Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Herpetological Conservation and Biology is an open-access international journal that publishes original peer-reviewed research, reviews, and perspectives on the ecology, natural history, management, and conservation biology of amphibians and reptiles.
Current Issue
Volume 21, Issue 2 (August 2026)
Editorial
Peer Reviewers 2024–2025
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Research Articles
Finding Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis): a Comparison of Diurnal Rock-lifting and Nocturnal Dive-lighting Surveys
Freddy J. Ortega, Lynn Siefferman, and Michael M. Gangloff
First Assessment of Skin pH of Blanding’s Turtles and Spotted Turtles
Katja Kubasta, Karen J. Vanderwolf, Serina Tourangeau, Orixana Urquhart, and Chantel E. Markle
Body Size and Diet of Tarentola deserti (Sauria: Phylloadctylidae) in the Sahara Desert of Algeria
Bahia Bacha, Aicha Mouane, Adel A. Ibrahim, Abdallah Aouadi, Souad Aouimeur, and Hayat Laoufi
Conservation Notes, First Record of Trachemys dorbigni in Paraguay, and an Illustrated Bilingual Key to Paraguayan Testudines
Paul Smith, Sergio Galeano, and Sergio D. Ríos
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Population Size of the Utila Island Endemic Ctenosaura bakeri: Insights From Two Sampling Approaches
Maria Fernanda Flores Bueso, Tom W. Brown, and Manuel Spínola-Parallada
Field Surveys Indicate Contiguous Distributions of Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma mavortium and A. tigrinum) in Manitoba, Canada
Neil R. Balchan and Owen M. Edwards
Population Size and Microhabitat Requirements of Salamandra infraimmaculata semenovi in Zagros Mountain, Kurdistan Province, Iran
Ashkan Rezaei, Barbod Safaei-Mahroo, Shahram Kaboodvandpour, Pegah Karimi, and Hanyeh Ghaffari
Limb Malformation in the Kaiser’s Mountain Newt (Neurergus kaiseri), Zagros Mountains, Iran
Barbod Safaei-Mahroo, Hanyeh Ghaffari, Shwan Adak, Arman Kamangar, and Ashkan Miri
Occupancy and Detection Probabilities for Three Anuran Species that Differ in Habits and Risk Category in a Conserved Tropical Forest in Mexico
J. Daniel Aguilar-Montes, J. Jaime Zúñiga-Vega, Eduardo Pineda, and Omar Hernández-Ordóñez
Density, Biomass, and Population Structure of Red-footed Tortoises (Chelonoidis carbonarius) and Yellow-footed Tortoises (Chelonoidis denticulatus) in the Northern Amazon, Brazil
Joel N. Strong and José M.V. Fragoso
Determining Population Status of Marine Turtles at the Mantanani Islands, Sabah (Borneo), Malaysia Using Novel In-water Photo-identification
Elvie Jen Teo Mei Jun, Juanita Joseph, Chen Cheng Ann, Muhamad Ariff Ng Abdullah, and Hussien muin
Genetic Diversity of Translocated Populations of Iguana delicatissima in Saint Barthélemy, Lesser Antilles
Michel Breuil, David Schikorski, Thomas Becking, Barbara Vuillaume, Karl Questel, and Frédéric Grandjean
Detection of Streamside Plethodontid Salamanders using Traditional and Environmental DNA Surveys in an Urban Setting
Leah T. Rittenburg, Tobias Landberg, Tristan Clark, and Todd W. Pierson
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Orientation and Land Use Influences on Migrating California Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma californiense)
Victoria Brunal-Byrd, David G. Cook, Alessandra Phelan-Roberts, Leslie Rivas, Daniel E. Crocker, and Derek J. Girman
Evidence of Nest Site Fidelity in Four-Toed Salamanders Using Photo Identification and a 15-Year Nesting Dataset
Kalin J. Ferguson, M. Kevin Hamed, and Holly K. Kindsvater
Temperature and Size-selective Biases in Hoop Net Surveys of Aquatic Turtles: Insights from a 17-year Student-led Monitoring Program
Thomas R. Laffoon, Dawson B. Hughes, Bryce S. Wade, Lindsey E. Hayter, and Evin T. Carter
Feeding Biology and Endoparasites Associated with Sibon nebulatus (Dipsadidae; Dipsadini) From Rainforest Enclaves in Ceará, Northeast Brazil
Átilas Rodrigues de Sousa, Matheus Calixto Saldanha, Sthefane D`Ávila, and Robson Waldemar Ávila
Pitfall Traps with Motion-activated Cameras in the Study of Terrestrial Lizards and Snakes
Guillermo Alvarez, Scarlet L. Sellers, Vicente Mata-Silva, and Jerry D. Johnson
Factors Affecting the Size Structure and Life Stage Classes of Eretmochelys imbricata (Testudines: Cheloniidae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico
Roberto Carmona, Francisco Omar López Fuerte, Melania C. López-Castro, and Lourdes Martínez-Estévez
Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Free-Ranging Sea Turtles Found Stranded on St. Kitts and Nevis (2015–2024)
Angela Picknell, Heather Fenton, Michelle M. Dennis, María Jose Navarrete Talloni, Pompei Bolfa, Lemuel Pemberton, Gary W. Buckles, Nickhail Sutton, Noah Makela, Melinda Massey, Hannah Millar, Mason Lichliter, Liam Kitson, and Kimberly M. Stewart
Dynamics of Partial Recovery from Upper Respiratory Tract Disease (URTD) in Mojave Desert Tortoises
Franziska C. Sandmeier, Taylor Urban, Brandon Bayer, Angelina Martin, Kendra Leonard, Shalyn Bauschlicher, Hamid Mohammadpour, Sally Dupré, Kenneth Hunter, Jr., and C. Richard Tracy

