Herpetology Notes

About the Journal

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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2024-12-01

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Current Issue

Vol. 18 (2025)

Published: 2025-03-05

Full Articles

First record of Trimerodytes praemaxillaris (Angel, 1929) from Xaisomboun Province, Laos, with additional comments on morphology, natural history, and the type locality

Yanpeng Shen, Christine M. Kaiser, Kanto Nishikawa, Daosavanh Sanamxay, Phouth Inthavong, Hinrich Kaiser

143–153
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Short Articles

Preliminary data on saltwater crocodiles, Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801, and an updated assessment of threats in the Nilwala River, Matara, Sri Lanka

Trevor L. Proctor, Pradeep Rathnasiri, Shaya Honarvar

361-363
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Six predation events by the Red-banded Snake, Lycodon rufozonatus Cantor, 1842, on Tsushima Island, Japan

Ango Morikawa, Takato Inoue

273-276
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First record of Kellogg’s Coralsnake, Sinomicrurus kelloggi (Pope, 1928), from Nghe An Province, Vietnam

Shinya Okabe, Dung Van Tran, Kanto Nishikawa, Tao Thien Nguyen, Sinh Van Nguyen, Manh Van Nguyen, Hai Tuan Bui

355-359
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Shedding excess: small tape patches as a lower-impact transmitter attachment method for snakes

Tyler C. Christensen, Jason A. Fantuzzi

307-311
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Potential predation by a carabid beetle (Catadromus sp.) larva on an adult Spotted Marsh Frog, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858, in western Victoria, Australia

Dylan M. Westaway, David A. De Angelis

377-379
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Communal nesting behaviour of female American Alligators, Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801) in southeastern Oklahoma, USA

Eric C.K. Gren, Jake A. Pruett, Jared P. Wood, Tim M. Patton

215–219
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New country records of the Laotian Wolfsnake, Lycodon laoensis Günther, 1864, in Myanmar, discovered via citizen science

Soe Thandar Aung, Pongthep Surwanwaree, Min Thant Aung, Justin M. Berstein

373–375
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Rescue records of Leith’s Sandsnake, Psammophis leithii Günther, 1869, from Surat, Gujarat, India with some additional insights on pholidosis and natural history

Mehul Thakur, Dikansh S. Parmar, Hinrich Kaiser

169–173
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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

Lucca Izaguirres Souza, Charles V. de Jesus Braga, Rafaella Roseno, Luisa M. Diele Viegas, Mirco Solé

351-353
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An Eastern Ribbonsnake, Thamnophis saurita (Linnaeus, 1766), scavenging on a roadkilled Cuban Treefrog, Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841), in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

Sarah Payne, Eleanor Lane, Faith Dunlap, Madison Vasquez, Matthew Metcalf, Lisa M. McBride, Sarah Sherburne, Christina M. Romagosa, Amanda M. Kissel, Amy A. Yackel Adams, Mark R. Sandfoss

387–388
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Insights from short-term post-fire monitoring of a population of Hermann’s Tortoise, Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789, in Calabria, southern Italy

Francesco L. Leonetti, Antonio G. Adamo, Gianni Giglio, Emilio Sperone

381-385
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Tail movements as an anti-predatory behaviour in Hynobius okiensis Sato, 1940

Amaël Borzée, Yucheol Shin, Taiji Shiraishi

225-227
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Herpetology Notes

About the Journal

Announcements

Welcome to the NEW Herpetology Notes website!

Current Issue

Full Articles

First record of Trimerodytes praemaxillaris (Angel, 1929) from Xaisomboun Province, Laos, with additional comments on morphology, natural history, and the type locality

Short Articles

Preliminary data on saltwater crocodiles, Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801, and an updated assessment of threats in the Nilwala River, Matara, Sri Lanka

Six predation events by the Red-banded Snake, Lycodon rufozonatus Cantor, 1842, on Tsushima Island, Japan

First record of Kellogg’s Coralsnake, Sinomicrurus kelloggi (Pope, 1928), from Nghe An Province, Vietnam

Shedding excess: small tape patches as a lower-impact transmitter attachment method for snakes

Potential predation by a carabid beetle (Catadromus sp.) larva on an adult Spotted Marsh Frog, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858, in western Victoria, Australia

Communal nesting behaviour of female American Alligators, Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801) in southeastern Oklahoma, USA

New country records of the Laotian Wolfsnake, Lycodon laoensis Günther, 1864, in Myanmar, discovered via citizen science

Rescue records of Leith’s Sandsnake, Psammophis leithii Günther, 1869, from Surat, Gujarat, India with some additional insights on pholidosis and natural history

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

An Eastern Ribbonsnake, Thamnophis saurita (Linnaeus, 1766), scavenging on a roadkilled Cuban Treefrog, Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841), in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

Insights from short-term post-fire monitoring of a population of Hermann’s Tortoise, Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789, in Calabria, southern Italy

Tail movements as an anti-predatory behaviour in Hynobius okiensis Sato, 1940

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