The Responsible Herpetoculture Journal (RHJ)

RESPONSIBLE HERPETOCULTURE JOURNAL ISSUE #19 RELEASED!!!
OUR JOURNAL IS PREPARED BY A PROFESSIONAL TEAM OF EDITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD: UKRAINE, UK, USA, GERMANY, COSTA RICA, CHINA and AUSTRALIA
THIS IS THE 1ST RHJ ISSUE PUBLISHED IN 2025!
It consists of the biggest number of materials we have ever had in one issue and brings some of the greatest and most diverse content yet! Featuring…
1. In the article "LEBANON: BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT" the world-known Herpetologist, Rami Khashab from Herping Lebanon by Rami Khashab explores the rich herp diversity of Lebanon.
2. Thomas Ziegler from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde (DGHT) with co-authors discuss the conservation strategies for Vietnam’s imperilled gecko diversity in the article ”ZOO SPECIES OF THE YEAR” CAMPAIGN 2024.
3. Cesar Barrio Amorós provides species accounts for the Dendrobatids of Costa Rica in his another amazing material "JEWEL FROGS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN FORESTS".
4. Thomas Marriott shares with us the exclusive interview with world-renowned herpetologist, Mark O'Shea MBE.
5. The complex issues surrounding venomous snake keeping are addressed by Zoe Renee and Jackson Byars, Founders of the Antivenom Support Group in their article "SAFETY ASPECTS OF KEEPING VENOMOUS SNAKES".
6. Discover how Blackwater Turtle Refuge is helping to conserve prehistoric turtles through herpetoculture - by Rusty Reed in "CONSERVATION OF ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLES".
7. Learn the methodology for captive breeding Namaqua chameleons with Van Overbeke Jurgen by reading the experience he gladly shared with us in "HUSBANDRY OF NAMAQUA CHAMAELEONS".
8. Discover how Paul Aherne-Conroy breeds New Guinea’s most beautiful python, Simalia boeleni in the material prepared by him - "BREEDING BOELEN’S PYTHON".
9. Joe Monahan shares scientific observations of perch preferences of Corallus caninus neonates. To learn more - read his report - "PERCH PREFERENCE AMONG NEONATE EMERALD THREE BOAS".
10. Discover the Hongshan Forest Zoo and the native Chinese herpetofauna that it protects with Yuelong Chen and Kaiqi Wu - "HONGSHAN FOREST ZOO: GARDIANS OF NATIVE HERPS".
11. Benjamin Owens introduces readers to Captive and Field Herpetology, a UK herpetological organisation in the read "CAPTIVE & FIELD HERPETOLOGY".
12. Also, if you are a fan of amphibians' breeding, read the article "THE CAPTIVE CARE AND REPRODUCTION OF FLEISCHMANN’S GLASS FROG", where Jack Overland shares his captive breeding notes for Fleischmanns glass frogs.
13. "KEEP COLD-BLOODED: A STORY OF THE BION DURING THE WAR" by Олексій Марущак from BION Terrarium Center will let you to learn the story of the RHF and BION Terrarium Centre during the wartime in Ukraine.
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