Volume 9, Issue 3 (December 2014)

Editorials

 

Additions and Changes of Editors at Herpetological Conservation and Biology

R. Bruce Bury

Herpetological Conservation and Biology Incorporated

Raymond A. Saumure and Andrew D. Walde

Peer Reviewers 2012-2013

Board of Directors

 

HerpSpectives

 

Conservation Triage of Sonoran Mud Turtles [Photo Gallery]

Paul A. Stone, Justin D. Congdon, and Chelsea L. Smith

 

Research Articles

 

Prevalence of the Amphibian Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Eastern Hellbenders
(Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis) in Western North Carolina, USA

Lori A. Williams and John D. Groves

Conservation Threats to Dice Snakes (Natrix tessellata) in Golem Grad Island (FYR of Macedonia)

Bogoljub Sterijovski, Rastko Ajtic, Ljiljana Tomovic, and Xavier Bonnet

Description and Comparison of Turtle Assemblages and Populations Located within a Spring-fed River

Amber L. Pitt and Max A. Nickerson

Internal Parasites of Lizards from Taiwan

Gerrut Norval, Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey, Jean-Jay Mao, and Kerry Slater

Filling Gaps in Life-history Data: Clutch Sizes for 21 Species of North American Anurans

Joseph C. Mitchell and Christopher A. Pague

Detecting Frogs and Detecting Declines: An Examination of Occupancy and Turnover Patterns at the Range
Edge of Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi)

Richard M. Lehtinen and James R. Witter

Genetic Investigation of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Harvested from a Foraging Ground at Mantanani
Sabah, Malaysia

Juanita Joseph, Chong Yee Kuen, Pushpa M. Palaniappan, and Liew Hock Chark

Nesting Characteristics of Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) on El Naranjo Beach, Nayarit, Mexico

Catherine E. Hart, Cesar Ley-QuiÑonez, Adrian Maldonado-Gasca, Alan Zavala-Norzagaray, and F. Alberto
Abreu-Grobois

Morphological Variation in the Mediterranean House Gecko (Gekkonideae: Hemidactylus turcicus) along
Geographical Gradients in the Southeastern United States

Michael C. Granatosky and Kenneth L. Krysko

Microhabitat Characteristics of Egg Deposition Sites Used by Reticulated Flatwoods Salamanders

Thomas A. Gorman, Sylvia D. Powell, Kelly C. Jones, and Carola A. Haas


The Habitat of Two Species of Day Geckos (Phelsuma ornata and Phelsuma guimbeaui) and Implications
for Conservation Management in Island Ecosystems

Michael J. Bungard, Carl Jones, Vikash Tatayah, and Diana J. Bell

In Situ Nest and Hatchling Survival at Rancho Nuevo, the Primary Nesting Beach of the Kemp's Ridley
Sea Turtle, Lepidochelys kempi

Elizabeth Bevan, Thane Wibbels, Blanca M.Z. Najera, Marco A.C. Martinez, Laura A.S. Martinez, Diana J.L.
Reyes, Mauricio H. Hernandez, Daniel G. Gamez, Luis J. Pena, and Patrick M. Burchfield

Population Declines of Mountain Coqui (Eleutherodactylus portoricensis) in Cordillera Central of
Puerto Rico
[Photo Gallery]

Brittany S. Barker and Alejandro Rios-Franceschi

Thermal Biology and Microhabitat Use in Puerto Rican Eyespot Geckos (Sphaerodactylus macrolepis
macrolepis
)

Kaitlin E. Allen and Robert Powell

Distribution and Habitats of Amphibians in the Central Region of Saudi Arabia [Photo Gallery]

Awadh M. Al-Johany, Saleem S. Al-Quarni, and Khalid A. Hasayen

A Review of Pipe and Bamboo Artificial Refugia as Sampling Tools in Anuran Studies

Brad M. Glorioso and J. Hardin Waddle