Herpetology Notes

https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/issue/feed Herpetology Notes 2026-01-07T12:30:15+00:00 Hinrich Kaiser herpetologynoteseditor@gmail.com Open Journal Systems 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%. https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/284 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 2025-10-24T17:51:12+00:00 Alyssa Head ahead5435@sdsu.edu Maelstrom J. Lee mlee17@sdsu.edu Amber L. Singh asingh3163@sdsu.edu Kinsey M. Brock kmbrock@sdsu.edu 2026-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/260 A rare record of a midge biting Nidirana shyhhuangi Lin et al., 2025 in Taiwan 2025-09-30T14:44:18+00:00 JhYu You jhyu2007@gmail.com Yuan Teng Wang mfchuang@nchu.edu.tw Ming-Feng Chuang mfchuang@nchu.edu.tw 2026-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/249 First case of erythristic Common Frog, Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758, in Latvia 2025-09-18T08:36:46+00:00 Alessandro Di Marzio alessandro.dimarzio@rigazoo.lv Rebeka Šķērstiņa rebeka.šķērstiņa@rigazoo.lv Elza Birbele elza.birbele@rigazoo.lv 2026-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/310 Postprandial refuge selection strategy in the Montpellier Snake, Malpolon monspessulanus (Hermann, 1804), in a human-altered landscape 2025-11-24T10:48:42+00:00 Grégory Deso ahpam.contact@gmail.com Gonzalo del Barrio ahpam.contact@gmail.com 2026-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/193 New and recurrent morphological abnormalities in amphibians from northwest Mexico 2025-07-01T06:11:13+00:00 Héctor A. Castro-Bastidas salamander@cejus.edu.mx Carolina Sedano-Camacho carolina.sedano.eb@uas.edu.mx Eduardo G. Santos-García eduardodeldesinteres345@gmail.com Perla M. Meza-Inostroza perla.meza@utculiacan.edu.mx Marcos Bucio-Pacheco ocelotl@uas.edu.mx David R. Aguillón-Gutiérrez david_aguillon@uadec.edu.mx 2026-01-16T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/296 Yellow is the new green: abnormal colouration of Pelophylax sp. in Latvia and Lithuania 2025-11-05T12:25:53+00:00 Alessandro Di Marzio alessandro.dimarzio@rigazoo.lv Rebeka ´Šķērstiņa rebeka.šķērstiņa@rigazoo.lv Elza Birbele elza.birbele@rigazoo.lv 2026-02-04T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/99 Predation on the Indian House Gecko, Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1835, by the huntsman spider Heteropoda venatoria in Kolkata, India 2025-02-26T07:44:05+00:00 Saheba Khatun sahebasagar.pupa@gmail.com Aniruddha Mitra aniruddha@sncwgs.ac.in 2026-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/283 First report of flavinistic albinism in Calamaria schmidti Marx & Inger, 1955 2025-12-09T03:39:09+00:00 Oliver Christopher frederic.griesbaum@mfn.berlin Gabrielle Poh frederic.griesbaum@mfn.berlin Robbin Tan frederic.griesbaum@mfn.berlin Catherine Tan frederic.griesbaum@mfn.berlin Md Azlan Mairin frederic.griesbaum@mfn.berlin Steven Wong frederic.griesbaum@mfn.berlin Frederic Griesbaum frederic.griesbaum@mfn.berlin 2026-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/252 First records of axanthism in African Reed Frogs (genus Hyperolius) and an updated checklist of axanthic amphibians 2025-09-22T20:31:53+00:00 Gregory Jongsma gregor.jongsma@gmail.com Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou zabouangh2009@gmail.com Hocraiche Mercia Ngouala xonhocraiche02@gmail.com David C. Blackburn d.blackburn@flmnh.ufl.edu 2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/248 The largest Eastern Newts, Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820), are found at high elevation in North Carolina 2025-12-19T20:00:46+00:00 Hayleigh R. Locke Hayleigh.locke@unco.edu Maxwell Ramey rameyms@appstate.edu Jon M. Davenport davenportjm@appstate.edu Dustin S. Siegel dsiegel@semo.edu 2026-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/298 Arboreal behaviour in Ocellated Lizards, Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802): can trees play a role in species conservation? 2025-12-05T08:14:00+00:00 Przemysław Zdunek zdunek.komodo@gmail.com Grégory Deso zdunek.komodo@gmail.com Matthieu Berroneau zdunek.komodo@gmail.com Julien Renet zdunek.komodo@gmail.com Elisa Leplat zdunek.komodo@gmail.com Alexandre Roux zdunek.komodo@gmail.com Alexandre Braut zdunek.komodo@gmail.com Jean Nicolas zdunek.komodo@gmail.com Auxence Foreau zdunek.komodo@gmail.com Olivier Calvez zdunek.komodo@gmail.com 2026-02-01T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://www.herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/182 First sightings of axanthism in the Lacertidae, observed in the Greek endemic Erhard’s Wall Lizard, Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1882) 2025-06-19T12:13:41+00:00 Rory Mendelow kmbrock@sdsu.edu Kinsey M. Brock kmbrock@sdsu.edu 2026-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes