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 3, Number 12, June 1967

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  • Size-weight relationships in Bufo regularis Reuss. By J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson pp. 294
  • Water-relations and diurnal rhythm of activity in the young Nile Monitor. By J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson pp. 296
  • Neural spine expansions of some Boid snakes. By J. Alan Holman pp. 300
  • Some observations of the Herpetofauna of Corsica. By M. R. K. Lambert pp. 303
  • A preliminary survey of the reptiles of the Ibadan area. By Kenneth Blackwell pp. 307
  • Reproduction of Python sebae. By P. N. Joshi pp. 310
  • The defence system of the Anura against desiccation. By E. Elkan pp. 311
  • New record localities of Aegean amphibians and reptiles. By Serge Daan pp. 312
  • Rectifications to: J. F. D. Frazer, "Herpetological Notes on Rhodes", Brit. J. Herpetol. 3, December 1965, pp. 220-224. By Otto von Wettstein pp. 313
  • Slow-worm eating lizard. By J. E. T. Byrne pp. 314
  • The scientific use of B.B.C. Wildlife sound recordings. By J. F. Burton pp. 315
  • New Books and Journals pp. 314

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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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