Scope

Amphibia-Reptilia is a leading European multi-disciplinary journal devoted to all aspects of herpetology. Amphibia-Reptilia accepts original papers and reviews on ecology, behaviour, evolution, conservation, physiology, morphology, palaeontology, genetics, and systematics of amphibians and reptiles.

Manuscripts that are solely descriptive; purely faunistic (e.g., species check-list); based only on captive breeding; consisting only of a juxtaposition of non-connected fields; based on too small a sample size; or contain reports of work that appear to contravene accepted principles of conservation or ethical standards, may be rejected without external review. Moreover, the research must adhere to the legal requirements of the country in which the work was carried out. Papers describing new species are more likely to be considered if they offer broad discussion, present several new species, and are based on a sufficient number of specimens. Otherwise editorial rejection may apply. The current rejection rate is over 60%. Manuscripts that do not follow the editorial style will not be considered for publication and will be sent back to the authors.

The latest instructions for authors are available from the Editorial Manager platform (http://amre.edmgr.com), but also directly from http://www.brill.nl/files/brill.nl/specific/authors_instructions/AMRE.pdf
Recent issues of Amphibia- Reptilia may also be consulted before submitting a manuscript. Some papers are available without charge on the Ingenta Connect website http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/amre.

Amphibia-Reptilia is published four times a year and is available in both paper and online versions to all full members of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica and to subscribing institutions. It is indexed in the ISI Journal Citation ReportsŪ data base and has an increasing Impact Factor (0.975 in 2010).

The Editors, Sebastian Steinfartz and Sylvain Ursenbacher
5^th December 2011