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Gudelines for Manuscript Preparation and Submission
Asiatic Herpetological Research is published annually by the Chengdu Institute of Biology (CIB) of the Chinese
Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Asiatic Herpetological Research Society (AHRS). It publishes results from original research with primary focus on Asian herpetofauna. Occasionally, the journal publishes invited review articles.
Molecular data generated in a research project and submitted for publication to Asiatic Herpetological Research mustalso be deposited at a recognized archive, such as GenBank, and accession numbers must then be provided in theResults section. Furthermore, holotypes of taxa described in Asiatic Herpetological Research as new to scienceshould be deposited in National or International Centers. Secondary types of these taxa should be distributed among
several museums.
All manuscripts must be submitted via email to the editorial office at ahr@cib.ac.cn. For manuscript submission, asingle file including all text, tables and figures in pdf format is preferred, although separated files in MSWord, text,jpeg, Tiff or other commonly used file formats are also acceptable. After acceptance, separate files will be required
for text, figures and tables. Please note that it is possible for an email message to disappear on the Internet without
being delivered. If an acknowledgement is not received within 3–5 working days, please contact the editorial office.
Manuscripts should be arranged in the following order:
Manuscript Title page
Abstract
Key words (5–7 that do not appear in the title)
Manuscript Text
TablesFigure legends
FiguresFigures and Tables should be stand-alone, and should not be imbedded within the text of the manuscript.
A cover letter should accompany the manuscript. Contact information for suggested reviewers (if any) should be provided in the letter.
The Editor will examine a given manuscript upon submission. If appropriate, the manuscript will then be reviewed
by an appointed Sectional Editor and selected outside reviewers. Acceptance will be based upon the quality of thescience and the appropriateness of the manuscript for our journal. Each manuscript must stand on its own merits andbe a substantial contribution to the field.
Asiatic Herpetological Research requests $25 US per printed page from authors with funds available. Please indicate
if funds are available.

Three Categories are available for manuscript submission
Major articles are full-length reports usually greater than 15 but not more than 50 manuscript pages (the latter onlyat discretion of the Editor).
Shorter Contributions are more limited in scope and usually occupy 15 or fewer manuscript pages. Manuscripts
may be moved from one category to the other at the discretion of the Editor.
Review article are invitation only. Authors are encouraged to contact the editor for potential invitation.

Format
The manuscript must be arranged in the following format or it will be returned to authors without review.

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COVER PAGE must contain the title of the manuscript, names and affiliations of authors, contact information for thecorresponding author, running head, manuscript type, and no more than six key words that are not found in the title.
TEXT must be numbered with abstract as the first page, double-spaced and left justified. All measurements must bein metric units, and abbreviations (except for common ones pertaining to measurement, time, or statistical test) must
be defined at first use. Footnotes (other than in tables) are not permitted. Generic and specific names (and nothingelse except secondary headings, genetic loci, and some statistical abbreviations) are italicized, and taxonomic authorship should appear only when nomenclatural problems are involved. Recognized common names of organisms must
be capitalized. Institutional abbreviations used in text and in Material Examined (see Major Article below) must follow Leviton et al., 1985. (Leviton, A. E., R. H. Gibbs Jr., E. Heal, and C. E. Dawson. 1985. Standards in herpetology
and ichthyology. Part I. Standard symbolic codes for institutional resource collections in herpetology and ichthyology.
Copeia 1985:802–832). Numerical ranges must be delimited with an en-dash. Latitudinal and longitudinal information should be presented with datum used cited.
Articles will be published using two level subheading styles. All heading levels must be on their own line, and left
justified. For the purposes of manuscript submission, Level 1 heading is bold, and generally reserved forIntroduction, Material and Methods, Results, and Discussion; Level 2 is italic. More than two levels of subheading
are not encouraged. Manuscripts of the shorter contribution category should not be sectioned.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS identify individuals by first initial and full surname and do not list professional titles andinstitutions. Collecting permits, import/export permits, and Institutional Animal Care protocols must be cited inAcknowledgments.
LITERATURE CITED is double-spaced and formatted identically for all manuscripts. References in the text must
be checked for consistency with references in the literature cited section. The length of Literature Cited should notexceed 20% of the text.
REFERENCES IN TEXT. 1) References to articles by one or two authors must include both surnames in the order they
appear in the original publication. References to articles by more than two authors must include the first author's surname, followed by "et al." 2) The year of article follows the authors, separated only by a space. 3) References withthe same author and year are distinguished by the lower case characters "a, b, c . . .” 4) References cited in text arelisted in alphabetical order by first author.
For example, "My results also incorporate literature records (Marx et al., 1982; Marx and Rabb, 1972; Mertens, 1930;
Pope, 1929; Wall, 1909, 1910a, 1910b, 1910c)."REFERENCES IN LITERATURE CITED. 1) References must include all authors, in the order that they appear in the original publication; "et al." is never used in a literature cited section. 2) The first author is listed surname first, initial(s)last. All other authors are listed initial(s) first, surname last. 3) References with the same author and year are distinguished by the lower case characters, "a, b, c,. .." 4) References cited are listed in alphabetical order by first author.
5) Names of journals are not abbreviated. See below for examples:
Journal article
Dial, B. E. 1987. Energetics and performance during nest emergence and the hatchling frenzy in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Herpetologica 43(3):307–315.
Journal article, title translated, article not in English
Ananjeva, N. B. 1986. [On the validity Megalochilus mystaceus (Pallas, 1776)]. Proceedings of the ZoologicalInstitute, Leningrad 157:4–13. (In Russian).
Note that for Acta Herpetologica Sinica, the year must precede the volume number. This is to distinguish between theold and new series, and between 1982–1987, Vols.1–6 (new series) and 1988 with no volume number, numbers 1 and2 (new series).
Cai, M., J. Zhang, and D. Lin. 1985. [Preliminary observation on the embryonic development of Hynobius chinensis

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Guenther]. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 1985, 4(2): 177–180. (In Chinese).
Book
Pratt, A. E. 1892. To the snows of Tibet through China. Longmans, Green and Co., London. 268 pp.
Article in book
Huey, R. B. 1982. Temperature, physiology, and the ecology of reptiles. Pp. 25–91. In C. Gans and F. H. Pough (eds.),
Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 12, Physiological Ecology. Academic Press, New York.
Government publication
United States Environmental Data Service. 1968. Climatic Atlas of the United States. Environmental Data Service,
Washington, D. C.
Thesis or dissertation
Moody, S. 1980. Phylogenetic and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the Agamidae (Reptilia:Lacertilia). Ph.D. Thesis. University of Michigan. 373 pp.
Internet References
To cite a website in text (but not a specific document), it is sufficient to give the address (e.g., http://www.apa.org)
there and no reference entry is needed. However, when citing a particular web page as a citation in the text (e.g. Gaten
2000) and an entry in the reference list will be required.
Example:Gaten, E. 2000. Internet references. Retrieved from http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/teach/mod300/ecitations.html
19/9/2000.
TABLES (numbered in Arabic) must each appear with a short heading on a separate sheet and be double-spaced withno dotted or vertical lines. Location of each table should be indicated in the right margin of text as "T1," "T2," etc.
For ease of layout, please submit tables as either word or excel tables. Multiple tabs may not format correctly andwill be returned to the author for correction.
FIGURES (numbered in Arabic) should each be on a separate sheet. When several drawings or photographs aregrouped as one, they must be arranged as one unit on a single page, and each lettered with an uppercase block letterin the upper corner of each plot. Most figures are reduced to one-column width; hence, lettering must be sized appropriately. Location of each figure should be clearly indicated in right text margin as "F1," "F2," etc. Figure legends aregrouped sequentially and double-spaced on a separate sheet. Figures should be submitted at a minimum of 300 dpi
resolution as TIFF, PSD, JPG, PICT or EPS for vector graphic based data. Figures will be reduced to either on column(3.25”) or 2 columns (6.5”).
AHR may publish color figures at the discretion of the editors. AHR is now published both on paper and electronically. Printing costs of color figures may be required for the paper version of AHR. Color figures will be publishedfree of charge in the electronic version. If you submit color figures, please indicate if you wish them to be considered
for publication in color in the paper version. Otherwise, they will be converted to black and white in the paper version.
STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP. Authorship implies responsibility. All authors should have played a significant
role in designing and performing the research and in writing the manuscript. Those whose roles were limited solely
to providing materials (to include financial support), collecting data, or reviewing the manuscript, should be recognized in Acknowledgments. Honorary authorship must be avoided.