Last updated 19 November 2009 with article from R 62.

Periodical Index - Monitors & Helodermatids

A guide to monitor- and helodermatid articles appearing in herpetogical periodicals over the past few years


Key

D=Draco

Quarterly herpetological magazine from the German Natur und Tier Verlag that usually focuses on a theme, eg agamid lizards or desert herpetofauna

E = Elaphe

German publication from the DGHT: focuses on captive husbandry and reproduction of reptiles and amphibians.

IR = International Reptilian

European magazine, published in UK

R = Reptilia

European magazine, published in Spain

PR = Pet Reptile

European magazine, published in UK. Slightly more "entry level" but contains some good articles

PRK = Practile Reptile Keeping

UK magazine first appearing in 2009, edited by David Alderton. Like most magazines with "Reptile" in the title, also covers amphibians and invertebrates.

RH = Reptile Hobbyist

US magazine published by TFH

R&A = Reptile & Amphibian Magazine

Now sadly defunct, although back copies may be available at herp exhibitions, etc

R&AH = Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist

Formed out of the merger of Reptile Hobbyist and Reptile & Amphibian Magazine. Last issue November 2001

S = Salamandra

German magazine published by the DGHT (German Herptological Association) in English and German. So far we have not added any articles from the magazine. The DGHT also publishes magazines for each of their specialist groups, eg Radiata (tortoises), Lacerta (lacertid lizards), etc. From 2005 Salamandra will be published in both English and German.

Si = Situla

French-language herpetological magazine, also covering invertebrates

Ta = Terarista

Czech herpetological magazine, published by the Terrarium Society of Prague in Czech with good English summaries

V = Vivarium

Magazine associated with Advanced Herpetological Library and Philippe de Vosjoli



Species

Article

Magazine

Issue

Author

Heloderma horridum, Mexican Beaded Lizard

Haltung und Nachzucht von ~ exasperatum (PALLAS, 1776)[Keeping and breeding ~ exasperatum(PALLAS, 1776)]

E

2/01

Manfred Reisinger

The Genus Heloderma: Beaded Lizards and Gila Monsters

R

47

Thomas Wilms

Successful long-term keeping and breeding of the Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard ~ exasperatum

R

47

Manfred Reisinger

Venomous Reptiles of Mexico

R

62

Carlos Alberto Hernández & José Luis Aguilar

Heloderma suspectum, Gila monster

The Pink Tiger of Sonora

RH

1:6

?

Breeding in Captivity

IR

5:7

Jerry Cole

The Horrible, Suspicious, Venomous Lizards of the New World

R

7

R W Applegate

Reptilia Index of Species

R

28

[Unsigned]

Adapting to a Desert Existence

Rs

11:9

Wayne Labenda

Gila Monster's Saliva holds medical promise [Reptile News & Trivia: Research]

Rs

11:12

"Reptiles Staff"

The Genus Heloderma: Beaded Lizards and Gila Monsters

R

47

Thomas Wilms

~: Gila Monster Reproduction

R

47

Mark Seward

Herping in Arizona

PRK

4

Jon Coote

Venomous Reptiles of Mexico

R

62

Carlos Alberto Hernández & José Luis Aguilar

Varanus acanthurus, Ridge-Tailed Monitor

Monitor Crazy

PR

40

Terry Thatcher

Good Pet Monitors [Herp Mail]

R&AH

5:3

Allen R Both

Dwarf Monitors

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Searching for a Rough Diamond: The Rough-Scaled Python, Python (Morelia) carinata [passim]

R&AH

6:8

Rob Porter

Varanus albigularis, Black-Throated Monitor

Keeping and Breeding

IR

3:2

Christopher Dieter

Les varans africains [African monitors]

Si

3

Anthony Chaigneau

Reptile Parks in Tanzania

R

48

Emanuele Cimatti

Ökologische Untersuchungen an Reptilien einer Dornbuschsavanne in Zentralnamibia - Unwägbarkeiten der Freilandforschung [Ecological examinations of reptiles of a thorn bush savanna in central Namibia - the uncertainties of field research]

E

14:4

Jacqueline Fuchs, Constanze Grohmann, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Johannes Penner

Die F2-Nachzucht des Weißkehlwarans ~, nach vorausgegegangener Legenotoperation [F2 breeding of the White-Throated Monitor ~, after preceding egg-binding operation]

E

17:3

Klaus Wesiak & Ulf Riedel

Varanus auffenbergi, Peacock Monitor

Monitor Crazy

PR

40

Terry Thatcher

Unterbringung, Pflege und Nachzucht von Varanus (Odatria) auffenbergi SPRACKLAND 1999 [Housing, care and breeding of Varanus (Odatria) auffenbergi SPRACKLAND 1999]

E

16:1

Klaus Wesiak

Varanus baritji, Black-Spotted Monitor

Dwarf Monitors

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus bengalensis, Bengal Monitor

 

IR

5:1

Daniel Bennett

Varanus brevicauda, Short-Tailed Monitor

Dwarf Monitors

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus caerulivirens, Blue Pinspot Monitor

Introducing the Blue Pinspot Monitor: Varanus sp.

R&AH

5:3

Christopher Dieter

Varanus doreanus, Blue-Tailed Monitor

Introducing the Blue Pinspot Monitor: Varanus sp.

R&AH

5:3

Christopher Dieter

Varanus dumerili, Dumeril's Monitor

Good Pet Monitors [Herp Mail]

R&AH

5:3

Allen R Both

Varanus exanthematicus, Bosc Monitor/Savannah Monitor

Junior Choice

IR

5:7

Thomas Fay

3 Common Pet Shop Monitors

RH

3:7

Drew Newman

Hefty Herps

RH

3:10

Christopher Dieter

How big will my Savannah Monitor grow? [Your Questions and Answers]

PR

5

Mark Geach

Case Study: Bosc's Savannah Monitor [death of an animal through ignorance and refusal of owners to purchase correct equipment, as seen by Proteus]

PR

5

Peter Heathcote

Notes sur l'incubation des oeufs de varans des savanes ~ BOSC, 1792 [Notes on incubating eggs of the savannah monitor, ~ BOSC, 1792]

Si

3

Francis Girard

Les varans africains [African monitors]

Si

3

Anthony Chaigneau

Zur Pflege und Nachzucht des westafrikanischen Steppenwarans ~ (BOSC, 1792) [On the care and breeding of the west African Savannah Monitor ~ (BOSC, 1792)]

E

3/06

Klaus Wesiak

International Terrarium Exhibits: The Avilon Montalban Zoological Park, Philippines [passim]

R

59

Maren Gaulke

Varanus gilleni, Pygmy Mulga Monitor

Dwarf Monitors

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus glauerti, Kimberley Rock Monitor

Dwarf Monitors [passim]

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Searching for a Rough Diamond: The Rough-Scaled Python, Python (Morelia) carinata [passim]

R&AH

6:8

Rob Porter

Varanus glebopalma, Black-Palmed Rock Monitor/ Long-Tailed Monitor

Searching for a Rough Diamond: The Rough-Scaled Python, Python (Morelia) carinata [passim]

R&AH

6:8

Rob Porter

Dwarf Monitors [passim]

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus griseus

Lizards of North Eurasia

R

38

Natalia Ananjeva and Nikolai Orlov

Les varans africains [African monitors]

Si

3

Anthony Chaigneau

Morocco: Treasure Chest in Northwestern Africa

R

62

Thomas Wilms

Excursion in Southern Morocco

R

62

Rolf Leptien

Varanus indicus, Mangrove Monitor

Hefty Herps

R&AH

6:6

Christopher Dieter

Introducing the Blue Pinspot Monitor: Varanus sp.

R&AH

5:3

Christopher Dieter

Good Pet Monitors [Herp Mail]

R&AH

5:3

Allen R Both

Zwischenbericht über die Herpetofauna Sulawesis unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Gattung Varanus: phylogeographische Beziehungen zu angrenzenden Gebieten [Interim report on the herpetofauna of Sulawesi with special regard to the genus Varanus: phylogeographic relationships to neighbouring areas]

E

15:3

André Koch, Evy Arida & Wolfgang Böhme

Terrarienhaltung und Erstnachzucht des Pazifikwarans Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) indicus, mit einigen Bemerkungen zur Entwicklung der Jungtiere [Husbandry and first breeding of the Mangrove Monitor Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) indicus, with some observations on the development of the young]

E

17:1

Klaus Wesiak

Varanus jobiensis, Peach-Throated Monitor

The ~ : Notes on Husbandry and Reproductive Behaviour

R&AH

7:1

Quetzal Dwyer & Mark K Bayless

Introducing the Blue Pinspot Monitor: Varanus sp.

R&AH

5:3

Christopher Dieter

Varanus komodoensis, Komodo Dragon

 

V

4:6

?

 

RH

2:8

Paul Donovan

Please, don't go to Komodo [R&A Quicks, re possible dangers from ecotourism to V. komodoensis]

RH

3:10

?

~s in France: The future looks promising

IR

6:6

Philippe Gerard

Two more Komodos at Reptilandia

IR

6:7

?

Crikey! A Visit to Australia Zoo

R

56

Karsten Griesshammer

Varanus mabitang, Mabitang

Freilanduntersuchungen am Mabitang (~), einer stark bedrohten Großwaranart von der Philippinen-Insel Panay [Examinations in the wild of the Mabitang (~), a heavily endangered large monitor species from the Philippine island of Panay].

E

1/05

Maren Gaulke

The Mabitang. Large fruit-eating monitor of the Philippines, ~

R

59

Maren Gaulke & Arnold D Demegillo

Varanus melinus, Yellow Monitor

Zwischenbericht über die Herpetofauna Sulawesis unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Gattung Varanus: phylogeographische Beziehungen zu angrenzenden Gebieten [Interim report on the herpetofauna of Sulawesi with special regard to the genus Varanus: phylogeographic relationships to neighbouring areas]

E

15:3

André Koch, Evy Arida & Wolfgang Böhme

Introducing the Blue Pinspot Monitor: Varanus sp.

R&AH

5:3

Christopher Dieter

Varanus mertensi, Merten's Water Monitor

Searching for a Rough Diamond: The Rough-Scaled Python, Python (Morelia) carinata [passim]

R&AH

6:8

Rob Porter

Crikey! A Visit to Australia Zoo

R

56

Karsten Griesshammer

Varanus mitchelli, Mitchell's Monitor

Dwarf Monitors [passim]

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus niloticus, Nile Monitor

Life with a ~

RH

1:6

?

3 Common Pet Shop Monitors

RH

3:7

Drew Newman

Taming Nile Monitors [Herpetological Queries]

Rs

5:10

Bill Love

Aging ~ [The Cage Papers]

R&AH

6:9

?

~ [R&AH Herp Care Series]

R&AH

7:1

Philip Purser

Les varans africains [African monitors]

Si

3

Anthony Chaigneau

Reptile Parks in Tanzania

R

48

Emanuele Cimatti

First record of the genus Phylodactylus GOLDFUSS, 1820 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) for Mauritania (West Africa)

S

44:1

Ignacio de la Riva & José M Padial

Varanus olivaceus, Gray's Monitor

A cause for concern

R

5

M Vincent & S Wilson

Herp People: Winston Card

R&AH

6:10

Dolly Ellerbrock

Gray's Monitor Lizard on Polillo Island, Philippines

R

17

Daniel Bennett

International Terrarium Exhibits: The Avilon Montalban Zoological Park, Philippines

R

59

Maren Gaulke

Varanus panoptes, Argus Monitor

Reptiles of Fitzroy Island

R

15

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

The Reptiles of Kakadu National Park

Rs

4:2

Karl Switak

Varanus pilbarensis, Pilbara Rock Monitor

Dwarf Monitors [passim]

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus prasinus, Emerald Tree Monitor

International Terrarium Exhibits: The Avilon Montalban Zoological Park, Philippines [passim]

R

59

Maren Gaulke

Varanus rudicollis, Rough-Neck Monitor

The Black ~: Malaysia's Tree Lizard

R&AH

6:9

Mark K Bayless

Varanus salvadori, Crocodile Monitor

Croc Monitors as Pets [Herp Mail]

R&AH

6:8

Allen R Both

Jurassic Croc (Fun Fact) [Reptile News & Trivia]

Rs

9:12

Curtis Gropp

Varanus salvator, Water Monitor

3 Common Pet Shop Monitors

RH

3:7

Drew Newman

 

IR

3:8

Daniel Bennett

Bindenwarane (~) auf Sri Lanka [Water Monitors (~) on Sri Lanka]

E

2/04

Werner Lantermann

Up To Our Ears In Crocs [Article on the Madras Crocodile Bank - article also describes breeding success with water monitors]

Rs

4:4

Romulus Whitaker

Wake up to Water Monitors

Rs

11:12

Robyn Markland

Zwischenbericht über die Herpetofauna Sulawesis unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Gattung Varanus: phylogeographische Beziehungen zu angrenzenden Gebieten [Interim report on the herpetofauna of Sulawesi with special regard to the genus Varanus: phylogeographic relationships to neighbouring areas]

E

15:3

André Koch, Evy Arida & Wolfgang Böhme

Varanus salvator, the Water Monitor: India's Largest Lizard

R

57

Ramesh Avadhani

International Terrarium Exhibits: The Avilon Montalban Zoological Park, Philippines

R

59

Maren Gaulke

Varanus scalaris, Spotted Tree Monitor

Dwarf Monitors

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus semiremex, Rusty Monitor

Dwarf Monitors [passim]

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus storri, Storr's Monitor

Good Pet Monitors [Herp Mail]

R&AH

5:3

Allen R Both

Dwarf Monitors

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus timorensis, Timor Monitor

Monitor Crazy

PR

40

Terry Thatcher

Good Pet Monitors [Herp Mail]

R&AH

5:3

Allen R Both

Dwarf Monitors [passim]

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus togianus

Zwischenbericht über die Herpetofauna Sulawesis unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Gattung Varanus: phylogeographische Beziehungen zu angrenzenden Gebieten [Interim report on the herpetofauna of Sulawesi with special regard to the genus Varanus: phylogeographic relationships to neighbouring areas]

E

15:3

André Koch, Evy Arida & Wolfgang Böhme

Varanus tristus tristus, Black-Headed Monitor

Dwarf Monitors

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus tristis orientalis Freckled Monitor

Monitor Crazy

PR

40

Terry Thatcher

Dwarf Monitors

R&AH

6:10

Robert George Sprackland, Ph.D

Varanus varius, Lace Monitor

~

R&AH

5:9

John Coborn

Crikey! A Visit to Australia Zoo

R

56

Karsten Griesshammer

Varanus yuwonoi, Tricoloured Monitor

Introducing the Blue Pinspot Monitor: Varanus sp.

R&AH

5:3

Christopher Dieter

General

Magazine

Issue

Author

Monitor Crazy

PR

40

Terry Thatcher

 

 

 


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