Field Herp Forum

important update and advice about chytrid and biosecurity for captive and wild amphibians. Particularly in the UK captive trade - please read. http://www.gardenwildlifehealth.org/fil ... e-2015.pdf

As you may know, Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) sold out of the recent PARC technical publication Inventory and Monitoring: Recommended Techniques for Reptiles and Amphibians with Application to the United States and Canada. However, PARC continue to receive frequent requests ...

I am currently involved in a project to collect anecdotal first hand accounts of symptoms experience from the bites of Varanid (Monitor lizard) bites. If any one has any first hand accounts of symptoms experienced from a Varanid (Monitor lizard) bite. Please leave a comment bellow detailing the spec...

You may use all my records.

I am wonder if I messed up some where. I would like to be a member to have voting rights over my data.

You got my $25.00 dollars.

The follow-up paper to Kaiser, Crother, Kelly, Luiselli, O'Shea, Ota, Passos, Schleip & Wüster 2013 Best Practices: In the 21st Century, Taxonomic Decisions in Herpetology are Acceptable Only When Supported by a Body of Evidence and Published via Peer-Review. Herpetological Review 44(1):8-23. Has ju...

Please be aware that the new face book group Reptile Taxonomy has been created by either Raymond Hoser or one of his friends. I felt I had to warn people because they are trying to deceive people by using The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature as there group website. If any one is i...

Herpetological Exploration and Research Team (H.E.A.R.T. ) Is a group of conservation biologist who plan to rediscover the Golden Toad of Costa Rica, which is thought to be extinct.

http://kck.st/1kpkBKH

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature are calling for comments on taxonomic practices and the code. Please take time to leave a comment on this important issue.

http://iczn.org/node/40405

Chris thank you for taking the time to write this out and making the charts, you gave a lot of food for thought :thumb: . I agree with you completely on everthing you had to say. It would be great to see some form of training this alone would help to elimate some of the promblems we face impulse buy...

In the leter I do think it is important to address that not restrict, in-sutu capture and hadling of reptiles and ampbians. Some should remain hands off good example is Desert Tortoise Goperus agassizii. Restriction to hands off is detrimental to reptiles and ampbians. Conservation need a hands on a...