Issue Number 119 – Spring 2012 | British Herpetological Society

The Herpetological Bulletin is a quarterly publication in English. It includes full-length papers, natural history notes, book reviews, and other items of general herpetological interest. Emphasis is placed on natural history and conservation as well as captive care that includes breeding, husbandry, veterinary, and behavioural aspects.

Issue Number 119 – Spring 2012

pdf 01. Seasonal activity, reproductive cycles and growth of the pickerel frog Lithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825), from Pennsylvania

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Walter E. Meshaka, Jr., Naim Edwards and Pablo R. Delis

pdf 02. A hypothesis to explain the distribution of the great crested newt Triturus cristatus in the Highlands of Scotland

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C. David O'Brien and Jeanette E. Hall

pdf 03. Reproduction in Kotschy’s gecko Mediodactylus kotschyi (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Greek Islands and Israel

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Stephen R. Goldberg

pdf 04. A survey of herpetofauna on Long Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India

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S. Harikrishnan, S.R. Chandramouli and Karthikeyan Vasudevan

pdf 05. Notes on the grass snake Natrix natrix in the Derwent Valley, County Durham

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Terry Coult

pdf 06. Natural History Notes

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Crotalus durissus (neotropical rattlesnake): Reproduction
Jessyca Michele Citadini, Veronica Alberto Barros, Giuseppe Puorto and Selma Maria de Almeida Santos
Dipsas articulata (Central American snail-eater): Maximum size
Alex Figueroa and Todd R. Lewis
Pelophylax lessonae (pool frog): Predation by Eurasian otter Lutra lutra
Dan Forman, Chris Gleed-Owen and John Baker
Pseudemys concinna (river cooter): UK alien species
John Smith-Baxter and Roger Meek
Rana sylvatica (wood frog): Larval duration
Lindsey Swierk
Rhinella granulosa and Physalaemus kroyeri: Invertebrate Dytiscid predators
Juliana Zina, Michely Galy, Arheta Almeida and Cesar João Benetti

pdf 07. Book Reviews

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Hunters in the Trees: A Natural History of Arboreal Snakes by Richard A. Sajdak
Gary Powell
Venomous Snakes of Europe, Northern, Central and Western Asia by Patrick David and Gernot Vogel
Roland Griffin