Volume 15, Issue 2 (August 2020)

 

In Memoriam 

 

In Memoriam: Philip A. Medica, Herpetological Stalwart (1941-2020)

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[Lizard Sampling Techniques - Medica et al. 1971]

Todd C. Esque, R. Bruce Bury, and Ken Nussear

 

Research Articles

 

Reptile Home Ranges Revisited: a Case Study of Space Use of Sonoran Desert Tortoises (Gopherus morafkai)

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Roy C. Averill-Murray, Christen H. Fleming, and J. Daren Riedle

Prey Consumption of the Neotropical Frog Engystomops pustulosus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Northwestern Venezuela

José Luis Viña-Albornoz, Cesar Molina, and Zaida Tárano

Observations on the Courtship and Mating Behavior of Captive Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas)

Mingbin Ye, Hualing Chen, Manwen Li, Jinxia Duan, and Pipeng Li

Autecological Study of Gulf Coast Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina major) in the Florida Panhandle, USA, Reveals Unique Spatial and Behavioral Characteristics

Jessica R. Meck, Michael T. Jones, Lisabeth L. Willey, and Jonathan D. Mays

Anurans Associated with Streams and Riparian Zones in a Brazilian Atlantic Forest Remnant: Diversity, Endemism and Conservation

Thais M. Linause, Juliane Pereira-Ribeiro, Jonathan S. Cozer, Atilla C. Ferreguetti, Helena G. Bergallo, and Carlos Frederico D. Rocha

Dimensions of Home Range Structure of Agama agama in the Savanna Region of Nigeria

Safianu Rabiu

Using Scat to Estimate Body Size in Crocodilians: Case Studies of the Siamese Crocodile and American Alligator with Practical Applications

Steven G. Platt, Ruth M. Elsey, Nichole D. Bishop, Thomas R. Rainwater, Oudomxay Thongsavath, Didier Labarre, and Alexander G. K. McWilliam

Color Pattern and Body Size Variation in Live Aspidoscelis costatus costatus (Squamata: Teiidae) From a Protected Enclave in Southern Mexico

Aldo Gómez-Benitez, Oswaldo Hernández-Gallegos, Britany R. Lovell, Pelagie Kadia, and James M. Walker

Measuring Snakes Across the Decades. Are Tube-restraint Measurements Compatible with an Earlier Method?

Marcus C.P. Atkins and Karl W. Larsen

Fluctuating Asymmetry and Organosomatic Indices in Anuran Populations in Agricultural Environments in Semi-arid Brazil

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Patrícia de M. Gondim, João Fabrício M. Rodrigues, and Paulo Cascon

Cold Storage of Sperm From the Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum

Chester R. Figiel, Jr.

Reintroduction of the Tarahumara Frog (Rana tarahumarae) in Arizona: Lessons Learned

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James C. Rorabaugh, Audrey K. Owens, Abigail King, Stephen F. Hale, Stephane Poulin, Michael J. Sredl, and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal

Review of the Jamaican Boa (Chilabothrus subflavus): Biology, Ecology, and Conservation Management of a Vulnerable Species

Brent C. Newman, Scott E. Henke, Randy L. Powell, and D. Craig Rudolph

Life History of the Coppertail Skink (Ctenotus taeniolatus) in Southeastern Australia

David A. Pike, Elizabeth A. Roznik, Jonathan K. Webb, and Richard Shine

Evaluation of Crocodilian Populations along the Bita River (Vichada, Colombia)

Felipe Parra-Torres, Rafael A. Moreno-Arias, and Olga l. Montenegro

Distribution, Status, and Ecology of the Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) on Hainan Island, and the Role of Folklore in its Conservation

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Jian-Huan Yang and Bosco Pui Lok Chan

Efficacy and Biases of Cover Object Survey Design for Sampling Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) at Forest Edge and Interior Locations

Eric L. Margenau, Petra B. Wood, and Donald J. Brown

Use of Prescribed Fire to Increase Detectability of Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Burrows Prior to Relocation

Lance Paden, Kimberly M. Andrews, Carmen Candal, and James F. Renner

Seasonal Variation in the Population Parameters of Kinosternon scorpiodes and Trachemys adiutrix, and Their Association with Rainfall in Seasonally Flooded Lakes

Larissa Barreto, Selvino Neckel-Oliveira, Luís Eduardo de Sousa Ribeiro, Rebeca B.M. Garcez, Margareth C.R. Calvet, Cleber C. Oliveira, Bastian G. van Zuidam, Ivo Roessink, Egbert H. Van Nes, and Edwin T.H.M. Peeters

Reproductive Output of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata) in Illinois, USA

Devin Edmonds, Laura Adamovicz, Matthew C. Allender, and Michael J. Dreslik

 

Classics in Herpetology

 

A Soon-to-be Classic in the Literature on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation

Vivian P. Páez and Brian C. Bock

In Qualified Praise of Captain F.D. Maxwell: a Precis of Maxwell’s 1904 report on the turtle-banks of the Irrawaddy Division of Burma (Myanmar)

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Douglas Hykle, Maung Maung lwin, Manjula Tiwari, and David Wm. Owens