Issue Number 159 - Spring 2022 | 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 159 - Spring 2022

01. Reproductive husbandry of the rat snake Elaphe moellendorffi

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MATTHEW COOK, LEAH J. WILLIAMS & IRI GILL

02. First reproduction of Panha's crocodile newt Tylototriton panhai in captivity, with a description of the courtship behaviour, eggs and larval development

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AXEL HERNANDEZ, PORRAWEE POMCHOTE & ARNAUD JAMIN

03. Brumation of the clouded monitor lizard Varanus nebulosus in north-eastern Thailand

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JESSE GOODYEAR, GEORGE A. GALE, SURACHIT WAENGSOTHORN, COLIN T. STRINE

04. Collection of vulnerable nests with eggs for the captive incubation of king cobra Ophiophagus hannah as a conservation strategy in Mizoram north-east India

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LAL BIAKZUALA, LAL RINSANGA, SAMUEL LIANZELA, RO MALSAWMA, LAL MUANSANGA, HT. DECEMSON, MICHAEL VANLALCHHUANA, LALENGZUALA TOCHHAWNG, HRAHSEL LALTLANCHHUAHA & HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA

04a. Supplementary Material for: 04. Collection of vulnerable nests with eggs for the captive incubation of king cobra Ophiophagus hannah as a conservation strategy in Mizoram north-east India

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LAL BIAKZUALA, LAL RINSANGA, SAMUEL LIANZELA, RO MALSAWMA, LAL MUANSANGA, HT. DECEMSON, MICHAEL VANLALCHHUANA, LALENGZUALA TOCHHAWNG, HRAHSEL LALTLANCHHUAHA & HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA

05. Defensive behaviour by the African snakes Amblyodipsas unicolor and Atractaspis andersonii

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BARRY HUGHES & THOMAS KOWALSKI

06. Records of multiple clutching in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax

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FRANCESCA SERVINI, KRISTOFER FÖRSÄTER, BENJAMIN TAPLEY & CHRISTOPHER J MICHAELS

06a. Supplementary Material for: 06. Records of multiple clutching in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax

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FRANCESCA SERVINI, KRISTOFER FÖRSÄTER, BENJAMIN TAPLEY & CHRISTOPHER J MICHAELS

07. First record of feeding and defensive behaviour in Thompson's caecilian Caecilia thompsoni from the Upper Magdalena Valley, Tolima, Colombia

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JUAN DAVID FERNÁNDEZ-ROLDÁN & DIEGO ANDRÉS GÓMEZ-SÁNCHEZ

08. Red tail in male spiny footed lizards Acanthodactylus erythrurus during the breeding season

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FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ-CAZALLA

09. First records of Columbus crabs Planes minutus associated with loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in Galicia (NW Spain)

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PABLO COVELO & ALFREDO LÓPEZ

10. Foam making behaviour of tadpoles of the pepper frog Leptodactylus vastus in north-eastern Brazil

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GABRIEL NÓBREGA DE ALMEIDA MARINHO, MARIA EDUARDA DE ARAÚJO ALMEIDA, FERNANDA RODRIGUES MEIRA, JULIANA DELFINI DE SOUSA & MARCELO NOGUEIRA DE CARVALHO KOKUBUM

11. Rediscovery of the Quindío robber frog Pristimantis alalocophus in a new locality in the Department of Quindío, Colombia

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CRISTIAN GONZÁLEZ-ACOSTA & SEBASTIÁN DUARTE-MARÍN

12. Hibernation cell construction by the viviparous lizard Zootoca vivipara

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RICK J. HODGES & CLIFFORD SEABROOK

13. An unusual record of ophiophagy and necrophagy in the common boa Boa constrictor in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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VANESSA DO NASCIMENTO BARBOSA, JÉSSICA MONIQUE DA SILVA AMARAL, SEBASTIÃO SILVA DOS SANTOS, ÉLIDA FRANCISCO DA SILVA, JOHN LINNIK & FREDERICO GUSTAVO RODRIGUES FRANÇA