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. 33 No. 1 (2026): Reptiles & Amphibians

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v33i1

Published: 2026-01-01

Articles

Anurans from a biodiversity hotspot in the Cerrado–Pantanal transition zone, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Sarah Mângia Barros, Beatriz Diogo Vasconcelos, Diego José Santana

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Post-translocation monitoring of an Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard, Uromastyx aegyptia (Forskål 1775), population displaced by a global giga-project

Muhammad Elmirghani, David Olson, Bushra Alabdulhafith, Eric Wikramanayake, Ghulam Rasool, Ismail Alhawiti, Raneem Almalki, Barry Shepherd, Brett Lyons, Robert A. Montgomery

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A study from the Ramnagar Area of Purba Medinipur District in West Bengal, evaluating the knowledge of undergraduate students regarding common myths and perception of snakes

Anjan Kumar Chanda

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Checklist of snakes from Dang District of Lumbini Province, Nepal

Basant Subedi, Sandeep Oli, Chiranjeevi Khanal, Santosh Bhattarai

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Northern King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor 1836), rescue and conservation efforts in and around Assam University, Silchar, Cachar District, Assam

Bishal Sonar, Sumit Nath, Nazimur Rahman Talukdar, Parthankar Choudhury

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Effects of physical disturbances on egg incubation in the Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei): Implications for embryo survival during hurricanes

Lincoln Butts, M. Christopher Norris , Daniel A. Warner, Sydney Wayne

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Anurans of the Ventania Environmental Protection Area, Miracema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Elvis Almeida Pereira Silva, Lucas Custodio Lomba da Rocha, Tatiely da Silva Candido, Érica da Silva Santiago

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Experimental assessment of Spot-tailed Earless Lizards (Holbrookia lacerata and H. subcaudalis) as visual predators

E. Drake Rangel, Scott E. Henke, Cord B. Eversole

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Expanding range, ecological impact, and conservation challenges of the invasive Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) in West Bengal, India

Prasun Mandal, Dr. Priyanka Halder Mallick, Abhishek Gain

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Non-native amphibians and reptiles recorded in the Faroe Islands since 1950

Jens-Kjeld Jensen, Eyðfinn Magnussen

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Habitat use and morphology of Bosc’s Fringe-Toed Lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus) in central Tunisia

Kaera L. Utsumi, Ines N. Chakroun, Hiba Saidi, Mahdi Haj Dahmen, Wiem Nasri, Yosra Alouadi, Hamdi Ben Boubaker, Ghassen Kmira, Houssem Ben Othmen, Makenna M. Orton, Maria A. Eifler, Douglas A. Eifler

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Notes

Misdirected amplexus in anurans in an urban botanical garden in Bangladesh

Shubhabrata Sarker, Sajib Biswas; Adnan Azad, Abutasir Shafin, Mashuk Ahmed, Ronok Mahamud

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Putative lordosis in a European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis)

Cesar Ayres

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Interspecific amplexus of a Green Paddy Frog, Hylarana erythraea (Schlegel 1837), and a Philippine Narrow-mouthed Toad, Kaloula conjuncta negrosensis (Peters 1863), on Negros Island, Philippines

Paulo Miguel Kim, Clarence Gamez, Vince Angelo Gicaraya

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First documented record of the Spotted Northern Indian Flap-shelled Turtle, (Lissemys punctata andersoni Webb 1980), from Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Umar Mushtaq, Syed Basit Mian, Mohsin Ahmad, Kaleem Ahmed

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First record of the Glossy Swampsnake (Liodytes rigida) from Elmore County, Alabama

Ava M. Gibson, Ben L. Gonzalez

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Juvenile aggression, wounding, and behavioral signaling in Galapagos Giant Tortoises (Chelonoidis)

Patrick Moldowan, Cristian Peñafiel

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Russell's Vipers, Daboia russelii (Shaw and Nodder 1797),on the Rushikulya Coast, Odisha, India

Khushi Soni, Ashis Kumar Das, Sumidh Ray

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Predation on a Himalayan Ground Skink (Ablepharus himalayanus) by a Stoat (Mustela erminea) in Pakistan

Abdul Hadi, Ahmed Junaid

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First documented case of a Common Rain Frog (Craugastor fitzingeri) preying on a velvet worm (Macroperipatus valerioi) in Uvita, Puntarenas, Costa RicaPuntarenas, Costa Rica

Greivin Cabezas Pérez, Edward Moya Jiménez, Andrea Muñoz Mora, Raby Nuñez

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Predation on a Jack's Water Snake (Homalopsis mereljcoxi) by a Jodi's Pipe Snake (Cylindrophis jodiae) in Thailand

Marcus Lucassen, Rikke Bruhn Nielsen, Ahmed Junaid

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Scavenging behavior by a Small-scaled Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis) in Kuwait

Mariam Almulla; Rami Khashab

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King Cobras, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor 1836), in a sub-Himalayan grassland ecosystem: A note on their conservation significance

Koushik Rajbongshi, Jonmani Kalita, Dhritiman Das, Hirakjyoti Das

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Defensive behavior by a Derafshi Snake, Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger 1887, and a review of defensive behaviors of Awl-headed snakes in the genus Lytorhynchus

Naeim Moradi, Reza Pirhadi

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New records of anuran predation by Ancylometes sp. (Arachnida: Ctenidae) from the Bolivian Amazon

Luis Rolando Rivas; Arturo Muñoz-Saravia; Patricia Mendoza-Miranda, Vincent A, Vos, Cord B. Eversole, Randy L. Powell

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Ocular anomalies in Mountain Tree Frogs, Dryophytes eximius (Baird 1854)

Liliana Gutiérrez-Tovar, Irving Yahan Rojas-Velasco, Luis Fernando Hidalgo Licona

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Necrosis in a Canyon Treefrog, Dryophytes arenicolor Cope 1866 (Anura: Hylidae), in Central Mexico

Cristopher Said Cruz-García, Santiago Raciel Cruz-García, Diana Elizabeth García-Hernández, Racial Cruz Elizade

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Predation by a Dussumier’s Litter Skink, Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Duméril and Bibron1839), on a Coastal Day Gecko, Cnemaspis littoralis (Jerdon 1853), in Keralam, India

Christopher John Issac

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First record of a Guwahati Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus guwahatiensis) preying on a theraphosid spider (Lyrognathus cf. crotalus) in Assam, India

Arnab Deb, Ashwini Kumar, Vinay Gupta, Bijay Basfore, Sanath Bohra, Manmath Bharali, Pranjal Mahananda, Rupankar Bhattacharjee, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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First record of male-male intergeneric amplexus between Cepf Cricket Frogs (Minervarya cepfi) and Dobson’s Burrowing Frogs (Sphaerotheca dobsoni)

Dipak Y. Bowalkar, Nitin Savlo Sawant

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First record of forelimb amely in the genus Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) in Mexico

Vianey Heredia-Domínguez, Cristóbal Torres Velasco, Luis Fernando Licona-Hidalgo, Antonio Yolocalli Cisneros Bernal

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Interspecific amplexus of a Long-footed Marsupial Frog, Gastrotheca longipes (Boulenger 1882), and a Canelos Treefrog, Boana appendiculata (Boulenger 1882),in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador

Vincent Prémel, Przemysław Zdunek

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Predation on a juvenile Terciopelo (Bothrops asper) by a tarantula (Stichoplastoris denticulatus) in Tirimbina Biological Reserve, Costa Rica

Sergio Villegas, Charlyn Elizondo Montano, Justin Rodríguez Castro

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A new record of Mukhlesuri's Chorus Frog, Microhyla mukhlesuri Hasan et al. 2014 (Microhylidae), from Malabati Forest; West Bengal, India.

Sejuti Biswas, Shuvam Das, Kaushik Deuti

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A new distribution record for the Bompu Litter Toad (Leptobrachium bompu) from the Dibang River Basin, Arunachal Pradesh, India, and the first report of an egg mass

Jayanta Kumar Roy, M. Firoz Ahmed, Regon Menda, Ramie H. Begum

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Predation by a non-native Cuban Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) of a native Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus) in Miami, Florida, USA

James Stroud, Edgar Francisco, Taylor L. Cooper, Jonathan Suh

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New item in the diet of Blacksmith Treefrog (Boana faber) tadpoles in an urban area of southeastern Brazil

Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira, Catalina do Nascimento Lopez, Alexandre de Assis Hudson

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First record of Salazar’s Pitviper (Trimeresurus salazar) from Nagaland, India

Sushmita Kar, Shailendra Singh, C Zupeni Tsanglai, Lalit Budhani, Rupankar Bhattacharjee, Jayaditya Purkayastha

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First record of a merolepid Checkered Keelback, Fowlea piscator (Schneider 1799), from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Rahul Shinde

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Early season diet of the Red-spotted Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens, from artificial vernal pools in south-central Pennsylvania: A possible trade-off between survival and reproduction

Walter Meshaka, Jr., Cheyenne Moore, Eugene Wingert

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Predation on a Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster) by a Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in Oklahoma, USA, with notes on opossum-snake interactions

Owen Edwards; Neil R. Balchan

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Mating behavior of Pelagic Seasnakes (Hydrophis platurus) in the Golfo Dulce, Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica

Alejandro Solórzano

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Rat the ripper: Large scale predation of Marbled Newts (Triturus marmoratus) by Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Vigo (Pontevedra), Spain

Cesar Ayres, Miguel Dominguez-Costas, Julian Comesaña-Iglesias

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First record of cannibalism in the Orange-throated Whiptail, Aspidoscelis hyperythrus, with a review of cannibalism in the family Teiidae

Fernanda Jacqueline Manrriquez-Gomez, Emmanuel Javier-Vázquez, Gerardo Marrón, Adam G. Clause

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Defensive tail-display behavior in the Brown Rainbow Boa (Epicrates maurus) and Central American Boa Constrictor (Boa imperator) (Squamata: Boidae)

Ronald A. Díaz Flórez

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Potential weed dispersal by a Black-and-White Tegu, Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae), in southeastern Brazil

Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira, Guilherme Ramos Demetrio

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Predation on an invasive Burmese Python nest by vultures in southern Florida

Brandon Welty, James W. Whelpley, Elizabeth Sutton, Cythina A. Fussell Persuad, Eric Saurez, Frank J. Mazzotti, Melissa A. Miller

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Carrion feeding by Himalayan Toad (Duttaraphrynus himalayanus) tadpoles on a domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) in Nepal

Bivek Gautam, Santosh Bhattarai

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An aberrant striped Mountain Pitviper, Ovophis monticola (Günther 1864), from Mizoram, India

Malsawmdawngliana, Michael Vanlalchhuana, Mara Duasa Hlychho, Mathipi Vabeiryureilai, Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga

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First records of Common Sandboas (Eryx conicus), from Papikonda National Park, northern Eastern Ghats, India

Yogesh Pasul, Dr. Deyatima Ghosh, Dr. Vikram Aditya

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Predation of a Speckled Racer, Drymobius margaritiferus (Colubridae), by a Common Road Guarder, Conophis lineatus ( Dipsadidae), in northwestern Costa Rica

Alejandro Solórzano, Mahmood sasa

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New distribution records for Speckled Worm Lizards (Amphisbaena fuliginosa) in Panamá, with two corrections of previous records

Ángel Sosa-Bartuano, Vayron De Gracia, Marcos Ponce

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First documented observation of regurgitation by a Bengal Monitor, Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802), in Pakistan

Ahmed Junaid

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What’s on the toad? Persistent landing of a Housefly (Musca domestica) on a juvenile Asian Black-spined Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)

Matthew Mo, Elouise Mo

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Updated distribution range of two worm lizard species (Amphisbaena alba and A. fuliginosa) based on citizen science and literature review

Henrique J. Oliveira, Vanessa Nocelli, Henrique C. Costa

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Observations of natural history and distribution of three species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Tamil Nadu, India

Ayuthavel Kalaimani

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First record of bilateral anophthalmia in a Common Trinket Snake (Coelognathus helena) from Pune, Maharashtra, India

Rahul Shinde, Anil Kanaskar

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First record of the Ornate Flying Snake, Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw 1802), from the northwestern coastal region of Maharashtra, India : Extending the known distribution or human-mediated introduction?

Khushal Vaishnav, Nikhil Parab

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Novel herpetofaunal records for Great Cay and Windermere Island, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Graham Reynolds, M. Charlotte Reynolds, Emmeline G. Reynolds, Jennifer G. Reynolds, Cory F. Deal

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Maximum brood size for the Yucatán Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus tzabcan Klauber 1952)

José Rogelio Cedeño-Vázquez, Pablo Beutelspacher, Rubén Carbajal

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Crossing frontiers: First record of the Western Andean Lizard, Andinosaura vespertina (Kizirian 1996), in Peru

Germán Chávez, Wilmar Aznaran, Karen Y. Victoriano-Cigüeñas

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Predation of Brahminy Blind Snake (Indotyphlops braminus) by Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus): near the Koshi Rivver, Eastern Bihar, India

Javed Anver, Shantanu Ugemuge

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Predation on a Bowring’s Smooth Gecko (Hemidactylus bowringii) by a White-lipped Tree Viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) in Hong Kong, China

Jake Hallam, Ahmed Junaid

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Predation on a Malabar Tree Toad, Pedostibes tuberculosus (Anura: Bufonidae), by a fishing spider, Dolomedes sp. (Araneae: Dolomedidae), in a riparian ecosystem in India

Deva Charan S. S., Sidharth R

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Predation of a Green and Black Poison Frog, Dendrobates auratus (Dendrobatidae), by a Wandering Spider, Ancylometes bogotensis (Ancylometidae), in southern Costa Rica

Alex Barboza Elizondo, Alejandro Solórzano

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First records of three species of Squamata in the Sierra Negra, Puebla, Mexico

Rafael Peralta, Bryce Anderson, Joey Mullica , Oswaldo Corona-Garduño

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New distributional and elevational records for Herrera's Alligator Lizard, Barisia herrerae (Squamata: Anguidae), in Central Mexico

Laura Sonia Arzate-Garay, Edgar Oviedo-Hernández, Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos, Charles M. Watson, Josele Ricardo Flores-Santin

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First in situ breeding observation of Polillo Forest Frog, Platymantis polillensis Taylor 1922, in a Winged Pitcher Plant Nepenthes alata in northern Luzon, Philippines

Mr. Philip Malindog, Mr. Tristan Luap P. Senarillos, Ms. Ma. Susana V. Legaspi, Dr. Jayson C. Ibañez

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Notes on the defensive behavior and distribution of the poorly known snake Prado’s Coastal House Snake, Mesotes rutilus (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae: Tachymenini)

Luis Felipe Lima, Afonso Santiago de Oliveira Meneses, Isabella Parreira, Pedro Paulo Queiroz, Murielly Alves Coimbra, Emayre Rebecca Souza Campos, Fernanda Barros Passaglia, Reuber Albuquerque Brandão

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A Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) preying on a Central American Boa Constrictor (Boa imperator) in Belize

Maria Ojeda, Dr. Melissa Miller, Eric Suarez, Daniel Chaic, Frank Mazzotti

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Nocturnal predation on a Gliding Treefrog (Agalychnis spurrelli) by a Western Parrot Snake (Leptophis occidentalis) in Costa Rica

Raby Nuñez Escalante, Jeffrey González, Ahmed Junaid
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A new record of the Agasthiamalai Bushfrog (Raorchestes agasthyaensis) from Devikulam, Munnar, Kerala, India

Sujith V. Gopalan, Laladhas K.P., Renjith Jacob Mathews, D.A. Evans

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Necrophagy by a Cuban Racer, Cubophis cantherigerus (Squamata: Dipsadidae)

Luis F. De Armas, Carlos Hernández-Peraza, Manuel Iturriaga

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Travelogue

Reptiles, amphibians, and other fauna on Australia’s Sunshine Coast

Matthew Mo

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Book Reviews

Book Review: The Lives of Snakes: A Natural History of the World’s Snakes

Steven J.R. Allain

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Book Review: The Lives of Frogs: A Natural History

Steven Allain

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Book Review: Tortoise Husbandry and Welfare

Steven Allain

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Commentary

Whither Dendrelaphis in western India? A critique of recent papers by Vaishnav and Ghadi (2025) and Puranik et al. (2025)

Dikansh S. Parmar, Hinrich Kaiser

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