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 12, June 1979
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- Conservation of the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis, by habitat management. By K. F. Corbett and D. L. Tamarind pp. 799
- Oviducal anatomy of some high altitude lizards from Kashmir. By O. Kaul and P. L. Duda pp. 825
- Amphibians with scales: the structure of the scale in the caecilian Hypogeophis rostratus. By J. Casey and R. Lawson pp. 831
- A case closely resembling a neuroepithelioma in Triturus alpestris. By G. Matz pp. 835
- Chamaeleo chamaeleon in the province of Malaga, Spain. By M. Blasco pp. 839
- Surgery on a captive salamander. By A. J. L. Lambiris pp. 843
- Notes on the reproduction of the lizard Cophotis ceylonica. By B. W. Tryon pp. 845
- A second specimen of the Matanna water snake, Enhydris matannensis (Blgr.) from Raha,
- Muna Island, Indonesia. By D. T. Iskandar pp. 849
- The status of marine turtles in the waters of the Yemen Arab Republic. By P. S. Walczak pp. 851
- A modification to the method for preparing dried skins of anurans. By S. Y. Paranjape and L.
- Mulherkar pp. 855
- Book Reviews pp. 857