Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH) is a
specialist society presently made up by nearly 500 members from most of the European
countries as well as from elsewhere in the world.
SEH publishes a quarterly journal Amphibia-Reptilia.
Each volume of this multidisciplinary publication contains high quality papers, short
articles on new methods and ideas in progress, book reviews and SEH News.
SEH published Herpetology Notes, an open access online journal
dedicated to publish short notes as well as long papers on the natural
history, distribution and faunistics of amphibians and reptiles." And
link "Herpetology Notes" to
www.seh-herpetology.org/herpetologynotes
SEH organises international conferences at different venues in Europe normally
every other year. Members can participate at reduced fee. The papers presented are
published as SEH proceedings.
SEH is an international non-governmental member of IUCN - the World Conservation
Union.
SEH organisation is controlled by its statutes and bye-laws, and the Council, whose
members are elected by members of the Society at Ordinary General (Business) Meetings.
SEH has two committees. The Conservation Committee is concerned with conservation
of the herpetofauna in all parts of Europe and adjacent regions, and members form the
European Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.
Results of the Conservation Committees work are published in Amphibia-Reptilia and
elsewhere. The Mapping Committee is devoted to plotting species distributions, and the
Atlas of amphibians and reptiles in Europe was published in Paris in 1997.
SEH has a website located at http://www.seh-herpetology.org/, with a webpage giving
further information about the Society, including a list of publications, journal contents,
membership application form and details about forthcoming conferences.
SEHs webpage is additionally being developed for use as a Pan-European Herpetological Network, as a means of
exchanging information, and bringing together herpetologists and regional societies, in
order to encourage cooperation and closer communication between them. The network will
provide information on activities and conference announcements under "News from European regional societies". The
webmasters e-mail address to whom enquiries and comments should be sent is razzetti@unipv.it.
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