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Acta Herpetologica, a journal open to academics all over the world, offers itself as a new site for the presentation and discussion of the most recent results in the field of research on Amphibians and Reptiles, both living and extinct. The official journal of the Societas Herpetologica Italica (S.H.I.), Acta Herpetologica publishes original works – extended articles, short notes and book reviews – mostly in English, dealing with the biology and diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles.

 
Editor-in-Chief:
Enrico Lunghi, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Italy
ISSN 1827-9643 (online)
 
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Current IssueVol 20, No 2 (2025)

Published December 30, 2025

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Table of Contents

Articles

Spatial and temporal variation in detection probability and abundance of freshwater turtles in a peri-urban area of Midwestern Brazil
Elizângela S. de Brito, Nicolle B. F. Prado, Klysman F. F. Almeida, Luciana M. Valério, Christine Strüssmann, Tainá F. Dorado-Rodrigues
103-113
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-17006
Atlas of the herpetofauna of Batna Province and the Belezma Biosphere Reserve, north-eastern Algeria
Idriss Bouam, Ahmed Abdennebi, Larbi Tahar Chaouch, Toufik Lemoufek, Elalmi Benmokhtar, Tahar Mebarki, Lazhar Moulahcene, Amar Kherchouche, Tarek Messaoudi
115-145
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-17427
Metazoan endoparasites of Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus caesius (Cope, 1862) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) in South American Chaco: Structural attributes at different organization levels
Juan Caraballo, Vanesa Arzamendia, Ricardo Guerrero, Cynthya Gonzalez
147-163
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-17983
Men and Snakes: A long-term monitoring of wild caught snakes used in the Rito di San Domenico e dei Serpari (Cocullo, AQ, Italy)
Gianpaolo Montinaro, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Pasqualino Piro, Domenico Otranto, Ernesto Filippi
165-173
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-17744
Occupancy of artificial shelters by European tree frog (Hyla arborea) in Škocjanski zatok Nature Reserve: A non-invasive sampling method in ecologically sensitive habitats
Martin Senič, Matic Jančič, Jure Jugovic, Kevin Rečnik, Sara Zupan, Martina Lužnik
175-184
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-18266
Oxyrhopus in Bahia, Brazil: Pholidosis, maturity, sexual dimorphism, and reproduction
Paola De la Quintana, Mirco Sole
185-199
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-16438
Spiny treasures of Gorgona Island: Unveiling the natural history secrets of the lizard Enyalioides heterolepis (Squamata: Hoplocercidae) in Colombia
Miguel Ángel Méndez-Galeano
201-210
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-18059
Characterization of suitable breeding sites for Asiatic toads (Bufo gargarizans Cantor, 1842) (Anura, Bufonidae) using ecological modeling
Seung-Min Park, Seung-Ju Cheon, Choong-Ho Ham, Su-Wan Park, Ha-Cheol Sung
211-219
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-17271
Behavioral repertoire of the Madeiran wall lizard, Teira dugesii (Sauria: Lacertidae) in wildlife conditions
José Câmara, Mafalda Abreu, Mariana Soares, José Jesus
221-242
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-17773
Hierarchical response to kairomones of predator based on experience acquired through learning
Santosh M. Mogali
243-250
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-18276

Short Note

First report of overwintering tadpoles in the endemic Italian agile frog Rana latastei
Andrea Melotto, Antonio Serafino Melotto, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Raoul Manenti, Mattia Falaschi
251-257
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-17665
Trends and main characteristics of impacted herpetological journals
Sebastiano Salvidio
259-262
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-18137
Trophic plasticity and novel predator-prey interaction between two introduced snakes in a Mediterranean island
Enrique Pantoja, Samuel Pinya
263-266
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-18298
Contributing to the breeding phenology of a temperate nocturnal gecko
Michel-Jean Delaugerre
267-273
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-17238
Shadowboxing salamanders: Defensive behavior in two Amazonian Bolitoglossa species (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)
Daniela Pareja-Mejía, Omar Rojas-Padilla, Madison Lacey, Mylena Masache-Sarango, Mirco Solé, Lauren A. O'Connell
275-278
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-18622
Bread and cookies: allotriophagy in a worm lizard (Squamata: Amphisbaenia)
Carolina L. Paiva, Carlos H. de-Oliveira-Nogueira, Luiz Rezende, Henrique C. Costa
279-282
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/a_h-17538
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