Volume 5, Issue 1 (April 2010)

    Editorial

     

    2008-2009 Peer Reviewers

    Governing Board

     

    Research Articles

 

Nesting Movements and the Use of Anthropogenic Nesting Sites by Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) and Blanding's
Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)

Frederic Beaudry, Phillip G. deMaynadier, and Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr.

 

Status, Distribution and Microhabitats of Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi in South Dakota.

Seth L. Burdick and David L. Swanson

 

Watersnake Eden: Use of Stormwater Retention Ponds by Mangrove Salt Marsh Snakes (Nerodia clarkii compressicauda)
in Urban Florida

Jeffrey W. Ackley and Peter A. Meylan

Population Assessments of Chameleons from Two Montane Sites in Madagascar

J. Christian Randrianantoandro, Raphali R. Andriantsimanarilafy, Herizo Rakotovololonalimanana, Elisoa F. Hantalalaina,
Daniel Rakotondravony, Olga R. Ramilijaona, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Germain F. Razafindrakoto, and Richard K. B. Jenkins

 

Conservation Status and Habitat Use of the West Virginia Spring Salamander (Gryinophilus subterraneus) and Spring Salamander
(G. porphyriticus) in General Davis Cave, Greenbrier Co., West Virginia

Matthew L. Niemiller, Michael S. Osbourn, Dante B. Fenolio, Thomas K. Pauley, Brian T. Miller, and John R. Holsinger

 

Sexual Dimorphism in the Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)

Robert Makowsky, Lawrence A. Wilson, and Thomas K. Pauley

 

Hibernation Sites of Western Toads (Anaxyrus boreas): Characterization and Management Implications [Photo Gallery]

Constance L. Browne and Cynthia A. Paszkowski

Movement Orientation by Adult and Juvenile Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica) and American Toads (Bufo americanus) Over Multiple Years

Rebecca N. Homan, Meredith A. Atwood, Ashley J. Dunkle, and Sarah B. Karr

 

Management of Amphibian Populations in Booderee National Park, South-eastern Australia

Trent D. Penman and Traecey E. Brassil

 

Log Diameter Influences Detection of Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) in Harvest Gaps, but not in Closed-
canopy Forest Conditions

Carol A. Strojny and Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr.

 

Phylogenetically Widespread Multiple Paternity in New World Natricine Snakes

Theresa L. Wusterbarth, Richard B. King, Melvin R. Duvall, W. Scott Grayburn, and Gordon M. Burghardt

 

Ecology of the Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula) in a Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Forest in Southwestern Georgia

Jennifer M. Linehan, Lora L. Smith, and David A. Steen

 

Common Chuckwallas (Sauromalus ater) in Urban Preserves: Do Food Plants or Crevice Retreats Influence Abundance?

Brian K. Sullivan and Rachel E. Williams

 

Amphibians and Reptiles of the Tsingy de Bemaraha Plateau, Western Madagascar: Checklist, Biogeography and Conservation

Parfait Bora, J. Christian Randrianantoandro, Roma Randrianavelona, Elisoa F. Hantalalaina, Raphali R. Andriantsimanarilafy, Daniel
Rakotondravony, Olga R. Ramilijaona, Miguel Vences, Richard K. B. Jenkins, Frank Glaw, and Jörn Köhler


Temporal Variation in Dorsal Patterns of Juvenile Green-eyed Tree Frogs, Litoria genimaculata (Anura: Hylidae)

Nicole Kenyon, Andrea D. Phillott, and Ross A. Alford

 

The Non-marine Herpetofauna of Key Biscayne, Florida

Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, Elizabeth A Golden, Joseph P. Burgess, and Kurt W. Larson

 

Environmental Factors Affecting Sampling Success of Artificial Cover Objects

Lucas N. Joppa, Christopher K. Williams, Stanley A. Temple, and Gary Casper

 

Unusual Subterranean Aggregations of the California Giant Salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus

Gary M. Fellers, Leslie L. Wood, Sarah Carlisle, and David Pratt

 

Seasonal Activity and Breeding Seasons of Snakes from Powdermill Nature Reserve in Western Pennsylvania: The Importance of
Site-specific Data in Land Management Programs

Walter E. Meshaka, Jr.