https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/issue/feed Herpetology Notes 2025-03-05T18:50:16+00:00 Hinrich Kaiser admin@herpetologynotes.org Open Journal Systems <p><em>Herpetology Notes </em>is an online-only and Open Access journal (under CC BY-NC 4.0) published by the Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH) alongside its flagship journal, <em>Amphibia-Reptilia</em>. Processing, editing, and typesetting of manuscripts is carried out by an international editorial team. The current rejection rate is around 30%.</p> https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/33 Communal nesting behaviour of female American Alligators, <em>Alligator mississippiensis</em> (Daudin, 1801) in southeastern Oklahoma, USA 2024-12-02T23:15:34+00:00 Eric C.K. Gren eric.g@swau.edu Jake A. Pruett jpruett@se.edu Jared P. Wood jared.wood@fortworthtexas.gov Tim M. Patton tpatton@se.edu 2025-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Herpetology Notes https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/36 <p>Tail movements as an anti-predatory behaviour in <em>Hynobius okiensis</em> Sato, 1940<p> 2024-12-06T05:42:09+00:00 Ama¨ël Borzée amaelborzee@gmail.com Yucheol Shin brongersmai2@gmail.com Taiji Shiraishi shiraishi@oki-geopark.jp 2025-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Herpetology Notes https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/3 Rescue records of Leith’s Sandsnake, <em>Psammophis leithii</em> Günther, 1869, from Surat, Gujarat, India with some additional insights on pholidosis and natural history 2025-02-05T15:15:51+00:00 Mehul Thakur ophiophagus_hannah10@yahoo.com Dikansh S. Parmar ophiophagus_hannah10@yahoo.com Hinrich Kaiser chalcopis@yahoo.com 2025-03-13T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Herpetology Notes https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/38 First record of <em>Trimerodytes praemaxillaris</em> (Angel, 1929) from Xaisomboun Province, Laos, with additional comments on morphology, natural history, and the type locality 2024-12-13T16:58:33+00:00 Yanpeng Shen yanpengc7@gmail.com Christine M. Kaiser kaiser.christine.3d@kyoto-u.ac.jp Kanto Nishikawa nishikawa.kanto.8v@kyoto-u.ac.jp Daosavanh Sanamxay daosavanhsnx@gmail.com Phouth Inthavong daosavanhsnx@gmail.com Hinrich Kaiser hinrich.kaiser@vvc.edu <p>We describe the discovery of the 11th specimen of <em>Trimerodytes premaxillaris</em> and use this opportunity to make some clarifying remarks about the history of the species, its type locality, morphology, and natural history. The snake was found at the southernmost locality for the species and represents a new provincial record for Laos. It was in the process of swallowing a juvenile spiny bream (<em>Scaphiodonichthys acanthopterus</em>), the first identifiable prey for this snake. The snake was a female carrying two oviductal eggs indicating that the reproductive season of the species likely coincides with the monsoon season. This correlates with the collection of the hatchling type specimens in late 1925 or early 1926. Finally, we provide some additional detail regarding this species’ scale and colour pattern, as well as a more detailed account of the type locality and the time when the syntypes were collected.</p> 2025-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Herpetology Notes