Category: Announcements

Spanish Herpetological Congress

March 15th, 2010
The XI Congreso Luso – Español de Herpetología / XV Congreso Español de Herpetología will take place in Seville between 6 and 9 of October 2010. There is special emphasis in the consequences of Global Changes in the reptiles and amphibians.You can find… more »

A legal trick threatens Canary Islands herpetofauna

February 14th, 2010
The regional government of the Canay Islands made a bill of law aimed to create a new regional catalogue of protected species. The main changes proposed  for herpetofauna are to demote the category of protection of Gallotia intermedia from Endangered to… more »

Report on the Bern Convention meeting

February 6th, 2010
The Conservation Committee of the SEH has been actively involved in amphibian and reptile conservation trough the Bern convention (the “Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats”; see http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritag… more »

The new Red Lists and Atlas of Dutch Amphibians and Reptiles

February 6th, 2010
In November 2009 the new Red Lists on Dutch amphibian and reptiles were presented by RAVON (formal publication date is 2007). This report presents, apart from the list using official Dutch criteria, for the first time Red Lists following the criteria of… more »

Meeting of the Conservation Committee

January 29th, 2010
We just had the last meeting of the Conservation Committee members. The meeting has been held at the Frankfurt Zoo, and numerous topics have been discussed. Stay tuned to know more about it. We will keep updating the website of the Conservation Committee… more »