Volume 20, Issue 2 (August 2025)
Editorials
Changes in Editors
Board of Directors
Research Articles
Spatial Distribution Pattern of Free-ranging Miyako Grass Lizards (Takydromus toyamai) and Its Causal Factors
Hitomi Asato and Mamoru Toda
Microhabitat Selection of an Isolated Population of Green Salamanders (Aneides aeneus) in Southern Ohio, USA
Aidan McCarthy and William E. Peterman
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Population Dynamics and Environmental Drivers of Crawfish Frog (Rana areolata) Migration in Southeastern Oklahoma, USA
Owen M. Edwards, Kaleb M. Banks, Bo Zhang, and Michael S. Reichert
Microhabitat Use by the Talladega Seal Salamander (Desmognathus cheaha) and Spatial Niche Partitioning with a Congener in Metro-Atlanta, USA, Headwater Streams
Nicholas Chang, Will Hutchinson, and Carolyn Keogh
Exploring Potential Independent Loss of Cloacal Bursae in Turtles of the Family Geoemydidae
Megan Wright, Sage Babish, Lily Gowens, and Joseph R. Mendelson III
The Influence of Weather on Annual Clutch Frequency for the Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens) in Western Nebraska, USA
John B. Iverson
Species Differences in the Foraging Rates of Salamander Larvae in the Presence of an Invasive Fish Predator
John C. Moore and Thomas L. Anderson
Fixed-Field Videography for Studying Reptile Behavior: Validation with Sistrurus miliarius Hydrating Tactics
Zander E. Perelman and Terence M. Farrell
Following in the Footsteps of Chapman Grant: Novel Observations of the Virgin Islands Boa (Chilabothrus granti) in the British Virgin Islands
Dustin Smith, Diane Barber, Justin M. Elden, Jan P. Zegarra,
Mervin Hastings, and R. Graham Reynolds
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Reptiles of the Atlantic Forest, Espírito Santo, Brazil: Using Two Complementary Citizen Science Data Sources
André Felipe Barreto-Lima, Paula Drummond de Castro,
and Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes
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Larval Growth and Natural History Traits of Lithobates warszewitschii
M. Delia Basanta, Heidi Ross, Roberto Brenes, Mirna G. García-Castillo, Carolina Lambertini, Sara L. Anaya-Morales, Sam Lapp, Michel E.B. Ohmer, Justin Kitzes, and Jamie Voyles
Characterization of Human-snake Encounters in the Houet District of West Burkina Faso
Rabila Bamogo, Achille S. Nikièma, Lassane Koala, Massamba Thiam, Doubata D.M. Coulibaly, Youssouph Mané, Abdoul A. Millogo,
Youssouph Diatta, and Roch K. Dabiré
[Supplemental Information]
Noteworthy and Historical Records of Amphibians in the Diet of Snakes in Colombia
Luis Santiago Caicedo-Martínez, Jose J. Henao-Osorio, Andrés Fernando Tamayo-Zuluaga, Guillermo Alejandro Echeverry Montoya, Daniel Enrique Espitia-Sanabria, Juan S. Echeverry-Pérez, Juan José Arboleda Osorio, Macela Carolina Espitia-Sánchez, Yeny Tatiana Marín García, Julián A. Rojas-Morales, Héctor Fabio Arias-Monsalve, José Rancés Caicedo-Portilla, and Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves
[Supplemental Information]
Low Abundance and Diversity of Canopy Amphibians in an Andean Choco Forest of Ecuador
Mar D.M. Moretta-Urdiales, Francisco Velasquez-Espin,
Moises Tenorio, Juan M. Guayasamin, David Rodriguez,
and Shawn F. McCracken
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Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) Testicular Microstructure Correlates with Plasma Hormone Concentrations During Late-Stage Spermatogenesis
Audrey Warburton, Kirsty J. MacLeod, L. Kealoha Freidenburg, David K. Skelly, and Lindsey Swierk
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Does Traffic Noise Affect the Advertisement Call of Dendropsophus nanus (Anura, Hylidae)?
Gonzalo R. Libramento de los Santos, Víctor H. Zaracho,
Daniel Espinola Ocampo, and María R. Ingaramo
[Supplemental Information]
A Wetland-Based Habitat Suitability Model for Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) in West Virginia, USA, Using Field Surveys and Regional Data
Joel L. Mota, Donald J. Brown, Kevin J. Oxenrider,
and Michael P. Strager
[Supplemental Information]
Snakes, Fences, and Temperature Extremes: Subsurface Artificial Refugia Provide Escape from Heat
Chloe R. Howarth, Lindsay Whitehead, Shayleen N. Gray, Julia M. Burkart, Valerie E. Law, Christine A. Bishop, and Karl W. Larsen
[Supplemental Information]
Taxonomy, Distribution, and Conservation of Threatened Steppe Vipers of Western Asia: Vipera anatolica and Vipera renardi eriwanensis (sensu lato)
Konrad Mebert, Mert Karış, Mehmet Zülfü Yıldız, Naşit Iğci,
Nikolaus Stümpel, Oleksandr Zinenko, Giorgi Iankoshvili, Alisa Sanakoeva, P. Lennart Schmid, Tigran Tadevosyan, Guram Iremashvili, Edvard Mizsei, Tibor Sos, Tavakkul Iskenderov, Arzu Mammadov, Kerim Çiçek,
Balkan Mega, Aziz Avcı, Mahdi Rajabizadeh, Daniel Jablonski,
Tom Kirschey, and Justin M. Elden
[Supplemental Information]
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High Diversity of Herpetofauna in Kukrail Urban Forest, Lucknow, India, Calls for Well-informed Conservation Policies
Jon Hakim and Shaariq Ashar
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Critically Endangered Darevsky’s Viper: Incisive Distribution Discoveries and Taxonomic Considerations
Konrad Mebert, Naşit Iğci, Mert Karış, Mehmet Zülfü Yıldız,
P. Lennart Schmid, Judith Grünewald, Giorgi Iankoshvili, Alisa Sanakoeva, Nikolaus Stümpel, Tigran Tadevosyan, Kerim Çiçek, Burak Akdag,
Oleksandr Zinenko, Adem Adakul, Guram Iremashvili, Edvard Mizsei,
Tibor Sos, Bahadir Akman, Justin M. Elden, Daniel Jablonski,
and Tom Kirschey
[Supplemental Information]
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