Vol 7, No 1 (2012)

Table of Contents

Articles

The Gulf of Manfredonia: a new neritic foraging area for loggerhead sea turtles in the Adriatic Sea
Paolo Casale, Giovanni Simone, Ciro Conoscitore, Michele Conoscitore, Pasquale Salvemini
1-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9897
Preliminary analysis of dorsal pattern variation and sexual dimorphism in <em>Montivipera latifii</em> (Mertens, Darevsky and Klemmer, 1967) (Ophidia: Viperidae)
Mehdi Rajabizadeh, Ali Yazdanpanah, Sylvain Ursenbacher
13-21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9631
On the distribution of <em>Uromastyx alfredschmidti</em> Wilms and Böhme, 2000 (Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae)
Roberto Sindaco, Thomas Wilms, Alberto Venchi
23-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-10129
Quantifying the intersexual and interspecific morphometric variation in two resembling sympatric lacertids: <em>Iberolacerta horvathi</em> and <em>Podarcis muralis</em>
Anamarija Žagar, Nadja Osojnik, Miguel Carretero, Al Vrezec
29-39
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9602
<em>Eryx jaculus</em> (Reptilia, Boidae) north of Danube: a road-killed specimen from Romania
Severus Covaciu-Marcov, Sára Ferenți, Alfred Cicort-Lucaciu, István Sas
41-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9887
Updated distribution of hybrids between <em>Lissotriton vulgaris</em> and <em>Lissotriton montandoni</em> (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae) in Romania
Iulian Gherghel, Alexandru Strugariu, Ioana-Madalina Ambrosă, Ștefan Zamfirescu
49-55
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-10224
Altitudinal variation in body size in the Rice Frog (<em>Rana limnocharis</em>) in southwestern China
Yan Hong Liu, Yu Zeng, Wen Bo Liao, Cai Quan Zhou, Zhi Ping Mi, Min Mao, Lin Chen
57-68
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9128
Is the exploratory behavior of <em>Liolaemus nitidus</em> modulated by sex?
Jaime Troncoso-Palacios, Antonieta Labra
69-80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-10481
A scanning electron microscopic study of the surface morphology of nuptial pads in male amphibians (Genus: <em>Bombina</em>, <em>Pelophylax</em>, <em>Rana</em>)
Pasqualina Kyriakopoulou-Sklavounou, Efthymia Papaevangelou, Nikolaos Kladisios
81-90
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9519
Chemosensory responses to chemical and visual stimuli in five species of colubrid snakes
Anthony Saviola, Valerie McKenzie, David Chiszar
91-103
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9491
Long term observations on the alimentation of wild Eastern Greek Tortoises <em>Testudo graeca ibera</em> (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae) in Dobrogea, Romania
Alexandru Iftime, Oana Iftime
105-110
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9800
Testing the ability to store sperm: an experimental manipulation of mating opportunities in the common wall lizard, <em>Podarcis muralis</em>
Daniele Pellitteri-Rosa, Roberto Sacchi, Fabio Pupin, Adriana Bellati, Walter Cocca, Augusto Gentilli, Paolo Galeotti, Mauro Fasola
111-118
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9890
Skeletal development and adult osteology of <em>Hypsiboas pulchellus</em> (Anura: Hylidae)
Julio Hoyos, Marcelo Sánchez-Villagra, Alfredo Carlini, Christian Mitgutsch
119-138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9600
Genetic variability of <em>Mesalina watsonana</em> (Reptilia: Lacertidae) on the Iranian plateau and its phylogenetic and biogeographic affinities as inferred from mtDNA sequences
Jiri Smid, Daniel Frynta
139-153
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-10193

Editorial

The “Peer” in “Peer Review”
Gad Perry, Jaime Bertoluci, Bruce Bury, Robert Hansen, Robert Jehle, John Measey, Brad Moon, Erin Muths, Marco Zuffi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-11141

Short Note

Loggerhead turtles (<em>Caretta caretta</em>) foraging at Drini Bay in Northern Albania: Genetic characterisation reveals new haplotypes
Can Yilmaz, Oguz Turkozan, Fevzi Bardakcı, Michael White, Esmeralda Kararaj
155-162
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-10286
Evidence of phoresy by leeches (Hirudinoidea) on <em>Rhinella abei</em> (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Atlantic Rainforest in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil
Thiago Maia-Carneiro, Thiago Dorigo, Milena Wachlevski, Carlos Rocha
163-169
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-10807
Scavenging in the genus <em>Natrix</em>
Cesar Ayres
171-174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-10447
New data on the distribution of <em>Darevskia pontica</em> (Lantz and Cyrén, 1919) (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in Romania: filling a significant gap
Tibor Sos, Attila Kecskés, Zsolt Hegyeli, Bela Marosi
175-180
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-10467
Exceptional sea turtle nest records in 2011 suggest an underestimated nesting potential in Sicily (Italy)
Paolo Casale, Giuseppe Palilla, Alessandro Salemi, Angelo Napoli, Maurizio Prinzi, Laura Genco, Davide Bonaviri, Angela Mastrogiacomo, Marco Oliverio, Mario Lo Valvo
181-188
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-10725
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