Contemporary Herpetology

Contemporary Herpetology is a non-profit, electronic, peer-reviewed journal for articles of a herpetological interest, including biology, ecology, physiology, conservation of reptiles and amphibians.[1] It was co-founded in 1997 by Joseph B. Slowinski, Travis W. Taggart, Jeffery Demuth, and Brian I. Crother all faculty/graduate students at Southeastern Louisiana University. It went online at http://vmsweb.selu.edu/pcsd4805/ on January 1, 1998.[2]

Slowinski was the editor-in-chief until he died in 2001.[3][4][5] Joseph Bernardo has been the current editor-in-chief since 2002.[6]

In 1998 the journal was reported as indexed in Zoological Record and Current Contents[7] and it has remained in the list of journals monitored for inclusion in Zoological Record.[8][9]

References
  1. Diane Schmidt, George H. Bell (2003). Guide to reference and information sources in the zoological sciences. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 221. ISBN 1-56308-977-7.
  2. "Editorial Notes and News: New Electronic Journal". Copeia. 1998 (1): 269–270. February 3, 1998. JSTOR 1447741.
  3. Myrna Oliver (September 20, 2001). "Obituaries; J. Slowinski, 38; Snake Expert Is Bitten, Dies". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "Leading Snake Expert Dies at 38; Prominent Herpetologist Suffered Fatal Snake-bite in Myanmar". California Academy of Sciences. September 18, 2001. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  5. Maureen A. Donnelly and Brian I. Crother (June 23, 2003). "Joseph Bruno Slowinski, 1962-2001". Copeia. 2003 (2): 426. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0424:jbs]2.0.co;2.
  6. "Bernardo, Joseph". Cornell University. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17.
  7. Shrode, Flora (1998). "Environmental Resources on the World Wide Web". Electronic Green Journal. 1 (8).
  8. "Active Journals Monitored for the Zoological Record Plus Database - Volume 136 (1999/2000)".
  9. "Zoological Record Serials List". Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original Check |url= value (help) on October 17, 2007.
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