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| Herpetological Review | |
|---|---|
| Title | Herpetological Review |
| Discipline | Herpetology |
| Abbreviation | Herpetol. Rev. |
| Publisher | Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles |
| Country | United States |
| History | 1967–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
Herpetological Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal associated with the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, focusing on natural history, conservation, and taxonomy of amphibians and reptiles. It serves researchers, curators, field biologists, and conservationists active in regions such as the Amazon Rainforest, Great Barrier Reef, African Rift Valley, Caribbean, and Southeast Asia. The journal interfaces with institutions like the Smithsonian Institution, American Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum, London, Field Museum, and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The periodical emerged during the late 20th century alongside organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, IUCN, Convention on Biological Diversity, and the rise of field programs in locales including Madagascar, Galápagos Islands, Borneo, and the Congo Basin. Early contributors had affiliations with the University of California, Berkeley, Cornell University, Harvard University, Yale University, and University of Florida. The publication context involved contemporaneous works like The Origin of Species-era natural history compendia and later syntheses from projects such as the Global Amphibian Assessment. Editors and advisory board members frequently held positions at institutions such as the Linnean Society of London, Royal Society, and National Geographic Society.
Content spans field notes, species descriptions, range extensions, natural history observations, conservation accounts, and book reviews touching on regions and institutions like Amazonas State, Patagonia, Siberia, Himalayas, and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. Articles often reference taxonomic authorities and museums including the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Zoological Society of London, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the British Museum. The journal’s remit intersects with legal and policy instruments such as the Endangered Species Act, CITES, and international programs like the Ramsar Convention when reporting on threatened taxa from areas like the Florida Everglades and Great Lakes.
Published quarterly, the journal collaborates with societies and publishers connected to entities such as the Society for Conservation Biology, Herpetologists' League, Association of Systematics Collections, and academic presses like the University of Chicago Press and Oxford University Press. Editorial standards draw on peer-review norms seen in journals such as Nature, Science, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and Journal of Biogeography. Contributors have included researchers affiliated with University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Stanford University, Princeton University, and government agencies such as the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Environmental Protection Agency. The journal adheres to nomenclatural codes administered by bodies like the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and references compendia such as the Catalogue of Life.
Abstracting and indexing services that list comparable titles include Web of Science, Scopus, Zoological Record, BIOSIS Previews, and regional indexes tied to universities such as University of São Paulo, University of Tokyo, University of Cape Town, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Libraries and consortia like the Library of Congress, Bodleian Libraries, National Library of Australia, and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek provide archival copies. Citation tracking often appears alongside outputs indexed in repositories associated with Google Scholar, JSTOR, PubMed Central, and catalogued by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
The journal has informed conservation actions and field guides used by agencies and organizations including Conservation International, BirdLife International, The Nature Conservancy, Rainforest Trust, and regional wildlife agencies in Australia, Brazil, South Africa, India, and Mexico. Its influence appears in species assessments for the IUCN Red List and in syntheses by authors linked to the Royal Society of Biology, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, European Herpetological Society, and museum-led checklists from institutions such as the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The publication has been cited in environmental impact statements prepared for projects like the Three Gorges Dam, Panama Canal expansion, and infrastructure works in the Andean region.
Notable contributions include first records, rediscoveries, and taxonomic descriptions that influenced subsequent treatments in monographs and field guides associated with authors from University of Texas at Austin, University of British Columbia, Monash University, National University of Singapore, and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Specific reports have been referenced in conservation litigation and policy debates involving entities such as the US Supreme Court, European Court of Human Rights, and national ministries of environment in Peru, Colombia, and Thailand. The journal’s field notes and short communications have been incorporated into databases curated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, BirdLife International Data Zone, and national red lists maintained by governments of Japan, France, and Chile.
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