The Canadian Herpetologist / L'Herpétologiste Canadien

The Canadian Herpetologist (TCH) is a publication that is produced twice annually by the Canadian Herpetological Society. Each issue of TCH includes feature articles, field notes, a list of recent publications, student thesis abstracts, news and other information of interest to the Canadian herpetological community.

Access TCH

CHS members can view all issues of TCH via ZenScientist. The two most recent issues (rolling window) are only available to CHS members. If you are not a CHS member, you can sign up now to gain access to these issues. All other issues of TCH are available here:

Contribute to TCH

Submissions to the next issue of TCH are always welcome. All submissions should be relevant to Canadian herpetofauna or other topics related to Canadian herpetology. Submissions by Canadian herpetologists about research or programs they have been involved with outside of Canada are also considered for publication.

Please submit:

Citations of recent (within the last 2 years) publications relevant to Canadian herpetology that have not already been listed in TCH. If the publication was "in press" in the previous issue, we will re-list it in the upcoming issue with the full citation information.
Abstracts of student theses (4^th year, M.Sc., Ph.D.) that have not already been listed in a previous issue of TCH.
Feature articles on topics such as ecology, genetics, taxonomy, conservation issues, field techniques, recovery programs, etc.
Field notes outlining the results of recent herpetological work.
News, announcements, job postings, collaboration opportunities or any other information that may be of interest to Canadian amphibian and reptile researchers and conservation practitioners.

Correspondence should be addressed to the Editors, and