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Special Issue on Acta Herpetologica
Dear readers,Acta Herpetologica is pleased to announce the opening of a new Special Issue dedicated to Datapapers—short descriptive articles focusing on original herpetological datasets. Datapapers are designed to document data related to amphibian and reptile species...
Sampling our target species for the METALCAVE project (April 2025)
Here some photos from our last trip. In this occasion we sampled entire individuals of Dolichopoda cave crickets and we collected three typologies of samples from Speleomantes italicus: skin swabs, stomach contents, tail tissue.
Spring Monitoring of Amphibians: Field Activities in Friuli Venezia Giulia Provide New Data on Proteus anguinus
At the end of March 2025, a winter monitoring campaign focused on collecting data on amphibians was carried out in key sites of Friuli Venezia Giulia and Tuscany as part of ongoing research and monitoring projects. The fieldwork involved the collection of biological...
Presenting activities and preliminary results of our projects METALCAVE and Sub-BioMon to the conference “Risorsa idrica e cambiamenti climatici: dall’emergenza alla tutela della biodiversità”
This event took place in L'Aquila (Italy) on 28/02/2025
New issue of Acta Herpetologica vol 19(2) (2024)
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New review paper: The opinion of Italian herpetologists on the use of Criterion E for species assessmentrelated to the monitoring activities performed on Speleomantes cave salamanders
Can we agree with the Criterion E used to classify extinction risk by IUCN? Read here the opinion of some Italian herpetologists. Title: Uncertain future and uncertain projections: assessing extinction risks in European salamanders from projected chytrid fungus...
Presenting additional activities and results of our METALCAVE project to the XV Congress of the Italian Herpetological Society (SHI)
Farda B., Coppari L., Lunghi E., Pellegrini M. (2024). Development of a sampling and preservation protocol for cutaneous bacterial communities of Speleomantes
Sampling our target species for the METALCAVE project (October 2024)
Here some photos from our trip. In this occasion we collected gut contents and skin swabs from Speleomantes italicus.
Dr. Maja Zagmajster Introduces the Sub-BioMon Project: Advancing Biodiversity Monitoring in Karst Ecosystems
Karst regions, covering 21.8% of Europe, are rich in unique biodiversity but are notoriously difficult to monitor due to their inaccessibility and the need for specialized equipment. While some European countries have developed cave monitoring protocols, there is no...