The British Journal of Herpetology
This journal is part of our legacy archive. For historical interest we have made these volumes available as open access downloads.
The British Journal of Herpetology was published between 1948 and 1984 before transforming into The Herpetological Journal, reflecting the much wider geographic and taxonomic breadth of research that was being conducted in the mid-1980s onwards. Initially the British Journal of Herpetology was solely focussed on the publication of research articles and notes on British herpetofauna, but as time progressed, it welcomed manuscripts on species from further afield, as well as those focussing on captive husbandry and laboratory protocols.
As a historic publication, the British Journal of Herpetology is no longer accepting submissions, but went through six volumes, all with twelve issues each during its print run. The editors for these were as follows: Dr Angus d'A. Bellairs (1949-1953), Dr R. Maxwell Savage (1953-1957), Dr Angus d'A. Bellairs (1957-1964), Dr Harold Fox (1965-1976), and Dr M. Peaker (1977-??).
pdf Volume 5, Number 4, June 1975
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- Biomass estimates and thermal environment of a population of the fringe-toed lizard, Acanthodactytus pardalis. By S. D. Busack pp. 457
- Is the palmate newt a montane species? By A. S. Cooke & P. F. Ferguson pp. 460
- Influence of body weight, sex and temperature on heart beat in the garden lizard, Calotes versicolor. By M. V. Subba Rao pp. 464
- Studies on the food and feeding behaviour of the agamid garden lizard, Calotes versicolor. By M. V. Subba Rao pp. 467
- Occurrence of the uropeltid snake Brachyophidium rhodogaster Wall (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Tenmalai, Kerala, India. By T. S. N. Murthy & M. Sundar Singh pp. 471
- Report on the reproduction of captive Indian python (Python molurus bivittatus). By J. Coborn pp. 471
- A procedure for double staining cartilage and bone. By T. E. Hardaway & K. L. Williams pp. 473
- Letters to the Editor pp. 475
- Book Reviews pp. 476