Volume 27 (2)
Das, Indraneil, Joseph K Charles and David S. Edwards. 2008. Calotes versicolor (Squamata: Agamidae)—A New Invasive Squamate for Borneo. Current Herpetology. 27 (2): 109-112. [hamadryad2004@hotmail.com]
Haramura, Takashi, Machiko Yamane and Akira Mori. 2008. Preliminary Survey on the Turtle Community in a Lotic Environment of the Kizu River. Current Herpetology. 27 (2): 101-108. [gappa@ethol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Minowa, Shun, Yutaro Senga and Tadashi Miyashita. 2008. Microhabitat Selection of the Introduced Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) in Paddy Fields in Eastern Japan Current Herpetology. 27 (2): 55-59. [minowash@bc4.so-net.ne.jp]
Razafimahatratra, Bertrand, Akira Mori and Masami Hasegawa. 2008. Sleeping Site Pattern and Sleeping Behavior of Brookesia decaryi (Chamaeleonidae) in Ampijoroa Dry Forest, Northwestern Madagascar. Current Herpetology. 27 (2): 93-99. [gappa@ethol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Suzuki, Hana and Maria Fátima D. Furtado. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism in Bothrops jararaca and Bothrops alcatraz (Serpentes, Viperidae): Evidence from RFLP Analysis. Current Herpetology. 27 (2): 81-92. [hsuzuki@butantan.gov.br]
Warburg, Michael R. 2008. Growth-rate in Free-roaming Salamanders Salamandra infraimmaculata: A Long-term Study. Current Herpetology. 27 (2): 61-69. [warburg@tx.technion.ac.il]
Ziegler, Thomas, Van Sang Nguyen and Nguyen Quang Truong. 2008. A New Reed Snake of the Genus Calamaria Boie (Squamata: Colubridae) from Vietnam. Current Herpetology. 27 (2): 71-80. [ziegler@koelnerzoo.de]
Volume 27 (1)
Göçmen, Bayram, Yehuda L. Werner and Burak Elbeyli. 2008. Cannibalism in Dolichophis jugularis (Serpentes: Colubridae): More than random? Current Herpetology. 27 (1): 1-7. [bayram.gocmen@ege.edu.tr]
Hasumi, Masato. 2008. Erratum: Prolactin-based "Water-drive Theory" in migratory salamanders: Some disprovable data". Current Herpetology. 27 (1): 47.
Kidera, Noriko and Hidetoshi Ota. 2008. Can exotic toad toxins kill native Ryukyu snakes? Experimental and gield observations on the effects of Bufo marinus toxins on Dinodon rufozonatum walli. Current Herpetology. 27 (1): 23-27. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Nishikawa, Kanto and Masafumi Matsui. 2008. A comparative sutdy on the larval life history in two populations of Hynobius boulengeri from Kyushu, Japan (Amphibia: Urodela). Current Herpetology. 27 (1): 9-22. [fumi@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Nishikawa, Kanto, Shin'ichi Sato and Masafumi Matsui. 2008. A note on the clutch size and shape of eggs sacs of Hynobius boulengeri from the Sobo-Katamuki Mountains, Kyushu, Japan (Urodela: Hynobiidae). Current Herpetology. 27 (1): 29-34. [hynobius@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Oliver, Paul M., Devi Stuart-Fox and Stephen J. Richards. 2008. A new species of treefrog (Hylidae, Litoria) from the southern lowlands of New Guinea. Current Herpetology. 27 (1): 35-42. [paul.oliver@adelaide.edu.au]
Takahara, Teruhiko, Hitoshi Miyasaka, Motomi Genkaikato and Yukihiro Kohmatsu. 2008. Length-weight relationships in six amphibian species of Japan. Current Herpetology. 27 (1): 43-45. [taka02@kit.ac.jp]
Volume 26 (2)
Hasumi, Masato. 2007. Prolactin-based "Water-drive Theory" in migratory salamanders: some disprovable data. Current Herpetology. 26 (2): 107-116. [mhasumi@bio.sc.miigata-u.ac.jp]
Kuramoto, Mitsuru, Hareesh S. Joshy, Atsushi Kurabayashi and Masayuki Sumida. 2007. The genus Fejervarya (Anura: Ranidae) in central western Ghats, India, with descriptions of four new cryptic species. Current Herpetology. 26 (2): 81-105. [kuramoto@hyu.bbiq.jp]
Matsui, Masafumi, Mamoru Toda and Hidetoshi Ota. 2007. A new species of frog allied to Fejervarya limnocharis from the southern Ryukyus, Japan (Amphibia: Ranidae). Current Herpetology. 26 (2): 65-79. [fumi@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Shimada, Tomohiko, Masafumi Matsui and Maryati Mohamed. 2007. Ontogenetic changes in some larval characters of a species tentatively identified to Meristogenys amoropalamus (Anura, Ranidae). Current Herpetology. 26 (2): 59-63. [fumi@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Tanaka, Koji and Akira Mori. 2007. Quantitative evaluation of individual snake colorations by use of principal components analysis with variable selection. Current Herpetology. 26 (2): 117-137. [koji@ethol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Volume 26 (1)
Das, Abhijit and Indraneil Das. 2007. Rediscovery of Mictopholis austeniana (Annandale 1908)(Squamata: Agamidae). Current Herpetology. 26 (1): 45-47. [idas@ibec.unimas.my]
Hoso, Masaki. 2007. Oviposition and hatchling diet of a snail-eating snake Pareas iwasakii (Colubridae: Pareatinae). Current Herpetology. 26 (1): 41-43. [hoso@terra.zool.kyoto-u-ac.jp]
Ikeda, Tadahiro. 2007. A comparative morphological study of the vertebrae of snakes occurring in Japan and adjacent regions. Current Herpetology. 26 (1): 13-34. [g073001@sci.u-ryudyu.ac.jp]
Norval, Gerrut, Jean-Jay Mao and Hsin-Pin Chu. 2007. Oviposition and early growth of unfed neonates of the Mountain Wolf snake Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati ((Squamata: Colubridae). Current Herpetology. 26 (1): 49-51. [gerrutnorval507@yahoo.com]
Stuart, Bryan L. and Yodchaiy Chuaynkern. 2007. A new Opisthotropis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from northeastern Thailand. Current Herpetology. 26 (1): 35-40. [bstuart@fieldmuseum.org]
Takahashi, Akio, Takafumi Kato and Hidetoshi Ota. 2007. A new species of the genus Geoemyda (Chelonii: Geoemydidae) from the upper pleistocene of Tokunoshima Island, the central Ryukyus, Japan. Current Herpetology. 26 (1): 1-11. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Volume 25 (2)
Kobayashi, Raita, Masami Hasegawa and Tadashi Miyashita. 2006. Home range and habitat use of the exotic turtle Chelydra serpentina in the Inbanuma Basin, Chiba Prefecture, Central Japan. Current Herpetology. 25 (2): 47-55. [raita@es.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
Kusano, Tamostu, Takehito Ueda and Hikaru Nakagawa. 2006. Body size and age structure of breeding populations of the salamander, Hynobius tokyoensis (Caudata: Hynobiidae). Current Herpetology. 25 (2): 71-78. [tamo@comp.metro-u.ac.jp]
Ota, Hidetoshi and Ivan Ineich. 2006. Colonization of the Gold Dust day gecko, Phelsuma laticcauda (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), in Moorea of the Society Archipelago, French Polynesia. Current Herpetology. 25 (2): 97-99. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Richards, Stephen J. and Djoko T. Iskandar. 2006. A new species of torrent-dwelling frog (Hylidae, Litoria) from the mountains of New Guinea. Current Herpetology. 25 (2): 57-63. [richards.steve@saugov.sa.gov.au]
Takahara, Teruhiko, Yukihiro Kohmatsu, Atsushi Maruyama and Ryohei Yamaoka. 2006. Specific behavioral responses of Hyla japonica tadpoles to chemical cues released by two predator species. Current Herpetology. 25 (2): 64-70. [taka02@kit.ac.jp]
Takiguchi, Isao and Hidetoshi Ota. 2006. Sexual dimorphism in a colubrid snake, Cinodon semicarinatum (Reptilia: Squamana), from Okinawajima Island of the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Current Herpetology. 25 (2): 79-92. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Thang, Vu Ngoc, Nguyen Quang Truong, L. Lee Grismer and Thomas Ziegler. 2006. First record of the Chinese leopard gecko, Goniurosaurus luii (Reptilia: Eublepharidae) from Vietnam. Current Herpetology. 25 (2): 93-95. [lgrismer@lasierra.edu]
Volume 25 (1)
Doi, Toshio and Hideo Hasegawa. 2006. First record of a mermithid nematode from a frog in Japan. Current Herpetology. 25 (1): 35-37. [toshio_doi@kcva.or.jp]
Kuramoto, Mitsuru and Hareesh S. Joshy. 2006. Morphological and acoustic comparisons of Microhyla ornata, M. fissipes, and M. okinavensis (Anura: Microhylidae). Current Herpetology. 25 (1): 15-27. [kuramoto@hyu.bbiq.jp]
Matsui, Masafumi. 2006. Review Anuran inventory in Satah - Past and future. Current Herpetology. 25 (1): 1-14. [fumi@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Ota, Hidetoshi, Isao Hoshino and Toyofumi Sueyoshi. 2006. Colonization by the subtropical lizard, Japalura polygonata polygonata(Squamata: Agamidae), in Southeastern Kyushu, Japan. Current Herpetology. 25 (1): 29-34. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Yamamoto, Yurie and Hidetoshi Ota. 2006. Long-term functional sperm storage by a female Common House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Current Herpetology. 25 (1): 39-40. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Volume 24 (2)
Cohen, Miriam, Ravit Flam, Rakefet Sharon, Hadas Ifrach, Daniella Yeheskely-Hayon and Michael R. Warburg. 2005. The evolutionary significance of intra-cohort cannibalism in larvae of a xeric-inhabiting Salamander: An inter-cohort comparison. Current Herpetology. 24 (2): 55-66. [warburg@tx.technion.ac.il]
Iwai, Noriko and Takashi Kagaya. 2005. Growth of Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus formosus)tadpole fed different food items. Current Herpetology. 24 (2): 85-89. [iwanori@fr.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
Kusano, Tamotsu, Aki Sakai and Sumio Hatanaka. 2005. Natural egg mortality and clutch size of the Japanese treefrog, Rhacophorus arboreus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae). Current Herpetology. 24 (2): 79-84. [tamo@comp.metro-u.ac.jp]
Matsui, Masafumi. 2005. Taxonomic relationships of two species of Rhacophorus from Vietnam (Amphibia, Rhacophoridae). Current Herpetology. 24 (2): 91-93. [fumi@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Sakamoto, Mariko, Kanto Mishikawa and Masafumi Matsui. 2005. Two types of Hynobius naevius from the central region of Kyushu Island, Japan (Caudata: Hynobiidae). Current Herpetology. 24 (2): 67-77. [naevius4mari@ybb.ne.jp]
Yamashiro, Saiko and Hidetoshi Ota. 2005. On the clone type of Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) Corresponding to Gehyra variegata ogasawarasimae Okada, 1930 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Current Herpetology. 24 (2): 95-98. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Volume 24 (1)
Andreone Franco, Fabio Mattioli and Vincenzo Mercurio. 2005. The Call of Scaphiophryne gottlebei, a Microhylid Frog from the Isalo Massif, Southcentral Madagascar. Current Herpetology. 24 (1):33-35. [f.andreone@libero.it]
Hasegawa Masami, Yoko Suzuki and Satoko Wada. 2005. Design and Performance of a Wet Sponge MOdel for Amphibian Thermal Biology. Current Herpetology. 24 (1):27-32. [mhase@bio.ski.toho-u.ac.jp]
Hikida Tsutomu and Hidetoshi Ota. 2005. Book Review: Lizards of Borneo (by Indraneil Dus. 2004). Current Herpetology. 24 (1):43-47. [tom@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Masunaga Gen, Yoshiko Nagai, HIdetomo Tanase and Hidetoshi Ota. 2005. A Record of the Blackheaded Sea Snake, Hydrophis Melanocephalus (Reptilia: Elapidae) from Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Current Herpetology. 24 (1):37-41. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Matsui Masafumi. 2005. Rana Taiwaniana Otsu, 1973, a Junior Synonym of Rana swinhoana Boulenger, 1903 (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae). Current Herpetology. 24 (1):1-6. [fumi@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Park Daesik. 2005. The First Observation of Breeding of the Long-tailed Clawed Salamander, Onychodactylus fischeri, in the Field. Current Herpetology. 24 (1):7-12. [parkda@kangwon.ac.kr]
Randriamahazo Herilala J. A. R. and Akira Mori. 2005. Factors Affecting the Intra-populational Variation in Dorsal Color Pattern of an Iquanian Lizard, Oplurus cuvieri cuvieri. Current Herpetology. 24 (1):19=26. [gappa@ethol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Ziegler Thomas, Maren Gaulke and Wolfgang Böhme. 2005. Genital Morphology and Systematics of Varanus Mabitang Gaulke & Curio, 2001 (Squamata: Varanidae). Current Herpetology. 24 (1):13-17. [tziegler@zoo-koeln.de]
Volume 23 (2)
Andreone, F., D. B. Fenolio and M. E. Walvoord. 2004. Erratum: "Two unknown arboreal frogs (Genus Platypelis) described from the rainforests of Northeastern Madagascar (Microhylidae: Cophylinea)" by F. Andreone, D. B. Fenolio, and M. E. Walvoord, Current Herpetology 22 (2): 91-100, 2003. Current Herpetology. 23 (2):85-86.
Das, I. and T.-M. Leon. 2004. A new species of Cnempaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Southern Thailand. Current Herpetology. 23 (2):63-71. Cnemaspis phuketensis sp. nov. [idas@ibec.unimas.my]
Haramura, T. 2004. Salinity and other abiotic characterisitcs of the oviposition sites of the Rhacophorid Frog, Buergeria japonica. Current Herpetology. 23 (2):81-84. [haramura@ethol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Ota, H. 2004. Field observations on a highly endangered snake, Opisthotropis kikuzatoi (Squamata: colubridae), endemic to Kumejima Island, Japan. Current Herpetology. 23 (2):73-80. [ota@sci.u-ryuku.ac.jp]
Randriamahazo, H. J. A. R. and A. Mori. 2004. Thermal biology of an Iguanian Lizard, Opulurus cuvieri cuvieri, in a tropical dry forest of Madagascar. Current Herpetology. 23 (2):53-62. [gappa@ethol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Volume 23 (1)
Bauer, A. M., M. Sumontha, W. Grossmann, O. S. G. Pauwels and G. Vogel. 2004. A New Species of Dixonius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, Western Thailand. Current Herpetology. 23 (1):17-26. [aaron.bauer@villanova.edu]
Hasegawa, H. and M. Asakawa. 2004. Parasitic Nematodes Recorded from Amphibians and Reptiles in Japan. Current Herpetology. 23 (1):27-35. [hasegawa@med.oita-u.ac.jp]
Kalyabina-Hauf, S., N. B. Ananjeva, U. Joger, P. Lenk, R. W. Murphy, B. L. Stuart, N. L. Orlov, C. T. Ho and M. Wink. 2004. Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Acanthosaura (Agamidae). Current Herpetology. 23 (1):7-16. [agama@na4755.spb.edu]
Ota, H. 2004. Notes on Reproduction and Variation in the Blue-tailed Lizard, Eumeces elegans (Reptilia: Scincidae), on Kita-kojima Island of the Senkaku Group, Ryukyu Archipelago. Current Herpetology. 23 (1):37-41. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Shiroma, H. 2004. A Bioassay of the Attractive Effect of Mouse Urine on the Habu, Trimeresurus flavoviridis. Current Herpetology. 23 (1):43-46. [shiromhi@pre.okinawa.jp]
Yoshizaki, N., O. Doi and N. Uto. 2004. Structure of Shell Membranes and Water Permeability in Eggs of the Chinese Soft-shelled Turtle Pelodiscus sinensis (Reptilia: Trionychidae). Current Herpetology. 23 (1):1-6. [pflayer@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp]
Volume 22 (2)
Andreone, Franco, Danté Fenolio and Mark E. Walvoord. 2003. Two unknown arboreal frogs (genus Platypelis) described from the rainforests of northeastern Madagascar (Microhylidae: Cophylinae). Current Herpetology. 22(2):91-100. Platypelis tetra sp. nov.; Platypelis mavomavo sp. nov. [f.andreone@libero.it]
Anonymous. 2003. Titles of the papers presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Herpetological Society of Japan (25-26 October 2003 at Toho University, Funabashi). Current Herpetology. 22(2):101-104.
Kuramoto, Mitsuru and S. Hareesh Joshy. 2003. Two new species of the genus Philautus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, Southwestern India. Current Herpetology. 22(2):51-60. Philautus luteolus sp. nov.; Philautus tuberohumerus sp. nov. [kuramoto@hyu.bbiq.jp]
Ota, Hidetoshi. 2003. A new subspecies of the Agamid Lizard, Japalura polygonata (Hallowell, 1861) (Reptilia: Squamata), from Yonagunijima Island of the Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Archipelago. Current Herpetology. 22(2):61-71. Japalura polygonata donan subsp. nov. [ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Shimizu, Satoshi and Hidetoshi Ota. 2003. Normal development of Microhyla ornata: The first description of the complete embryonic and larval stages for the Microhylid frogs (Amphibia: Anura). Current Herpetology. 22(2):73-90. [HO: ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp]
Volume
22(1)
Hikida, Tsutomu, Awal Riyanto and Hidetoshi Ota. 2003. A
new water skink of the genus Tropidophorus (Lacertilia:
Scincidae) from Sulwesi, Indonesia. Current Herpetology. 22(1):29-36.
Tropidophorus baconi sp. nov. [tom@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Leong, Tzi Ming, Masafumi Matsui, Hoi Sen Yong and Abang Abdul
Hamid. 2003. Revalidation of Rana laterimaculata Barbour
et Noble, 1916 from the synonymy of Rana baramica Boettger,
1901. Current Herpetology. 22(1):17-27. [MM: fumi@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Matsui, Kumi, Junsuke Maruniuchi and Masahisa Nakamura. 2003.
Red variants of the Japanese Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster
(Amphibia: Salamandridae): Review of records and captive observations
on the heredity of coloration. Current Herpetology. 22(1):37-42.
[tulip@aoni.waseda.sp]
Nishikawa, Kanto, Masafumi Matsui, Shingo Tanabe and Mariko Sakamoto.
2003. Occurrence of a lotic breeding Hynobius salamander
(Amphibia, Urodela) on Kamishima of the Amakusa Islands, Japan.
Current Herpetology. 22(1):1-8. [hynobius@mail.bio.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp]
Sakata, Shuichi and Tsutomu Hikida. 2003. A fossorial lizard
with forelimbs only: Description of a new genus and species of
Malagasy skink (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Current Herpetology.
22(1):9-15. Sirenoscincus gen. nov.; Sirenoscincus yamagishii
sp. nov. [shu@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.edu]
Sasaki, Kiyoshi and David Duvall. 2003. Rainwater drinking
by free-ranging Japanese Pitvipers Gloydius blomhoffii.
Current Herpetology. 22(1):43-44. [kiyoshisasaki@yahoo.com]
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