Contents: FRITZ, U.: Herpetology and herpetological type specimens at the Museum für Tierkunde Dresden with a bibliography of herpetological contributions by FRITZ JÜRGEN OBST (Amphibia, Reptilia) GÜNTHER, R.: Westernmost records of the Papuan frog genus Copiula with descriptions of two new species (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) FRITZ, U., ZIEGLER, T., HERRMANN, H.-W. & E. LEHR: Intergradation between subspecies of Cuora galbinifrons BOURRET, 1939 and Pyxidea mouhotii (GRAY, 1862) in southern North Vietnam (Reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae) GUICKING, D., FRITZ, U., WINK, M. & E. LEHR: New data on the diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys BELL, 1834. Molecular results (Reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae) PRASCHAG, P. & R. GEMEL: Identity of the black soft-shell turtle Aspideretes nigricans (ANDERSON, 1875), with remarks on related species (Reptilia: Testudines: Trionychidae) BÖHME, W. & W. WEITSCHAT: New finds of lizards in Baltic amber (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae) MORAVEC, J.: A new subspecies of the Sinai Agama Pseudotrapelus sinaitus from southern Syria and northern Jordan (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) SCHMIDTLER, J. F., HECKES, U., BISCHOFF, W. & M. FRANZEN: Altitude dependent character variation in rock lizards of the Darevskia clarkorum (DAREVSKY & VEDMEDERJA, 1977)/D. dryada (DAREVSKY & TUNIYEV, 1997) complex: a case of climate parallel variation of pholidosis? (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae) SEGOLI, M., COHEN, T. & Y. L. WERNER: A new lizard of the genus Mesalina from Mt. Sinai, Egypt (Reptilia: Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae) ORLOV, N., ANANJEVA, N., BARABANOV, A., RYABOV, S. & R. KHALIKOV: Diversity of vipers (Azemiopinae, Crotalinae) in East, Southeast, and South Asia: Annotated checklist and natural history data (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae) ZIEGLER, T., UNGER, J., FEILER, A. & E. LEHR: The First Gran Chaco Expedition of the Museum für Tierkunde Dresden: Records of amphibians, reptiles and mammals from the Dry Chaco of Paraguay (Amphibia, Reptilia, Mammalia) .