Herpetology Notes

Herpetology Notes https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn Herpetology Notes 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, Amphibia-Reptilia. Processing, editing, and typesetting of manuscripts is carried out by an international editorial team. The current rejection rate is around 30%. Societas Europaea Herpetologica en-US Herpetology Notes 2071-5773 First sightings of axanthism in the Lacertidae, observed in the Greek endemic Erhard’s Wall Lizard, Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1882) https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/182 Rory Mendelow Kinsey M. Brock Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-01-07 2026-01-07 19 1–3 1–3 Caudal regeneration in introduced and native populations of the Italian Wall Lizard, Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810), in California, USA, and Taormina, Italy, with reports of tail bifurcation https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/284 Alyssa Head Maelstrom J. Lee Amber L. Singh Kinsey M. Brock Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-04 2026-02-04 19 51 53 Adult aggression toward hatchlings in Yellow Land Iguanas, Conolophus subcristatus (Gray, 1831), on Wolf Volcano, Isabela Island, Galápagos https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/335 Jorge Carrión-Tacuri Janai Yépez-Ruiz Walter Chimborazo Christian Sevilla James P. Gibbs Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-11 2026-02-11 19 79 82 A rare record of a midge biting Nidirana shyhhuangi Lin et al., 2025 in Taiwan https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/260 JhYu You Yuan Teng Wang Ming-Feng Chuang Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-01-16 2026-01-16 19 15 16 First record of fossorial foam nesting in the Forest Green Treefrog, Zhangixalus arboreus (Okada and Kawano, 1924) in Japan https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/315 Masaya Miyata Koruri Fukai Takeshi Fujita Harue Abe Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-12 2026-02-12 19 65–67 65–67 First case of erythristic Common Frog, Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758, in Latvia https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/249 Alessandro Di Marzio Rebeka Šķērstiņa Elza Birbele Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-04 2026-02-04 19 49–50 49–50 Arboreal behaviour in Ocellated Lizards, Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802): can trees play a role in species conservation? https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/298 Przemysław Zdunek Grégory Deso Matthieu Berroneau Julien Renet Elisa Leplat Alexandre Roux Alexandre Braut Jean Nicolas Auxence Foreau Olivier Calvez Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-01 2026-02-01 19 39 47 New and recurrent morphological abnormalities in amphibians from northwest Mexico https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/193 Héctor A. Castro-Bastidas Carolina Sedano-Camacho Eduardo G. Santos-García Perla M. Meza-Inostroza Marcos Bucio-Pacheco David R. Aguillón-Gutiérrez Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-01-16 2026-01-16 19 11 14 Yellow is the new green: abnormal colouration of Pelophylax sp. in Latvia and Lithuania https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/296 Alessandro Di Marzio Rebeka ´Šķērstiņa Elza Birbele Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-04 2026-02-04 19 55 59 Predation on the Indian House Gecko, Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1835, by the huntsman spider Heteropoda venatoria in Kolkata, India https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/99 Saheba Khatun Aniruddha Mitra Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-01-07 2026-01-07 19 5–6 5–6 First report of flavinistic albinism in Calamaria schmidti Marx & Inger, 1955 https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/283 Oliver Christopher Gabrielle Poh Robbin Tan Catherine Tan Md Azlan Mairin Steven Wong Frederic Griesbaum Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-01-07 2026-01-07 19 7–9 7–9 First record of the Southern White-lipped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon (Cryptochelys) leucostomum postinguinale (Cope, 1887), in Manabí Province, Ecuador https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/330 Moira L. M. Wiedebusch Fernanda Rodriguez-Zambrano Andrea E. Narváez Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-11 2026-02-11 19 75 78 First records of axanthism in African Reed Frogs (genus Hyperolius) and an updated checklist of axanthic amphibians https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/252 Gregory Jongsma Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou Hocraiche Mercia Ngouala David C. Blackburn Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-01 2026-02-01 19 31 37 Postprandial refuge selection strategy in the Montpellier Snake, Malpolon monspessulanus (Hermann, 1804), in a human-altered landscape https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/310 Grégory Deso Gonzalo del Barrio Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-04 2026-02-04 19 61 64 The largest Eastern Newts, Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820), are found at high elevation in North Carolina https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/248 Hayleigh R. Locke Maxwell Ramey Jon M. Davenport Dustin S. Siegel Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-01-28 2026-01-28 19 17 19 Where giants meet: the first photographic record of the Asian Water Monitor, Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768), on Komodo Island, Indonesia, with notes on natural history https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/297 Zichen Qiao Mingeun Cho Jahiding Tianwei Kou Copyright (c) 2026 Herpetology Notes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2026-02-11 2026-02-11 19 69 73