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A peer-reviewed, open-access, herpetology journal dedicated to conservation

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Board of Directors

Craig L. Hassapakis (ARC: Founder, Publisher, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, USA)

Howard O. Clark, Jr. (ARC: Treasurer & Associate Editor; Colibri Ecological Consulting, LLC, USA)

Franco Andreone (Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, ITALY)

Bruce Waldman (Seoul National University, KOREA)

Madhava Meegaskumbura (University of Peradeniya, SRI LANKA)

Ted R. Kahn (Neotropical Conservation Foundation, USA)

Peter Uetz (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

Indraneil Das (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, MALAYSIA)

Adel Ibrahim (Suez University, EGYPT)

Walter R. Erdelen (former Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); FRANCE)

Honorary Members

Carl C. Gans, Hobart M. Smith, Joseph B. Slowinski, William R. Branch, Joseph C. Mitchell

Co-editors

Craig L. Hassapakis (Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, USA)

Michael L. Grieneisen (University of California-Davis, USA)

Section Editors

African Continent

Werner Conradie (Port Elizabeth Museum, SOUTH AFRICA–Bayworld)

Chelonian

Russell L. Burke (Hofstra University, USA)

Executive Assistant

Stephanie A. Marsh (Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, USA)

Associate Editors

Erik Wild (Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL)

Howard O. Clark, Jr. (Colibri Ecological Consulting, LLC, USA)

Raul Diaz (California State University, Los Angeles, USA)

Mayra Oyervides (The University of Texas-Pan American, USA)

Graphic Designers

Howard O. Clark, Jr. (Colibri Ecological Consulting, LLC, USA)

Hannah Hawblitz (Battle Creek, Michigan, USA)

Editorial Board

Gabriela Parra Olea (Instituto de Biologia, UNAM, MEXICO)

C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. (University of Florida, USA)

Harvey B. Lillywhite (University of Florida, USA)

Peter Uetz (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

Gunther Köhler (Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, GERMANY)

Franco Andreone (Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, ITALY)

Indraneil Das (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, MALAYSIA)

Madhava Meegaskumbura (University of Peradeniya, SRI LANKA)

Bruce Waldman (Seoul National University, KOREA)

Daesik Park (Kangwon National University, SOUTH KOREA)

Javier Alvarado-Díaz (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, MÉXICO)

Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, MÉXICO)

Larry David Wilson (Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad, HONDURAS)

Melissa Medina-Flores (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, HONDURAS)

Javier Sunyer (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León, NICARAGUA)

Manuel Acevedo (Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, GUATEMALA)

Ulisses Caramaschi (Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL)

Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega Alves (Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, BRAZIL)

Antonio Salas (Environment and Sustainable Development, PERU)

Rafaqat Masroor (Pakistan Museum of Natural History, PAKISTAN)

Adel Ibrahim (Suez University, EGYPT)

Jianping Jiang (Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA)

Roman Nazarov (Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, RUSSIA)

Jelka Crnobrnja Isailović (University of Niš, SERBIA)

Santiago J. Sánchez-Pacheco (University of Toronto, CANADA)

Benjamin Tapley (Zoological Society of London, UNITED KINGDOM)