Vol. 19 (2026)

Seasonal overland dispersal of the Suriname Toad, Pipa pipa (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Peruvian Amazon

New subfossil bones of a Réunion Giant Tortoise, Cylindraspis indica (Schneider, 1783), from a lava tunnel under a mid-elevation windward rainforest on Réunion Island

Finding Vipera pontica: morphological evidence of a possible hybrid between V. kaznakovi Nikolsky, 1909 and V. ammodytes transcaucasiana Boulenger, 1913 from central Georgia

Behaviour to avoid saltwater sites during spawning in Buergeria japonica (Hallowell, 1861)

Age structure and body size of Southern Banded Newts, Ommatotriton vittatus (Gray, 1835), in a pristine pond in the coastal mountains of Lattakia, Syria

Population size and nocturnal activity of Cyprus Grass Snakes, Natrix natrix moreotica (Bedriaga, 1882), in an arid island environment

Population size and microhabitat features of the crocodile newt Tylototriton pasmansi Bernardes et al., 2020 in northern Vietnam

Natural history observations of the Knysna Dwarf Chameleon, Bradypodion damaranum (Boulenger, 1887): thermal extremes and feeding on flora

Dead Blue Wildebeest legacy: an unexpected opportunistic thermoregulation support for Nile Monitor, Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766), in Kenya

Range extension and species assignment of a rediscovered population of the Black Salamander complex (genus Aneides) in California, USA, based on morphological and molecular evidence

Distribution and microhabitat use of naturalised Common Chameleons, Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758), in Malta

Rotten ready-to-eat: observation of a Malagasy Cat-eyed Snake, Madagascarophis colubrinus (Schlegel, 1837), feeding on the carcass of a Panther Chameleon, Furcifer pardalis (Cuvier, 1829)

Unusual frugivory in the Black River Turtle, Rhinoclemmys funerea (Cope, 1875): consumption of non-native Morinda citrifolia in a Costa Rican swamp forest

Survivors of St. Croix: limb loss and abnormal tail regeneration in Anolis acutus Hallowell, 1856

Pseudomonas aeruginosa skin infection after long-term captivity of a Dalmatian Wall Lizard, Podarcis melisellensis (Braun, 1877)

Predation of an Asian grassfrog, Fejervarya cf. limnocharis, by an Asian forest scorpion (genus Heterometrus) in Central Myanmar

A cost-efficient open-source 3D printed harness for GPS logger use in small terrestrial turtles

Requiem for Anolis “malkini”: identity with A. triumphalis (Nicholson and Köhler, 2014) and comments on the type locality of A. pentaprion Cope, 1863

The next missing piece of cannibalism in Coronella austriaca (Laurenti, 1768): a new record of wild predation on a juvenile from Switzerland

Clutch splitting and nesting behaviour of the Eastern Malay River Terrapin, Batagur affinis edwardmolli Praschag et al., 2009, in Malaysia

Secret rendezvous and love bites: first report of courtship behaviour in blue Malayan Coralsnakes, Calliophis bivirgatus flaviceps (Cantor, 1839)

Nectar feeding and external pollen loads in Podarcis lusitanicus Geniez et al., 2014: evidence for trophic niche expansion in an Atlantic island ecosystem

Oh snap: observations of heterospecific predation and cannibalism in the Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Up in the mountains: a new record of the Yellow-bellied Toad, Bombina variegata (Linnaeus, 1758), fills a missing piece of the biogeographical puzzle in central Euboea, Greece

Behavioural observations of the Caylloma Smooth-throated Lizard, Liolaemus annectens Boulenger, 1901, following snowfall events in the highlands of southern Peru

Constricting defensive behaviour of the Salmon-bellied Racer, Mastigodryas melanolomus (Cope, 1868), against raptor predation in Costa Rica

Sky-island microendemism of a Chilean coastal mountain lizard: a new record for Liolaemus frassinettii Núñez, 2007 broadens its range in three dimensions

Maximum body size in Central American River Turtles, Dermatemys mawii Gray, 1847

First record of Gekko cf. albofasciolatus from Palawan Island, the Philippines

Evidence for homing in Bufo gargarizans Cantor, 1842 from a radiotelemetry study in the Republic of Korea

A longevity record of the Japanese Gecko, Gekko japonicus (Duméril & Bibron, 1836), in the wild

First sightings of axanthism in the Lacertidae, observed in the Greek endemic Erhard’s Wall Lizard, Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1882)

Predation on the Indian House Gecko, Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell, 1835, by the huntsman spider Heteropoda venatoria in Kolkata, India

First report of flavinistic albinism in Calamaria schmidti Marx & Inger, 1955

New and recurrent morphological abnormalities in amphibians from northwest Mexico

A rare record of a midge biting Nidirana shyhhuangi Lin et al., 2025 in Taiwan

The largest Eastern Newts, Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820), are found at high elevation in North Carolina

First records of axanthism in African Reed Frogs (genus Hyperolius) and an updated checklist of axanthic amphibians

Arboreal behaviour in Ocellated Lizards, Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802): can trees play a role in species conservation?

First case of erythristic Common Frog, Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758, in Latvia

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

Yellow is the new green: abnormal colouration of Pelophylax sp. in Latvia and Lithuania

Postprandial refuge selection strategy in the Montpellier Snake, Malpolon monspessulanus (Hermann, 1804), in a human-altered landscape

First record of fossorial foam nesting in the Forest Green Treefrog, Zhangixalus arboreus (Okada and Kawano, 1924) in Japan

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

First record of the Southern White-lipped Mud Turtle, Kinosternon (Cryptochelys) leucostomum postinguinale (Cope, 1887), in Manabí Province, Ecuador

Adult aggression toward hatchlings in Yellow Land Iguanas, Conolophus subcristatus (Gray, 1831), on Wolf Volcano, Isabela Island, Galápagos

A frog-eat-frog novelty: first record of “reverse age-class cannibalism” in the Arabian Toad, Sclerophrys arabica (Heyden, 1827), from King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve, Saudi Arabia

Consumption of a Rough Earthsnake, Virginia striatula (Linnaeus, 1766), by a Green Sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus, in Brazos County, Texas, USA

Predation of Ameivula nigrigula (Arias et al., 2011) and Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) by Jaguarundi cats, Herpailurus yagouaroundi (Saint-Hilaire, 1803), in the Caatinga morphoclimatic domain, Brazil

Courtship and mating behaviour of the Kenyan Rock Agama, Agama lionotus elgonis Lönnberg, 1922, and a new locality record in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

Observation of limb abnormalities in Indirana chiravasi Padhye et al., 2014 from the Western Ghats region of Goa, India

Predation of the threadsnake Epictia borapeliotes (Vanzolini, 1996) by Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) in Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil

First record of the non-native Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle Mauremys sinensis (Gray, 1834) on Rhodes Island, Greece

First record of symmetrical red stripes on a Common European Toad, Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758), from Germany

Polymelia in a Ladakh Toad, Bufotes latastii (Boulenger, 1882): a case of complex skeletal anomaly

A brief overview of the natural history of the recently described, miniaturised leaf chameleon, Brookesia nana Glaw et al., 2021, from Sorata Forest, northeastern Madagascar

First live photographic records of Sumatran Mud Snake, Sumatranus albomaculata (Duméril et al., 1854) and Simeulue Pitviper, Trimeresurus kirscheyi (Vogel et al., 2022)

First report of direct development in Raorchestes malipoensis Huang et al., 2023 from southeast Yunnan under laboratory conditions

One species or two? How many Trapelus species occur in Morocco?

First record of Dennys’s Treefrog, Zhangixalus dennysi (Blanford, 1881), from Bolikhamxai Province, Laos

Backing out: dead-end tunnels reveal capacity for reverse concertina movement in Cornsnakes, Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Carnivory by a Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758) on a hatchling Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) on Saba, Dutch Caribbean

First record of the Burmese Whipping Frog, Polypedates mutus (Smith, 1940), from Manipur State, India, with the description of its tadpole

Predation of the Japanese Keelback, Hebius vibakari (Boie, 1826), by the Ussuri Pitviper, Gloydius ussuriensis (Emelianov, 1929) in South Korea, with remarks on prey size

First record of the Green Whipsnake, Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758), preying on an egg clutch of the Orange-legged leaf frog, Pithecopus hypochondrialis (Daudin, 1800)

Crazy little thing called love: interspecific amplexus and early hybrid embryogenesis in two treefrogs (genus Dendropsophus) in Brazil

First records of the Chaco Racer, Philodryas psammophidea Günther, 1872, in the Cerrado of Paraguay

Wild Royal Pythons, Python regius (Shaw, 1802), in Senegal react variably to threats from potential chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) predators

Post-hatching parental care by a wild male Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 in Australia

A new dietary item during the juvenile stage of the Black Spiny-Tail Iguana, Ctenosaura similis (Gray, 1831)

First record of predation on the Amazonian Motmot, Momotus momota (Linnaeus, 1766), by the Paraguayan Rainbow Boa, Epicrates crassus Cope, 1862, in the Brazilian Cerrado

Extending the known range of the Crowned Leafnosed Snake, Lytorhynchus diadema (Duméril et al., 1854), in Jordan’s Eastern Desert