Editorial


 

Dawning of Herpetological Conservation and Biology:  A Special Introduction to Your New Journal [Photo Gallery]

R. Bruce Bury, Malcolm L. McCallum, Stanley E. Trauth, and Raymond A. Saumure

 

Invited Forums

 

Ecological Succession on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas from 1948 to 2006

Henry S. Fitch

Dilemma of Name-Recognition: Why and When to Use New Combinations of Scientific Names

Hobart M. Smith and David Chiszar   

 

HerpSpectives

 

Road Surveys for Turtles: Consideration of Possible Sampling Biases  [Photo Gallery]

David A. Steen and Lora L. Smith

 

Research Articles

 

Evidence of a New Niche for a North American Salamander: Aneides vagrans Residing in Old-Growth Redwood Forest Canopy

James C. Spickler, Stephen C. Sillett, Sharyn B. Marks, and Hartwell H. Welsh, Jr

Sexual Differences in the Ecology and Habitat Selection of Western Toads (Bufo boreas) in Northeastern Oregon

Evelyn L. Bull

Habitat Suitability for Reptiles in the Goravan Sands Sanctuary, Armenia  [Photo Gallery]

Tigran L. Tadevosyan

Status and Geographic Expansion of the Mediterranean Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus, in Louisiana: Implications for the
Southeastern United States

Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., Samuel D. Marshall, Jeff Boundy and Avery A. Williams

A Novel Facultative Mutualistic Relationship Between Bufonid Tadpoles and Flagellated Green Algae [Photo Gallery]

Renn Tumlison and Stanley E. Trauth

Natural History, Field Ecology, Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management: Time to Connect the Dots

R. Bruce Bury

Publication Trends of Natural History and Field Studies in Herpetology

Malcolm L. McCallum and Jamie L. McCallum

 

Classic Reprints

 

A Personal Glimpse into Natural History and a Revisit of a Classic Paper by Fred Cagle  [Photo Gallery]

Stanley E. Trauth

Complimentary PDF Reprint of "An Outline for the Study of a Reptile Life History"
(Originally Published in Tulane Studies of Zoology and Botany)

Fred Cagle