Vincenzo Mercurio, Franco Andreone. New distribution data of the green mantella, Mantella viridis, from northern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae). pp. 3-9 (published online 20 September 2008)

Jirí Moravec, Wolfgang Böhme. First record of Riopa haroldyoungi from Laos. pp. 9-10 (published online 20 September 2008)

Uwe Fritz, Hendrik Freitag. Geoemydid turtles of the Sulu Archipelago, Philippines, and a historical record of Cyclemys dentata (Gray, 1831) for Siasi Island. pp. 11-12 (published online 20 September 2008)

Ulrich Joger, Ismail Bshenia and Faussel Essghaier. First record of the parthenogenetic Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803), from Libya (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). pp. 13-16. (published online 20 September 2008)

Nguyen Quang Truong, Tran Thanh Tung, Hoang van Ngoc, Wolfgang Böhme, and Thomas Ziegler. Rediscovery and redescription of Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from northeastern Vietnam. pp. 17-21. (published online 22 September 2008)

Ralf Hendrix, Nguyen Quang Truong, Wolfgang Böhme, and Thomas Ziegler. New anuran records from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Truong Son, central Vietnam. pp. 23-31. (published online 22 September 2008)

Silvia Federici, Serena Clemenzi, Marco Favelli, Giulia Tessa, Franco Andreone, Maurizio Casiraghi, Angelica Crottini. Identification of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibian populations of a plain area in the Northwest of Italy. pp. 33-37. (published online 22 September 2008)

Parfait Bora, Rainer Dolch, Richard Jenkins, Olga Jovanovic, Falitiana C. E. Rabemananjara, Jasmin Randrianirina, Jeannot Rafanomezantsoa, Liliane Raharivololoniaina, Olga Ramilijaona, Noromalala Raminosoa, Roma Randrianavelona, Achille Raselimanana, Bertrand Razafimahatratra, Tokihery Razafindraibe, and Miguel Vences. Geographical distribution of three species of Malagasy poison frogs of high conservation priority: Mantella aurantiaca, M. crocea and M. milotympanum. pp. 39-48. (published online 22 September 2008)

Heike Schmidt, Axel Strauß, Erik Reeve, Anja Letz, Ann-Kathrin Ludewig, Dimitri Neb, Robert Pluschzick, Roger-Daniel Randrianiaina, Dennis Reckwell, Sabrina Schröder, Anita Wesolowski, Miguel Vences. Descriptions of the remarkable tadpoles of three treefrog species, genus Boophis, from Madagascar. pp. 49-57. (published online 22 September 2008)

Pierre-André Crochet, Julien Pierre Renoult. Tarentola annularis annularis (Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire, 1827) preying on a mammal. pp. 58-59. (published online 11 December 2008)

Nguyen Quang Truong, Nguyen Vu Khoi. First record of Theloderma stellatum Taylor, 1962 from Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam. pp. 61-62. (published online 18 December 2008)