Volume 13, Issue 3 (December 2018)

 

Editorial

 

New Section Editor (Snakes)

Board of Directors

 

Research Articles

 

Occupancy and Detection of an Endemic Habitat Specialist, the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus)

Danielle K. Walkup, Wade A. Ryberg, Lee A. Fitzgerald, and Toby J. Hibbitts

Density of Three Skink Species on a Sub-tropical Pacific Island Estimated with Hierarchical Distance Sampling

Erratum: [Erratum]
Supplementary information available here: [Supplementary Information]
Sarah Havery, Steffen Oppel, Nik Cole, and Neil Duffield

Applying Lessons from Avian Ecology to Herpetological Research: Techniques for Analyzing Nest Survival due to
Predation

Nathan W. Byer, Brendan N. Reid, Richard A. Seigel, and Marcus Z. Peery

Aneides vagrans is Absent from Angiosperm Crowns in an Old-growth Redwood Forest

Christian E. Brown, James Campbell-Spickler, Sharyn B. Marks, and John O. Reiss

Facing Habitat Reduction in Your Own Shell: Patterns of Non-lethal Injuries in the Endangered Tortoise
Testudo hermanni in Italy

Marta Biaggini and Claudia Corti

Prescribed Fire Affects Diurnal Vertebrate Use of Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Burrows in a
Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Forest

Daniel D. Knapp, Jennifer M. Howze, Chris M. Murphy, Michelina C. Dziadzio, and Lora L. Smith

Population Characteristics, Habitat, and Diet of the Large-crested Toad (Incilius cristatus; Anura: Bufonidae):
A Critically Endangered Species Endemic to Mexico

Marco Tulio Oropeza-Sánchez, Eduardo Pineda, and Ricardo Luría-Manzano

Reassessment of Status and Spatial Analysis of the Distribution of Crocodylus palustris in Manjeera Wildlife
Sanctuary, Telangana State, India

Kante Krishna Prasad, Chelmala Srinivasulu, Aditya Srinivasulu, Gubbala Rama Krishna Rao, and Ch. Shivaiah

Efficacy of Visible Implant Elastomer Tags with Photographic Assist for Identifying Individuals in Capture-Mark-
Recapture Studies using Larval Frogs

Kelcy W. McHarry, Jessica M. Abbott, Michael G. van Hattem, and Brian R. Hudgens

Herpetofaunal Species Abundance, Richness, and Diversity in a Dry Tropical Forest and Agricultural Matrix at
the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Thailand

Matt S. Crane, Colin T. Strine, Tyler K. Knierim, Taks in Artchawakom, and Pongthep Suwanwaree

A Protocol for Quantifying Hellbender Abundance and In-Stream Habitat

M. Worth Pugh, Thomas Franklin, Lynn Siefferman, and Michael M. Gangloff

Life History and Habitat of the Rare Patch-nosed Salamander (Urspelerpes brucei)

Carlos D. Camp, Tyler L. Brock, Todd W. Pierson, Joseph R. Milanovich, and John C. Maerz

Prey-handling Behavior in the Gulf Crayfish Snake (Liodytes rigida)

Renn Tumlison and Kory G. Roberts

Comparing Growth and Body Condition of Indoor-reared, Outdoor-reared, and Direct-released Juvenile
Mojave Desert Tortoises

Jacob A. Daly, Kurt A. Buhlmann, Brian D. Todd, Clinton T. Moore, J. Mark Peaden, and Tracey D. Tuberville

Remnant Habitat Patches Support Green Salamanders (Aneides aeneus) on Active and Former Appalachian
Surface Mines

Michael P. Hinkle, Layton A. Gardner, Eric White, Walter H. Smith, and Robert D. VanGundy

Macrohabitat and Microhabitat Usage by Two Softshell Turtles (Trionyx triunguis and Cyclanorbis senegalensis)
in West and Central Africa

Godfrey C. Akani, Edem A. Eniang, Nioking Amadi, Daniele Dendi, Emmanual M. Hema, Tomas Diagne, Gabriel
Hoinsoudé Ségniabeto, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, Sulemana Bawa Gbewaa, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Laurent Chitio, and
Luca Luiselli

Amphibians and Reptiles of United States Department of Defense installations

Christopher E. Petersen, Robert E. Lovich, and Sarah Stallings

Population Estimate, Survivorship, and Generation Time of the Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus o.
oreganus
) at its Northern-most Range Limits

Jared R. Maida, David Anthony Kirk, Owain McKibbin, Jeffrey R. Row, Karl W. Larsen, Charlotte Stringam, and
Christine A. Bishop

Why an Apparently Prosperous Subspecies Needs Strict Protection: The Case of Testudo hermanni boettgeri
from the Central Balkans

Sonja nikolić, Ana Golubović, Xavier Bonnet, Dragan Arsovski, Jean-Marie Ballouard, Rastko Ajtić, Bogoljub Sterijovski,
Vuk Iković, Ana Vujović, and Ljiljana Tomović

Frequency of Propeller Damage in a Turtle Community in a Northern Indiana, USA, Lake: a Long-term Study

Geoffrey R. Smith, John B. Iverson, and Jessica E. Rettig

Body Size and Growth in the Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) at the Northern Edge of its Range:
Does Bergmann’s Rule Apply?

Erin L. Lewis, John B. Iverson, Geoffrey R. Smith, and Jessica E. Rettig

Inter- and Intra-population Variation in Habitat Selection for a Forest-dwelling Terrestrial Turtle, Terrapene
carolina carolina

John H. Roe, Kristoffer H. Wild, and Zachary R. Lunn

Grazing for Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) Habitat Management: Case Study of a New York Fen

Supplementary information available here: [Supplementary Information]
Kristen Bell Travis, Erik Kiviat, Jason Tesauro, Lea Stickle, Melissa Fadden, Veronica Steckler, and Laura Lukas

Summer Movements of the Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) In the Northern Portion of its Range

Daniel J. Brazeau and Stephen J. Hecnar