Author Guidelines

Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología

Editorial Guidelines for the Submission of Manuscripts

The Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología (ISSN: 2594-2158) is the main dissemination organ of the consortium of herpetology societies / associations among which are: Asociación Paraguaya de Herpetología, Asociación Red Chilena de Herpetología, Asociación Herpetológica Argentina, Sociedade Brasileira de Herpetologia, Asociación Colombiana de Herpetología, Asociación Herpetológica del Perú, de México Asociación para la Investigación y Conservación de Anfibios y Reptiles A.C. and the Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana A.C.  Authors interested in publishing their work in the journal do not need to be members of any of the mentioned societies. Publication costs are covered by Facultad de Ciencias UNAM and the membership and subscription fees from the affiliated societies . Authors are not charged any submission or publishing fees.

However, authors who are able and willing to contribute to the publication costs are encouraged to do so by writing directly to revista.latin.herpetologia@gmail.com.

The RLH accepts manuscripts on systematics, taxonomy, biogeography, reproductive biology, physiology, morphology, anatomy, ecology, behavioral biology, evolution, management, conservation, ethology, as well as topics related to herpetological education.

The journal publishes different types of articles:

1. Articles: Original or reviews.
2. Scientific notes: Natural history notes. Ecological notes and Behavioral notes.
3. Distribution notes: Short manuscripts about records that comply with what is proposed in this Editorial.
4. Perspectives: Opinion pieces with topics related to amphibians and reptiles.
5. Editorials: Articles by invitation that are of general interest.
6. Book reviews.

• Obituaries.

There is no limit of words in the manuscripts, although they are encouraged to submit less than 10 thousand words, including titles, abstracts, main text and citations, without counting appendices, tables, and figure legends.

Note that the RLH will not publish abstracts of theses as such, in order to encourage new authors to send the results of their theses in scientific article format or scientific notes.

Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal website: https://herpetologia.fciencias.unam.mx/index.php/revista/about/submissions, please follow all submissions instructions specially when completing the metadata (all coauthors names, institutions and emails). Upon completion of the submission process, correspondence authors will automatically receive a manuscript identification number with which they can refer in case of any doubt or question. 

Before submitting a manuscript, the correspondence author must verify that their submitted work was prepared in accordance with the journal's editorial instructions. Manuscripts that do not comply with the editorial norms and the criteria outlined above will be returned to the authors without going through the peer-review process.

Important note: Authors must propose three to five reviewers when submitting their manuscript. However, it is up to the associate editors to consider or not these proposals. This information should be provided in the cover letter, and must include the reviewer’s full name, institutional affiliation, and email address.

Authors should carefully fill in the metadata during submission, such as adding all authors and their institutions, keywords, correct title, and abstract. Likewise, once the manuscript has been accepted, the authors should verify that all the modifications the manuscript has undergone are reflected in the metadata. Since this information CANNOT BE MODIFIED once the manuscript is published, and is essential because it is used in the meta-tags required by the reference management systems.

Publication times

Given the continuous publishing system, the RLH is committed to give a first decision within a maximum period of 90 calendar days (3 months). Likewise, authors who must make revisions of their manuscripts within the maximum established timeframes (see below) to submit a new version of their manuscript, taking into account the comments of the reviewers. The new version of the manuscript must be accompanied by a response letter specifying what actions were carried out for each comment. If the revised manuscript is not received during this period, or as long as there is no response from the authors, the work will be automatically withdrawn from the system.

RLH times

Articles

3 months maximum time of first decision

60 calendar days for the author to respond

6 months ideal time from submission to publication

Scientific Notes

2 months maximum time of first decision

45 calendar days for the author to respond

5 months ideal time from submission to publication

Distribution Notes

45 days maximum time for first decision

30 calendar days for the author to respond

4 months ideal time from submission to publication

Manuscript Submission Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify that their submission meets all of the elements indicated below. Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will be returned to authors.

• The manuscript has not been previously published nor has it been submitted to another journal during the evaluation time at the RLH.
• All authors agree with the content of the manuscript to be submitted, this must be stated in the cover letter of the manuscript.
• The text, tables and figures adhere to the editorial standards. They can be found below and in the Author Guidelines, in the “About the Journal” section.
• The submission file must be in formats: * .doc or * .docx. Templates can be downloaded of an article, scientific note and distribution note.
• Document with author information is attached. An example can be downloaded here.

• A cover letter to the Editor-in-Chief specifying at least three potential reviewers is requested. Here is an example.
• The manuscript complies with the Ethics and malpractice statement of the Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología.

EDITORIAL GUIDELINES

THE RLH HAS A DOUBLE BLIND SYSTEM THEREFORE THE FOLLOWING RULES MUST BE CAREFULLY FOLLOWED:

The submission must contain:

1. Cover letter
2. Personal data document
3. Main manuscript (without personal data)

COVER LETTER

A free-form document specifying the main findings or results of the manuscript, as well as its relevance. It must also include at least three potential reviewers, including their full names, institutions, and email addresses. The reason for proposing each reviewer must also be specified.

PERSONAL DATA DOCUMENT

This document must be submitted exclusively *.doc or *.docx format.

1. Running head. At the beginning of the first page, write the last name of the author(s) (use et al. for more than 2 authors) and a short title of the study.

Examples: 

Ochoa-Ochoa & Smith – Physical robustness of Sceloporus grammicus (for two authors)

Ochoa-Ochoa et al. – Physical robustness of Sceloporus grammicus (for more than two authors)

1. Title. It should be short and informative and written in capital letters, centered and bold at the top of page 1 after the header. Scientific names must appear in uppercase, lowercase and italics. In Spanish the capital letters must include accent marks.

Example:

EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTIVITY ON THE PHYSICAL ROBUSTNESS OF Sceloporus grammicus IN AN ARID ENVIRONMENT

1. Names and affiliation of the authors. Authors’ full names separated by a comma and indicating with a superscript the corresponding institution(s)/affiliation(s) and an asterisk the corresponding author. The full postal addresses of the authors must appear immediately. Numbers (superscripts) should be used to associate the address or addresses corresponding to each author in italics. The author's email address for correspondence must be indicated in a separate line.

Example:

Leticia M. Ochoa Ochoa1* & Paul R. Smith2

1Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Ciudad de México, México.

2Department of Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. 

*Correspondence: leticia.ochoa@ciencias.unam.mx 

1. Acknowledgments. This section must be concise. Authors should include the full names of the people they thank, as well as the organizations or sources of financial support of the study. The permit numbers for the scientific collection must also be included in this section.
2. Photo credits. The full names of the authors of all photographs appearing in the manuscript must be included.

Ethical aspects and compliance with the laws of each country. The authors must include in the acknowledgments the collecting permits from the issuing authority for each country involved in the study, regarding the collection of specimens, this must be fulfilled in all publication formats (articles and notes). Likewise, in the event that the manuscript refers to manipulation of organisms (e.g. experiments), the authors must state that they followed the ethical standards of their respective institutions and countries.

MAIN MANUSCRIPT (NO PERSONAL DATA)

Manuscripts will be submitted only in *.doc or *.docx format; no other format will be accepted. The manuscript must contain all the necessary information in a single file. Tables, figures and appendices must be included within the manuscript after the lLiterature Cited section in the order previously listed. IT MUST NOT HAVE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION.

• The entire manuscript, including cited literature, tables and figure captions, must be double-spaced.
• The font must be 12-point Times New Roman.
• Active voice should be used throughout the manuscript.
• The manuscripts must be edited on a letter size page (US letter 21.59 x 27.94 cm), with margins of 2.54 cm on all sides.
• Paragraphs must not be indented, the texts must be justified only on the left side.
• The words will not be separated into syllables at the end of the line.
• No extra space will be left between paragraphs. Additional spacing is permitted only between sections.
• Manuscripts must have continuous page numbering (lower right)
• Manuscripts must have consecutive line numbers to facilitate the revision process.
• Foot notes are not allowed.

Main manuscripts structure:

Running head. At the beginning of the first page. It should be a short title of the study without authors names.

Example: 

Physical robustness of Sceloporus grammicus

Title. It should be short, informative, written in bold capital letters, and be centered at the top of page 1 after the header. Scientific names must appear in uppercase, lowercase and italics. In Spanish the capital letters should include accents where appropriate.

Example:

EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTIVITY ON THE PHYSICAL ROBUSTNESS OF Sceloporus grammicus IN AN ARID ENVIRONMENT 

Second Title. This should be the translation of the main title. If the title is in Spanish, Portuguese, or French, the second title must be in English, and vice versa.

Example:

EFECTO DE LA PRODUCTIVIDAD AMBIENTAL EN LA ROBUSTEZ FÍSICA DE Sceloporus grammicus EN UN AMBIENTE ÁRIDO

Abstract or Resumen/Resumo/Résumé. Should describe clearly and concisely the main points of the manuscript, without references to the text or citations from the literature. They must have a maximum length of 300 words for Articles and 150 words for Scientific Notes. Please note that Distribution Notes do not require an abstract. The submission of one abstract in either Spanish, Portuguese or French and one in English is mandatory. The words “Resumen” / “Resumo” or "Résumé" and "Abstract" should appear indented, in bold and followed by an em dash (—). The abstract should begin after the authors' addresses. 

If the main language of the manuscript is Spanish, French or Portuguese, the Abstract in English should come first. If the manuscript is written in English, then the Resumen, Resumo or Résumé in Spanish, French or Portuguese respectively should come first.

Keywords or Palabras clave/ Palavras chave/ Mots-clés. Four to six words separated by commas must be included in alphabetical order. The first one of them should be capitalized and the rest in lowercase unless they are proper or taxonomic names. They should not repeat words found in the title. These should be in Spanish, Portuguese, or French and English. They will appear after the Abstract and Resumen, Resumo o Résumé  and the Abstract respectively. The terms "Keywords" and "Palabras clave", “Palavras chave” or "Mots-clés" should appear indented, in bold and followed by an em dash.

Text. Articles will typically contain the following sections in bold and verses: Introduction (without heading), Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions (optional) and Literature Cited. Review articles, scientific or distribution notes and perspectives do not need to follow this structure. We strongly recommend the use of the templates provided for article, scientific note and distribution note. There may be subtitles in each section if necessary, specified in a separate line with italics. Sections should be separated by a blank line, but there should not be a space between paragraphs inside the section. 

Example:

Material and Methods

Monitoring of behavior patterns. Description begins here ...

Statistical analyses. They should be brief and clear.

All figures and tables must be referred to in the text. If they are explicitly cited, figure X or table X will be used, otherwise they will be cited in parentheses (Fig. X). If it is more than one figure, plural will be used (Figs. 1, 2 and 4 or Tabs. 1 and 2). Symbols, abbreviations and acronyms must be defined the first time they are used.

Italics should be used for scientific names. The first time the full name should be used both in the text and in each figure caption, and the genus should be abbreviated in subsequent instances unless there is a possibility of confusion. In tables, the full scientific names should be used.

References in the text. References to published articles will be cited in APA format (with the surname of the author or authors, separated by coma and followed by the year of publication in parentheses). Please follow the available style in the reference managers or in the existing webpages  (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/author-date). For manuscripts under review, the expression "Under review" or “In press”, will be used to replace the date of publication, although authors are encouraged to try to avoid such references. All references mentioned in the text must be in the Literature Cited and vice versa.

Examples:

“Brodie and Campbell (1993) and Tinkle et al. (1995) demonstrated that ...”

Two or more references by the same author and year of publication must be designated in lowercase letters; for example, “Best (1978a, b)”.

The citations are made up of the author and date (Best, 1978), in case of multiple citations, use a semicolon between them, sorted first chronologically and then alphabetically (Best, 1978a, b; Campbell, 1993; Brodie, 2000; Flores-Villela et al., 2001; Guzmán & Pérez, 2011).

Literature Cited. The list of bibliographic references should be incorporated at the end of the manuscript and before the tables, figures or appendices. Only list the references mentioned in the text. References will be listed in alphabetical order by first author, then by subsequent authors. In the event that there are several references with the same first author and year of publication, these will be listed according to the alphabetical order of the second author, and so on. In all cases French indent and an en dash (–) between page numbers. Please note that the RHL now uses a modification of the APA citation style (see below).

Example Citations in the text 

(AmphibiaWeb, 2024; Chuliver et al., 2024; Duellman, 1989; Frost, 2024; Hime et al., 2021; Luedtke et al., 2023; Maistrovski, 2011; Oksanen et al., 2013; Pourazami, 2024; R Core Team, 2024; Savage, 2002; Sjodin, 2023; Uetz et al., 2024; Vitt & Caldwell, 2014)

(GBIF, 2024; Oksanen et al., 2013)

(INEGI, 2021; Stuart, 2015)

Example Literature Cited

Articles

*For references with 10 or fewer authors, all authors should be listed*

Bellard, C., Genovesi, P., & Jeschke, J. M. (2016). Global patterns in threats to vertebrates by biological invasions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1823), 20152454. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2454

Crump, M. L. (2015). Anuran reproductive modes: evolving perspectives. Journal of Herpetology, 49(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1670/14-097

Chuliver, M., Agnolín, F. L., Scanferla, A., Aranciaga Rolando, M., Ezcurra, M. D., Novas, F. E., & Xu, X. (2024). The oldest tadpole reveals evolutionary stability of the anuran life cycle. Nature, 636(8041), 138–142. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08055-y

González-Duran, G. A., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P. D., & Escobar-Lasso, S. (2011). Leptodactylus fragilis (Mexican White-lipped Frog) Diet. Herpetological Review, 42, 583–584.

Lara-Resendiz, R. A., Galina-Tessaro, P., Pérez-Delgadillo, A. G., Valdez-Villavicencio, J. H., & Méndez-de La Cruz, F. R. (2019). Efectos del cambio climático en una especie de lagartija termófila de amplia distribución (Dipsosaurus dorsalis): Un enfoque ecofisiológico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 90, e902888. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2019.90.2888 

*In case that the reference has more than 10 authors, use the first three authors followed by et al.*

Luedtke, J. A., Chanson, J., Neam, K., et al. (2023). Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats. Nature, 622(7982), 308–314. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06578-4

Sinervo, B., Méndez-de-la-Cruz, F., Miles, D. B., et al. (2010). Erosion of lizard diversity by climate change and altered thermal niches. Science, 328(5980), 894–899. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1184695

Book

Cantú-Guzmán, J. C., & Tiburcio-Pintos, G. (2014). Guía Rápida de Tortugas Marinas de México. Defender of Wildlife, Teyeliz, A.C., Gobierno del Estado de Baja California Sur, Ayuntamiento de Los Cabos, BCS.

Felger, R. S., & Molina, F. S. (2024). Plants and Animals in the Yoeme World: Ethnoecology of the Yaquis in Sonora and Arizona. Desert Institute Press.

Savage, J. M. (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica. A herpetofauna between two continents, between two seas. The University of Chicago Press.

Vitt, L. J., & Caldwell, J. P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles. Fourth Edition. Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2010-0-67152-5

Book chapter

Duellman, W. E. (1989). Alternative life-history traits styles in anuran amphibians: evolutionary and ecological implications. In M. N. Bruton (Ed.), Alternative life-history styles of animals (pp. 101–126). Kluwer Academic Publisher.

Molina-Freaner, F. E., Markow, T. A., Pfeiler, E. J., Rojas-Soto, O. R., Varela-Romero, A., Quijada-Mascareñas, A., Esqueda-Valle, M., & Yépiz-Plascencia, G. (2009). Diversidad genética. In F. E. Molina Freaner & T. R. Van Devender (Eds.), Diversidad Biológica del Estado de Sonora (pp. 97–128). CONABIO.

Seminoff, J. A. (2010). Sea turtles of the Gulf of California: Biology, culture, and conservation. In R. C. Brusca (Ed.), The Gulf of California – Biodiversity and Conservation (pp. 135–167). Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Studies in Natural History, University of Arizona Press.

Theses

Maistrovski, Y. (2011). Regulation of anti-apoptotic pathways in skeletal muscle and liver of an estivating species, Xenopus laevis [Bachelor’s thesis]. Carleton University.

Pourazami, S. (2024). Snails in a dry sauna: a transcriptomic tale of Bostryx conspersus [Master in Science’s thesis]. Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU.

Sjodin, B. (2023). Unravelling climate and high elevation adaptation in the American pika (Ochotona princeps) through a comparative genomics framework [Doctoral dissertation]. The University of British Columbia.

Web pages or Electronic references

AmphibiaWeb. (2024). AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. https://amphibiaweb.org [Accessed September 10, 2025]

Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres (CITES), Apéndices I, II y III. (2025). https://cites.org/eng [Accessed November 2025]

DOF. (2019). Diario Oficial de la Federación. Modificación del Anexo Normativo III, Lista de especies en riesgo de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010, Protección ambiental -Especies nativas de México de flora y fauna silvestres- Categorías de riesgo y especificaciones para su inclusión, exclusión o cambio-Lista de especies en riesgo, publicada el 30 de diciembre de 2010, 32–132. https://sidof.segob.gob.mx/notas/5578808

Frost, D. R. (2024). Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.5531/db.vz.0001 [Accessed November 24, 2025] 

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Reyes, F., & Hošek, J. (2024). The reptile database. http://www.reptile-database.org/ [Accessed December 15, 2025]

Wallace, B. P., Tiwari, M., & Girondot, M. (2013). Dermochelys coriacea (East Pacific Ocean subpopulation). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T46967807A46967809. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T46967807A46967809.en [Accessed August 2025]

Computer programs or R packages

Oksanen, J., Blanchet, F. G., Kindt, R., Legendre, P., Minchin, P. R., O’Hara, R. B., Simpson, G. L., Solymos, P., Stevens, M. H. H., & Wagner, H. (2013). vegan: Community Ecology Package. R package version 2.0-10. http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=vegan.

R Core Team. (2024). R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing (R 4.4.2). R Foundation for Statistical Computing. https://www.R-project.org/

Geospatial Data

GBIF (2024). Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) GBIF Occurrence Download. https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.xb6dxb [Accessed October 12, 2025]

INEGI. (2021). Conjunto de Datos Vectoriales de Uso de Suelo y Vegetación. Escala 1:250 000, Serie VII. Conjunto Nacional. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Capas vectoriales formato shapefile.

For references that are in the process of being published, "In press" or "Accepted" should be cited instead of the page numbers. If it is considered pertinent to cite manuscripts that are already submitted, but not yet accepted, unpublished reports and summaries of conferences whose resource is not available, the expression “unpublished data” or “personal communication” must be included in parentheses and will not be included in the Literature Cited. 

Tables. They must go after the Literature Cited, and each table must have its corresponding explanatory heading. Within the table, only the initial letter of the first word will be capitalized (e.g. "Weighted average"). Lines within boxes should be avoided except when they clarify separate groups of columns. Figure footings (indicated by asterisks or other symbols in superscripts) may be used after the table when detailed information needs to be given (such as levels of statistical significance).

The description of the tables must be in English and Spanish, Portuguese or French as the case may be.

Figures. Will be placed after the tables if there are none, they will follow the Literature Cited. A page will be added where the figure legends of all the figures are specified. Subsequently, one figure per page will be included, listing them as Figure 1, Figure 2, etc., regardless of whether it is graphs, photographs, maps or other graphic material. The dimensions of the figures should not exceed 21.5 x 28 cm, at 300 dpi. The figures should be planned for a reduction to a final width of one or two columns in the RLH. A size or distance scale should be included when appropriate. If a figure includes more than one image, each one must be marked with a capital letter (A, B, C).

Once the article is accepted, the figures will be sent in separate files at a resolution of 300 dpi. The format of the figures must be *.jpg, or *.jpeg. It is important that, regardless of their resolution, all elements of the image can be clearly displayed.

Important note: Images created or modified by artificial intelligence will not be accepted.

Figure captions must be in English and Spanish, Portuguese or French as the case may be. 

Numbers. Numbers with two or more digits must be written with Arabic numerals (e.g. 10, 15) except when they appear at the beginning of a sentence. One-digit numbers must be written in letters unless they precede measurement units (e.g. 4 m), serve to designate something (e.g. Experiment 2), or are separated by a hyphen (e.g. 2-3 scales).

Manuscripts must comply with the punctuation criteria recommended by the RAE (Spelling of the Spanish language 2010). Numerical expressions written with numbers must be represented avoiding the separation of thousands, millions, etc., by means of a period, and as follows: dates and in general thousand units without space (e.g. 1967, 3000 m); tens of thousands onwards must be separated every three positions by a space (e.g. 27 000 kg; 3 276 000 ha). The period must be used, instead of comma, to separate the integer part of the decimal part and the number of decimal values ​​will be limited to a maximum of 3 positions (e.g. 0.426 mm except in the georeferences with a maximum of 5 decimals). This rule must be applied both in the main text, and in the tables and figure legends.

Units and abbreviations. The International System of Units should be used in the text, tables and figures. Common abbreviations are: meters above sea level "m a.s.l." (e.g. 2440 m a.s.l.), "n" (sample size), “SVL” (snout-vent length, but define the first time it is used), “P” (probability), “df” (degrees of freedom), “SD” and “SE” (standard deviation and standard error, respectively), “l” (liters), “g” (grams), “m” (meters), “cm” (centimeters), “mm” (millimeters) and “ºC” (degrees Celsius). Note that "n" and "P" should be written in italics, as well as all statistical symbols for values ​​(e.g. Student t test, Mann-Whitney U). Greek letters (e.g. β) should not be written in italics. No dates or undefined terms should be abbreviated. Geographical coordinates must be provided in decimal degrees: 32.33851° N, 116.25645° W. Time: use a 24-hour clock, 13:25 h or 12:00-14:00 h, and not AM and PM.

Personal communication will be abbreviated as “pers. comm." in italics. There must be a space between the = sign and the numbers (e.g. p = 0.01). These standards must be applied both in the bulk of the text, as in the tables and figure legends attached.

Appendices. Detailed non-essential information mentioned in the text (e.g. list of specimens examined) may be located in an Appendix. These should appear after the figures and have headings and a brief description:

Appendix 1. List of specimens examined.

Appendix 2. Measurements of the specimens.

All appendices must be cited in the main text. 

Ethical aspects and compliance with the laws of each country. The authors must include in the text or in the acknowledgements the collecting permits from competent organizations for each country, regarding the collection of specimens. This requirement must be fulfilled in all publication formats (articles and notes). Furthermore, in the event that the manuscript refers to manipulation of organisms (e.g. experiments), the authors must state that they followed the ethical standards of their respective institutions and countries.

Example:

"All experimental procedures and specimen handling were approved by the Academic Ethics and Scientific Responsibility Committee (AESRC), Faculty of Sciences, UNAM."

STRUCTURE OF MANUSCRIPTS

Scientific articles

Scientific articles must be written in Spanish, Portuguese, French or English; in all cases, they must include a summary in Spanish, Portuguese or French and another in English (abstract). There is no limit of words and / or figures.

Manuscripts must contain the following sections, those marked with an asterisk are optional:

Title

Título (Spanish, Portugues, or French)

Resumen (Spanish, Portugues, or French)

Palabras Clave (Spanish, Portugues, or French)

Abstract

Keywords

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

*Conclusions

*Acknowledgementes

Literature Cited

*Appendix

Scientific Notes

Scientific notes must be written in Spanish, Portuguese, French or English; in all cases, they must include a summary in Spanish, Portuguese or French and another in English (abstract). There is no limit of words and / or figures.

Scientific notes must contain the following sections, those marked with an asterisk are optional:

Title

Título (Spanish, Portugues, or French)

Resumen (Spanish, Portugues, or French)

Palabras Clave (Spanish, Portugues, or French)

Abstract

Keywords

(Text of the note without heading)

*Acknowledgementes

Literature Cited

*Appendix

Distribution Notes

These are short contributions and it is essential that they comply with what is proposed in this Editorial. It is important to emphasize that they must have a map showing the previous and new records clearly identified.

It is suggested that the title be short. The content should include the following information: Country, State, Municipality, Locality (coordinates in decimal degrees; datum; elevation). Collection / observation date. Record details (e.g. how many km from the known distribution, if it is the first record for the state or municipality, etc.), citations on the closest reference record. Brief description of the event (time, age of the specimen, habitat, etc.). Collector(s), scientific collection/museum where the voucher was deposited (including the name of the collection, institution, catalog number, and city where the museum is located). This information may be replaced by reference photos deposited in a photographic collection, including catalog numbers. It must also include the set of characters that support the identification of the individuals in question or, failing that, the name of the verifier of the species (preferably a curator or species expert). 

Distribution notes must contain the following sections, those marked with an asterisk are optional:

Title

Título (Spanish, Portugues, or French)

(Text of the distribution note without headings)

*Acknowledgementes

Literature Cited

*Appendix

Book Reviews

Book Reviews will not be divided into sections. Authors are encouraged to be thorough in their reviews, including chapter-specific comments. Likewise, they are asked to attach a photograph of the cover of the reviewed book.

Perspectives

The perspectives will not be divided into sections. Authors are encouraged to be thorough in the literature to support their comments. They are also asked to attach images that may be helpful in order to enrich the content.

Obituaries

Obituaries will not be divided into sections. Authors are urged to make manuscripts short. Likewise, they are asked to attach at least one photograph of the person referred.

Cover photos

Cover photographs will be selected by the Editorial Committee from the manuscripts included in the issue. If you are contacted, you will be asked to send the image in *.jpg o *.jpeg at high resolution (300 dpi).