Journals
SSAR publishes two journals: Journal of Herpetology and Herpetological Review. Click below to visit the pages for those journals.
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Journal of Herpetology | Herpetological Review |
SSAR Bookstore
Visit our SSAR Bookstore to purchase other publications, such as Contributions to Herpetology, Facsimile Reprints, Herpetological Circulars, Herpetological Conservation, and miscellaneous posters.
Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles
This catalog consists of accounts of taxa prepared by specialists, including synonymy, description, diagnosis, phylogenetic relationships, published descriptions, illustrations, distribution map, and comprehensive list of literature for each taxon. Over 900 accounts have been published since the initiation of the series in 1963. The series covers amphibians and reptiles of the entire Western Hemisphere. Previously, accounts were published as loose-leaf separates; beginning in 2013 accounts are published as on-line PDFs. All accounts are open access and are available for free download at the University of Texas Library Repository.
Standard English Names
Visit here to download a PDF of the 8th Edition of the Standard English Common Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, a product of the Committee on Standard English and Scientific Names. Also available is the SSAR North American Standard English Names Database.
Manuscript Review Service
SSAR offers a manuscript review service to herpetologists whose first language is not English, but
who are striving to publish their findings in peer reviewed English language journals.