The British Herpetological Society

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 6, Number 12, June 1985

255 downloads

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pdf Volume 6, Number 10, June 1984

235 downloads

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pdf Volume 6, Number 9, December 1983

275 downloads

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pdf Volume 6, Number 8, June 1983

250 downloads

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pdf Volume 6, Number 7, December 1982

239 downloads

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pdf Volume 6, Number 6, June 1982

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pdf Volume 6, Number 5, December 1981

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pdf Volume 6, Number 4, June 1981

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pdf Volume 6, Number 3, December 1980

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pdf Volume 6, Number 2, June 1980

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pdf Volume 6, Number 1, December 1979

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pdf Volume 5, Number 12, June 1979

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pdf Volume 5, Number 10, June 1978

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pdf Volume 5, Number 9, December 1977

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pdf Volume 5, Number 8, June 1977

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pdf Volume 5, Number 7, December 1976

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pdf Volume 5, Number 6, June 1976

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pdf Volume 5, Number 5, December 1975

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pdf Volume 5, Number 4, June 1975

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pdf Volume 5, Number 3, December 1974

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pdf Volume 5, Number 2, June 1974

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pdf Volume 5, Number 1, December 1973

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pdf Volume 4, Number 12, June 1973

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pdf Volume 4, Number 10, June 1972

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pdf Volume 4, Number 9, December 1971

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pdf Volume 4, Number 8, June 1971

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pdf Volume 4, Number 7, December 1970

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pdf Volume 4, Number 6, June 1970

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pdf Volume 4, Number 5, December 1969

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pdf Volume 4, Number 4, June 1969

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pdf Volume 4, Number 3, December 1968

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pdf Volume 4, Number 2, June 1968

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pdf Volume 4, Number 1, December 1967

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pdf Volume 3, Number 12, June 1967

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pdf Volume 3, Number 10, June 1966

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pdf Volume 3, Number 9, December 1965

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pdf Volume 3, Number 8, June 1965

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pdf Volume 3, Number 7, December 1964

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pdf Volume 3, Number 6, June 1964

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pdf Volume 3, Number 5, December 1963

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pdf Volume 3, Number 4, June 1963

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pdf Volume 3, Number 3, December 1962

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pdf Volume 3, Number 2, June 1962

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pdf Volume 3, Number 1, December 1961

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pdf Volume 2, Number 12, June 1961

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pdf Volume 2, Number 10, June 1960

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pdf Volume 2, Number 9, December 1959

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pdf Volume 2, Number 8, June 1959

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pdf Volume 2, Number 7, December 1958

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pdf Volume 2, Number 6, July 1958

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pdf Volume 2, Number 5, December 1957

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pdf Volume 2, Number 4, July 1957

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pdf Volume 2, Number 3, February 1957

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pdf Volume 2, Number 2, June 1956

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pdf Volume 2, Number 1, December 1955

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pdf Volume 1, Number 12, June 1955

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pdf Volume 1, Number 10, June 1954

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pdf Volume 1, Number 9, December 1953

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pdf Volume 1, Number 8, July 1953

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pdf Volume 1, Number 7, December 1952

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pdf Volume 1, Number 6, May 1952

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pdf Volume 1, Number 5, November 1951

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pdf Volume 1, Number 4, December 1950

218 downloads

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pdf Volume 1, Number 3, May 1950

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pdf Volume 1, Number 1, June 1948

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All issues of this legacy journal are open access.

Submissions:

This is a legacy journal which is out of print and no longer accepting submissions. You might be interested in making a submission to one of our current publications, The Herpetological Journal and The Herpetological Bulletin.

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