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 7, December 1976
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- Hemipenial morphology of British snakes. By W. R. Branch and E. O. Z. Wade pp. 548
- Aspects of behaviour of the ground dwelling agamid lizard, Sitana ponticeriana. By M. V. Subba Rao and B. S. Rajabai pp. 554
- Brief report on some reptiles found in the Sava valley (Jugoslavia). By D. J. Street pp. 558
- Some ecological notes on Xenochrophis piscator (Serpentes: Colubridae) in the Poonch valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India. By B. D. Sharma and T. S. Sharma pp. 560
- Aspects of reproduction and growth of the Indian python, Python molurus molurus. By L. N. Acharjyo and R. Misra pp. 562
- The reptile fauna in the lower alpine zone of Aberdaire and Mt. Kenya. By Claes Andren pp. 566
- Observations on the herpetofauna of Turkey in 1968-1973. By Claes Andren and Goran Nilson pp. 575
- Spawning dates of the frog (Rana temporaria) and the toad (Bufo bufo) in Britain. By A. S. Cooke pp. 585
- Letters to the Editor pp. 590
- Book Reviews pp. 592