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.

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Volume 21, Issue 2  (August 2026)


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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