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Do Scientific Collecting and Conservation Conflict?

Brian T. Henen

 

Research Articles

 

Major Histocompatibility Complex Polymorphism in Reptile Conservation

Jean P. Elbers and Sabrina S. Taylor

Protected Natural Areas and the Conservation of Amphibians in a Highly Transformed Mountainous Region
in Mexico

María Chanel Juárez-Ramírez, José L. Aguilar-López, and Eduardo Pineda

Rare Syntopy of the Diploid Parthenogenetic Lizard (Aspidoscelis laredoensis B) and both Gonochoristic
Progenitors (A. gularis and A. sexlineata) in Texas, USA

James M. Walker, James E. Cordes, and Mark A. Paulissen

Genetic Signatures Follow Dendritic Patterns in the Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
alleganiensis)

Shem D. Unger, Eric J. Chapman, Kurt J. Regester, and Rod N. Williams

Distribution and Abundance of the Endangered Yellow Spotted Mountain Newt Neurergus microspilotus
(Caudata: Salamandridae) in Western Iran

Mohadeseh Afroosheh, Vahid Akmali, Somayeh Esmaelli-Rineh, and Mozafar Sharifi

A First Test of the Thread Bobbin Tracking Technique as a Method for Studying the Ecology of
Herpetofauna in a Tropical Rainforest

Emily Waddell, Andrew Whitworth, and Ross MacLeod

Important Habitat Characteristics for American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) on the Edge
of their Range

Geoffrey D. Smith, Ginny L. Adams, and Stephen A. Dinkelacker

Molecular Analyses Confirming the Introduction of Nile Crocodiles, Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti
1768 (Crocodylidae), in Southern Florida, with an Assessment of Potential for Establishment, Spread,
and Impacts

Michael R. Rochford, Kenneth L. Krysko, Frank J. Mazzotti, Matthew H. Shirley, Mark W. Parry, Joseph A.
Wasilewski, Jeffrey S. Beauchamp, Christopher R. Gillette, Edward F. Metzger III, Michikoa A. Squires, and
Louis A. Somma

Distribution, Diet, and Vocalizations of the Endangered Colombian Toad Osornophryne percrassa
(Anura, Bufonidae)

Jhonattan Vanegas-Guerrero, Gustavo A. Gonzalez-Durán, and Sergio Escobar-Lasso

Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi Overwintering Ecology in Southwestern Wisconsin

Andrew F. Badje, Tyler J. Brandt, Tara L. Bergeson, Rori A. Paloski, Joshua M. Kapfer, and Gregor W.
Schuurman

Patterns of Space Use in Zebra-tailed Lizards (Callisaurus draconoides) in Joshua Tree National Park,
California, USA

Marina M. Gerson

Interdrainage Morphological and Genetic Differentiation in the Escambia Map Turtle, Graptemys ernsti

Joshua R. Ennen, James Godwin, Jeffrey E. Lovich, Brian R. Kreiser, Brian Folt, and Sarah Hazzard

Urban Ditch Characteristics Associated with Turtle Abundance and Species Richness

Jonathan Elston, Virginie Rolland, and Stanley E. Trauth

A Dietary Study of the Rough-footed Mud Turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes) in Texas, USA

Steven G. Platt, Andrew R. Berezin, Dennis J. Miller, and Thomas R. Rainwater

Ecology and Predation Behavior of Corn Snakes (Pantherophis guttatus) on Avian Nests

Brett A. DeGregorio, Patrick J. Weatherhead, and Jinelle H. Sperry

Multiple Paternity in Three Wild Populations of Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus)

Amber L. Stedman, Collin P. Jaeger, Eric T. Hileman, Benjamin C. Jellen, Christopher A. Phillips, Bradley J.
Swanson, and Richard B. King

Status of the California Red-legged Frog (Rana draytonii) in the State of Baja California, México

Anny Peralta-García, Bradford D. Hollingsworth, Jonathan Q. Richmond, Jorge H. Valdez-Villacencio,
Gorgonio Ruiz-Campos, Robert N. Fisher, Pedro Cruz-Hernandez, and Patricia Galina-Tessaro

High Incidence of Road-killed Freshwater Turtles at a Lake in East Texas, USA

Paul S. Crump, Stirling J. Robertson, and Rachel E. Rommel-Crump

Can We Use Head Scale Symmetry in Endangered Pygmy Bluetongue Lizards (Tiliqua adelaidensis) to
Alert Managers to Population Condition?

Leili Shamiminoori and C. Michael Bull

Locating Suitable Habitat for a Rare Species: Evaluation of a Species Distribution Model For Bog Turtles
(Glyptemys muhlenbergii) in the Southeastern United States

Theresa S. M. Stratmann, Kyle Barrett, and Thomas M. Floyd

Differential Use of Ponds and Movements by Two Species of Aquatic Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata
and Chelydra serpentina serpentina) and their Role in Colonization

Daniel F. Hughes, Amy K. Tegeler, and Walter E. Meshaka, Jr.

Reproductive Ecology of Graptemys geographica of the Juniata River in Central Pennsylvania, with
Recommendations for Conservation

Roy D. Nagle and Justin D. Congdon

Strandings of Leatherback Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) along the Western and Southern Coast of the
Gulf of Venezuela

Héctor Barrios-Garrido and María G. Montiel-Villalobos

Population Ecology and Rehabilitation of Incidentally Captured Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii)
in the Mississippi Sound, USA

Andrew T. Coleman, Eric E. Pulis, Jonathan L. Pitchford, Kristin Crocker, Andrew J. Heaton, Alicia M. Carron, Wendy
Hatchett, Delphine Shannon, Frank Austin, Martha Dalton, Connie L. Clemons-Chevis, and Moby Solangi