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* * * * * * * * *Herpetological Conservation and Biology* *New Issue Announcement* *Volume 4, Issue 2| SEPTEMBER 2009* http://www.herpconbio.org/* * * * *The Editorial Staff at Herpetological Conservation and Biology is pleased to announce the release of Volume 4(2). The current issue is packed with 155 pages of articles, including the 100th of the journal! Topics include the ecology, life history, conservation, and management of amphibians and reptiles. The journal is open access and freely available to all at: http://www.herpconbio.org/. The journal is also available on Twitter ( http://twitter.com/herpconbio). The Editorial Staff at Herpetological Conservation and Biology thanks each of you for your continued support, and encourages your continued use and participation in Herpetological Conservation and Biology.* *Sincerely, Rob Lovich & Jeff Humphries * *Herpetological Conservation and Biology* *[email protected]* ------------------------------ * * *Articles* Editorial *Herpetological Conservation and Biology Milestones <http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Saumure_2009.pdf>* *Raymond A. Saumure* Articles *Effects of Rattlesnake Roundups on the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Means_2009.pdf> * *D. Bruce Means* *A Multi-scale Assessment of Habitat Selection and Movement Patterns by Northern Leopard Frogs (Lithobates [Rana] pipiens) in a Managed Forest. *<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Blomquist_Hunter_2009.pdf> ** *Sean M. Blomquist and Malcolm L. Hunter, Jr. * *Does Method of Bait Presentation within Funnel Traps Influence Capture Rates of Semi-aquatic Turtles?*<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Nall_Thomas_2009.pdf> *Ian M. Nall and R. Brent Thomas* *Fat Bodies and Liver Mass Cycles in Sceloporus grammicus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from Southern Hidalgo, Mexico. *<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Ramirez_etal_2009.pdf> *Aurelio ** Ramirez-Bautista, Daniel Hernandez-Ramos, Alberto Rojas Martinez, and Jonathon C. Marshall* *Distribution and Abundance of Two Imperiled Graptemys Species of the Pascagoula River System<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Selman_Qualls_2009.pdf> * *Will Selman and Carl Qualls* * * *Spatio-temporal Differences in the Use of Agricultural Fields by Male and Female Wood Turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) Inhabiting an Agri-forest Mosaic<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Tingley_etal_2009.pdf> * *Reid Tingley, Dean G. McCurdy, Mark D. Pulsifer, and Tom B. Herman* *A Population Divided: Railroad Tracks as Barriers to Gene Flow in an Isolated Population of Marbled Salamanders (Ambystoma opacum)<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Bartoszek_Greenwald_2009.pdf> * *Joe Bartoszek and Katherine R. Greenwald* *Fifty Years of Hybridization: Introgression Between the Arizona Toad (Bufo microscaphus) and Woodhouse's Toad (B. woodhousei) along Beaver Dam Wash in Utah.*<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Schwaner_Sullivan_2009.pdf> *Terry D. Schwaner and Brian K. Sullivan* *The Structure of Rathke's Glands in the Softshell Turtles Apalone mutica and A. spinifera*<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Plummer_Trauth_2009.pdf> *Michael V. Plummer and **Stanley** **E. Trauth* *The Effect of Body Size on Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) Survival, Recapture Probability, and Behavior in an Alabama Swamp*<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Koons_etal_2009.pdf> *David N. Koons, Roger D. Birkhead, Scott M. Boback, Matthew I. Williams, and Matthew P. Greene* *Dispersal of Newly Metamorphosed and Juvenile Western Toads (Anaxyrus boreas) in Northeastern Oregon, USA<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Bull_2009.pdf> * *Evelyn L. Bull* *Increased Mortality of Naive Varanid Lizards after the Invasion of Non-native Cane Toads (Bufo marinus) <http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Ujvari_Madsen_2009.pdf>* *Beata Ujvari and Thomas Madsen* *Habitat Use in a Large Rainforest Python (Morelia kinghorni) in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland, Australia*<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Freeman_Freeman_2009.pdf> *Alastair Freeman and Amanda Freeman* *Demographics of a Geographically Isolated Population of a Threatened Salamander (Caudata: Ambystomatidae) in Central Illinois<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Mullin_Klueh_2009.pdf> * *Stephen J. Mullin and Sarabeth Klueh* *Observations of Flotsam Entrapment in the Northern Diamond-backed Watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer)<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Ortega_Zaidan_2009.pdf> * *Jason Ortega and Frederic Zaidan III* *Distribution and Habitat Use of the Boreal Chorus Frog (Pseudacris maculata) at its Extreme Northeastern Range Limit<http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_4/Issue_2/Ouellet_etal_2009.pdf> * *Martin Ouellet, Christian Fortin, and Marie-Josée Grimard*
