Reptiles & Amphibians

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Reptiles & Amphibians (ISSN 2332-4961) is an international open-access journal that publishes peer-reviewed research in all aspects of herpetology with an emphasis on conservation and natural history. In addition, R&A profiles ongoing efforts in herpetological conservation, key persons involved in herpetological conservation and research, and international destinations of herpetological interest. Follow us on Twitter at RandAJournal.

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Current Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2025): Reptiles & Amphibians

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v32i1

Published: 2025-01-22

Articles

Coracoid asymmetries in adult Pondsliders,Trachemys scripta (Schoepff 1792), in Spain

Pere M. Parés-Casanova, Albert Martínez-Silvestre

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Herpetofaunal inventory of the Ranga Reserve Forest, Lakhimpur, Assam, India

Monish Kumar Thapa; Sourav Dutta, Hirak Jyoti Das, Tilak Kumar Pradhan, Debajit Mahanta, Sujal Tossa, Ritu Kalita, Kamal Sharma; Utsab Singha, Parimal Chandra Ray

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Herpetofauna of the Great Tectonic Lakes of Exaltación, Beni Department, Bolivia

Luis Rolando Rivas; Robert Wallace, Gabriel Callapa

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Notes

Mass stranding of Pelagic Seasnakes, Hydrophis platurus (Squamata: Hydrophiidae),in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Alejandro Solórzano, Mahmood Sasa

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Observations of amplexus in Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs (Rana muscosa) in the San Jacinto Mountains

Michelle J. Curtis, David K. Janik, Talisin T. Hammond, Debra M. Shier

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First record of a color-aberrant Nagpur Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia leithii) from India

Umesh Vaghela

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Leucism in an East Asian Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis) tadpole from Ba Den Mountain, Vietnam

Thinh Gia Tran, Bach Son Pham, Quy Hoang Le, Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen, Vu Dang Hoang Nguyen

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First documented record of the Indian Roofed Turtle, Pangshura tecta (Gray 1831), from Makwal Wetland, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Shivali Sharma, Mohinder Kumar; Deepika Slathia

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First report of a papilloma in an invasive Tropical House Gecko, Hemidactylus mabouia (Gekkonidae), in Cuba

Rafael Borroto-Paez; Carlos Hernández Peraza

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Diurnal predation on a Common House Rat (Rattus rattus) by a Spot-tailed Pitviper (Trimeresurus erythrurus) in northeastern Bangladesh

Atikul Islam Mithu; Harish Debbarma

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Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus Linnaeus1758) record New Jersey litter size

Jason Fantuzzi; Daniel Brill, Kevin Pollack

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Occurrence of the Indian Painted Frog, Uperodon taprobanicus (Parker 1934), in Bihar and Jharkhand, India

Rahul Kumar

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Nesting and parental care by a disabled Mugger Crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) and a record of a congenital defect in a hatchling from Junagadh, Gujarat, India

Pranav Vaghashiya, Devendra Chauha, Raju Vyas

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Indian Bullfrogs (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus): Observations of predation and cannibalism in Hapure, Dang District, Nepal

Sandeep Oli; Basant Subedi , Siddharth Regmi

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A Cat-eyed Snake, Leptodeira sp.(Squamata: Dipsadidae), scavenging a road-killed Frog in northern Costa Rica

Alexander Moya Valverde, Luis Hernandez-Astua

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First record of the Dog-faced Watersnake (Cerberus rynchops) from Northeast India

Pankaj Lochan Deka, Rajesh Dutta Baruah, Atul Kalita, Prasanna Kalita, Madhab Medhi, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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A Rice Paddy Snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea) scavenging a roadkilled anuran

Ungku Zafirah Abdulaziz, Curt H. Barnes, Wanrawee Tipprapatkul

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Occurrence of Red-crowned Roofed Turtle (Batagur kachuga) from the Upper Ganga, Uttar Pradesh, India, after 30 years

Arunima Singh, Sanjeev Yadav, Pawan Shantiprakash Pareek, Shailendra Singh

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Aberrant coloration in three species of mud turtles (Kinosternidae) from western Mexico

Nadin E. López-González, Carlos Santiago Rosales-Martínez , José R. Garrido, Carlos Daniel Bello-Sánchez, Armando H. Escobedo-Galván, Fabio G. Cupul-Magaña

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Beyond the ordinary: Thanatosis during shedding in Daboia russelii (Shaw and Nodder 1797) and a predator-prey interaction of Fowlea piscator (Schneider 1799), Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin 1803), and Lissemys punctata (Lacépède 1788) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Dikansh Parmar

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First record of the Tibetan Rock Agama (Laudakia papenfussi Zhao 1998) from India and a new lowest elevation record.

John Benjamin Owens, Sourish Kuttalam, James J. Hicks, Vishal Santra, Stuart Graham, Omesh Bharti, Anita Malhotra

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A new locality record for Vulcan’s Slender Caecilian, Caecilia volcani (Taylor 1969), on Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro Province, Panamá.

Simon Harper, Cole Mackay, Peter Lahanas, Edgardo Griffith

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First record of a Domestic Cat (Felis catus) preying on a Spotted Brown Trope (Tropidophis pardalis)

Luis F. de Armas, Manuel Iturriaga

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New record of the American Bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw 1802), in Loja, Ecuador

Katiusca Valarezo Aguilar, Marlon E. Cobos, Oscar Ordonez-Gutierrez, Christian Mendoza-Leon, Claudia Nuñez-Penichet

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Taxonomic notes on the Bella Ratsnake, Archelaphe bella (Stanley 1917) (Reptilia: Colubridae), and the first record of the species from Manipur, India

Elangbam Premjit Singh, Ht. Decemson, H.T. Lalremsanga, Khoyumthem Brajesh, Ayekpam Lanngamba Meitei, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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Incursion of the Gold Dust Day Gecko, Phelsuma laticauda (Boettger 1880), in Puerto Rico through the ornamental plant trade.

Christina De Jesus Villanueva; Koralis Reyes Maldonado, Matthijs P. van den Burg

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A Flat-tailed House Gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus) preying on a Lesser Brown Scorpion (Isometrus maculatus)

Pranjal Swargiary, Sanath Chandra Bohra, Rupankar Bhattacharjee, Rita Roy, Rizwan Uz Zaman, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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Two new prey items for Baird's Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora bairdi Jan 1860), in west-central Puebla, Mexico.

Antonio Yolocalli Cisneros-Bernal, Gonzalo Medina-Rangel, Vianey Heredia-Domínguez, Cristobal Torres-Velasco, María Concepción Puga y Colmenares, Luis Fernando Hidalgo Licona

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Notes on natural history and conservation of the Indian Spiny-tailed Lizard (Saara hardwickii)

raju vyas, Kartik Upadhayay; Mital Patel

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New prey records for the Black Mussurana, Clelia clelia (Dipsadidae), in Ecuador

Lic. Katherin Hinojosa; Lic. Fernando Ayala

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Conservation in Action

Community-led turtle conservation in the Rivers Ganga and Ramganga, Uttar Pradesh, India

K.P. Dubey, Niraj Kumar, N.K. Janoo, Ganga Prasad, Aditi Sharma, Suresh Babu, Nitin Kaushal, Sanjeev Yadav, Mohd Shahnawaz Khan

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