Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Science Bibliography of the amphibian and reptile research in Slovakia between 1791 and 2017 Marcel Uhrin, David Jandzik, Andrej Čerňanský, Michal Rindoš, Blanka Lehotská, Stanislav Danko, Ján Kautman, Peter Mikulíček, Peter Urban & Daniel Jablonski Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Science Bibliography of the amphibian and reptile research in Slovakia between 1791 and 2017 Marcel Uhrin, David Jandzik, Andrej Čerňanský, Michal Rindoš, Blanka Lehotská, Stanislav Danko, Ján Kautman, Peter Mikulíček, Peter Urban & Daniel Jablonski Košice 2019 Bibliography of the amphibian and reptile research in Slovakia between 1791 and 2017 Electronic publication © 2019 Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science © 2019 Authors © 2019 Uwe Fritz & Jiří Moravec Authors: Marcel Uhrin, David Jandzik, Andrej Čerňanský, Michal Rindoš, Blanka Lehotská, Stanislav Danko, Ján Kautman, Peter Mikulíček, Peter Urban & Daniel Jablonski Rewievers: Uwe Fritz, Senckenberg Natural History Collection of Dresden, Department Museum of Zoology, Dresden, Germany Jiří Moravec, National Museum, Natural History Museum, Praha, Czech Republic Cover photo: David Jandzik Typesetting and layout: Benjamín Jarčuška, Zvolen, Slovakia Available at: www.unibook.upjs.sk Publication date: 19.07.2019 ISBN 978-80-8152-737-1 (e-publication) Acknowledgments We would like to thank Peter Krišovský and Stanislav Levendovský (East Slovak Museum in Košice, Slovakia), Judita Samuelisová (P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia), Petr Papežík (Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia), Zdeněk Mačát (NP Podyjí, Czech Republic), Edvárd Mizsei, Márton Szabolcs (both University of Debrecen, Hungary), Judit Vörös (Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary) and Mario Schweiger (Obertrum, Austria) for their assistance in obtaining several references from the bibliography. Further, we thank Jana Christophoryová (Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia) for an idea about the philately collection, and František Divok, Miroslav Fulín, and Adalbert Mezei for sharing their information on the activities of the non-governmental organisations in Slovakia. Jimmy Massey checked and improved the language of the text, thank you. Last but not least, we are thankful to our families for their support and encouragement during this long-term work. This work was supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the contract no. APVV-15-0147 and by the Scientific Grant Agency (VEGA 1/0298/19). Abstract Bibliographies provide basic scientific information, illustrate quality and intensity of research in a particular topic, area, or time, and thus help build a cultural-historical perspective of society’s appreciation of knowledge and education. Here we provide a bibliography of herpetological research in the region of Slovakia between the years 1791 and 2017. We collected 2,183 references authored by 1,453 different authors and covering all species of amphibians (18) and reptiles (13) occurring in Slovakia and, in addition, amphibian and reptile taxa occurring in 94 other countries. Most of the contributions were published in popular magazines and non-indexed journals, while only about 12% of all references represent scientific articles from journals indexed in relevant scientific databases. The extensiveness of study on amphibians and reptiles has varied among different periods within the selected time frame. However, an obvious intensification in the field of herpetology can be observed, especially during the second half of the 20th century. While there have only been few professionals specialized in herpetology, an important role in promoting the research and conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Slovakia has been played by non-governmental organizations and hobbyists. The most frequent type of herpetological data in the referenced literature comes from faunistic research, followed by conservation and general information on herpetofauna, with the majority of published articles in indexed journals coming from the fields of palaeontology, phylogeography, and population genetics. The presented bibliography is the first step towards building a solid base for future systematic herpetological research in the country and Central Europe. Key words: Amphibia, Reptilia, bibliography, history of research, Slovakia, Slovak authors, herpetology Contents Foreword ............................................................................................................................. 1 From the review ................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 3 Compilation of the bibliography ........................................................................................... 4 Bibliography in contexts....................................................................................................... 7 Historical context ............................................................................................................ 7 Palaeontological context .............................................................................................. 13 Biogeographical context ............................................................................................... 14 Typological and thematic comments ............................................................................ 17 References ........................................................................................................................ 20 Bibliography ....................................................................................................................... 31 Indexed scientific articles ............................................................................................ 32 Nonindexed scientific articles ....................................................................................... 47 Popular articles, personalia and organisational articles ............................................... 72 Books ........................................................................................................................... 92 Book chapters .............................................................................................................. 97 Conference abstracts ................................................................................................. 123 Qualification works ..................................................................................................... 139 Bibliographies ............................................................................................................. 151 Unpublished reports ................................................................................................... 151 Taxonomy index............................................................................................................... 154 Geographic index ............................................................................................................ 186 Subject index ................................................................................................................... 199 Author index .................................................................................................................... 214 Foreword The “Bibliography of the amphibian and reptile research in Slovakia between 1791 and 2017” is a most valuable compilation of all herpetological publications referring to the terri- tory of the present-day Slovak Republic or Slovakia. Political borders are not constant, and this refers particularly to Central Europe to which Slovakia belongs. Even though, political borders define the entities within which conservation, legislation, science, and economy act. Therefore, countries defined by their political borders are, and have been for centuries, the entities of relevance for all mentioned fields. Due to the moved history of Europe, Slovakia is a young country. Yet, its territory has been explored with respect to its natural history and science for much longer. It is a challenge to unlock all the treasures that have been accumulated before the present-day country came into existence. With respect to amphibians and reptiles, Marcel Uhrin, David Jandzik, Andrej Čerňanský, Michal Rindoš, Blanka Lehotská, Stanislav Danko, Ján Kautman, Peter Mikulíček, Peter Urban & Daniel Jablonski took on this challenge and delivered a masterpiece giving ac- cess to all herpetological publications that appeared between 1791 and 2017. This opens not only a whole battery of windows into the past, it also foreshadows a wide usage within and beyond Slovakia of this monograph that will stand for many decades as a reference for any herpetological publication involving Slovakia. Uhrin et al. unlock a treasure chest and can only be congratulated for their work. Uwe Fritz, Dresden, June 2019 Slovak herpetological bibliography 1 From the review The manuscript (including all its appendices) represents an impressive piece of work. It is a systematic list of published and unpublished reports originating from the research of Slovakian batracho/herpetofauna spanning through more than two and a quarter century. Additionally, the list also includes reports of Slovakian authors dealing with amphibians and reptiles living outside the territory of Slovakia. The presented