Acta Herpetologica

Acta Herpetologica, a journal open to academics all over the world, offers itself as a new site for the presentation and discussion of the most recent results in the field of research on Amphibians and Reptiles, both living and extinct. The official journal of the Societas Herpetologica Italica (S.H.I.), Acta Herpetologica publishes original works – extended articles, short notes and book reviews – mostly in English, dealing with the biology and diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles.

NEW!!! Impact Factor 2011 = 0.58 

Editor
Sebastiano Salvidio, DISTAV, Università di Genova, Corso Europa 26, I-16132, Genova

Associate Editors
Aaron Bauer, Department of Biology Villanova University
Paolo Casale, Dept. of Biology and Biotechnologies "Charles Darwin", University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Ylenia Chiari, CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal
Francesco Ficetola, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Ernesto Filippi, Roma, Italy
Uwe Fritz, Museum of Zoology Dresden
Sandra Hochscheid, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy
Marco Mangiacotti, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano, Italy
Giovanni Scillitani, Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli studi Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Rocco Tiberti, Parco Nazionale Gran Paradiso, Torino, Italy



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