Newts, Ommatotriton vittatus (Gray, 1835), in a pristine pond in the coastal mountains of Lattakia, Syria

Behaviour to avoid saltwater sites during spawning in Buergeria japonica (Hallowell, 1861)

Population size and nocturnal activity of Cyprus Grass Snakes, Natrix natrix moreotica (Bedriaga, 1882), in an arid island environment

Predation of the threadsnake Epictia borapeliotes (Vanzolini, 1996) by Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) in Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil

First report of flavinistic albinism in Calamaria schmidti Marx & Inger, 1955

Predation of the Japanese Keelback, Hebius vibakari (Boie, 1826), by the Ussuri Pitviper, Gloydius ussuriensis (Emelianov, 1929) in South Korea, with remarks on prey size

Postprandial refuge selection strategy in the Montpellier Snake, Malpolon monspessulanus (Hermann, 1804), in a human-altered landscape

First report of direct development in Raorchestes malipoensis Huang et al., 2023 from southeast Yunnan under laboratory conditions

First records of the Chaco Racer, Philodryas psammophidea Günther, 1872, in the Cerrado of Paraguay

Courtship and mating behaviour of the Kenyan Rock Agama, Agama lionotus elgonis Lönnberg, 1922, and a new locality record in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

A frog-eat-frog novelty: first record of “reverse age-class cannibalism” in the Arabian Toad, Sclerophrys arabica (Heyden, 1827), from King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve, Saudi Arabia

Arboreal behaviour in Ocellated Lizards, Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802): can trees play a role in species conservation?

First record of the Burmese Whipping Frog, Polypedates mutus (Smith, 1940), from Manipur State, India, with the description of its tadpole

A rare record of a midge biting Nidirana shyhhuangi Lin et al., 2025 in Taiwan

Backing out: dead-end tunnels reveal capacity for reverse concertina movement in Cornsnakes, Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

New and recurrent morphological abnormalities in amphibians from northwest Mexico

Yellow is the new green: abnormal colouration of Pelophylax sp. in Latvia and Lithuania

Predation on the Indian House Gecko, Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1835, by the huntsman spider Heteropoda venatoria in Kolkata, India

First records of axanthism in African Reed Frogs (genus Hyperolius) and an updated checklist of axanthic amphibians

First record of the Southern White-lipped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon (Cryptochelys) leucostomum postinguinale (Cope, 1887), in Manabí Province, Ecuador

A new dietary item during the juvenile stage of the Black Spiny-Tail Iguana, Ctenosaura similis (Gray, 1831)

Caudal regeneration in introduced and native populations of the Italian Wall Lizard, Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810), in California, USA, and Taormina, Italy, with reports of tail bifurcation

First live photographic records of Sumatran Mud Snake, Sumatranus albomaculata (Duméril et al., 1854) and Simeulue Pitviper, Trimeresurus kirscheyi (Vogel et al., 2022)

The largest Eastern Newts, Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820), are found at high elevation in North Carolina

Predation of Ameivula nigrigula (Arias et al., 2011) and Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) by Jaguarundi cats, Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Saint-Hilaire, 1803), in the Caatinga morphoclimatic domain, Brazil

Observation of limb abnormalities in Indirana chiravasi Padhye et al., 2014 from the Western Ghats region of Goa, India

Extending the known range of the Crowned Leafnosed Snake, Lytorhynchus diadema (Duméril et al., 1854), in Jordan’s Eastern Desert

First record of predation on the Amazonian Motmot, Momotus momota (Linnaeus, 1766), by the Paraguayan Rainbow Boa, Epicrates crassus Cope, 1862, in the Brazilian Cerrado

One species or two? How many Trapelus species occur in Morocco?

First record of symmetrical red stripes on a Common European Toad, Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758), from Germany

Polymelia in a Ladakh Toad, Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882): a case of complex skeletal anomaly

A brief overview of the natural history of the recently described, miniaturised leaf chameleon, Brookesia nana Glaw et al., 2021, from Sorata Forest, northeastern Madagascar

Adult aggression toward hatchlings in Yellow Land Iguanas, Conolophus subcristatus (Gray, 1831), on Wolf Volcano, Isabela Island, Galápagos

Where giants meet: the first photographic record of the Asian Water Monitor, Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768), on Komodo Island, Indonesia, with notes on natural history

Consumption of a Rough Earthsnake, Virginia striatula (Linnaeus, 1766), by a Green Sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus, in Brazos County, Texas, USA

First record of the non-native Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834) on Rhodes Island, Greece

Post-hatching parental care by a wild male Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 in Australia

First sightings of axanthism in the Lacertidae, observed in the Greek endemic Erhard’s Wall Lizard, Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1882)

Carnivory by a Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758) on a hatchling Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) on Saba, Dutch Caribbean

First case of erythristic Common Frog, Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758, in Latvia

First record of fossorial foam nesting in the Forest Green Treefrog, Zhangixalus arboreus (Okada and Kawano, 1924) in Japan