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Page 1: VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY … · Instructions to authors VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY (formerly Zoologische Abhandlungen) is a scientific journal published by the Senckenberg Gesellschaft

Instructions to authors

VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY (formerly Zoologische Abhandlungen) is a scientific journal published by the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Natur forschung. The of cial website of the journal is at www.senckenberg.de/vertebrate-zoology.

Papers submitted for publication should deal with vertebrates. Research fields covered by VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY are taxonomy, morphology, anatomy, phylogeny (molecular or morphology-based), historical biogeography, and palaeontology of vertebrate taxa. Original contributions as well as reviews are welcome. Descriptions of new taxa should be integrated into a proper context (e.g. complete revision of a taxon, phylogenetic or biogeographical framework). Only manuscripts in English language are considered for publication.

Submission of a manuscript implies that the same work has not been published or submitted elsewhere. We ask authors to carefully follow the “Instructions for authors” available online at www.senckenberg.de/vertebrate-zoology. For details of style, please consult the most recent issue of VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY. It is anticipated that prior to submission authors make every effort to make the text concise and linguistically correct. Manuscripts not conforming to expectations are returned to the authors.

All manuscripts will be reviewed by two or more peers. Mainly based on their reports the editors decide whether a manuscript will be accepted for publication.

By submission of a manuscript to VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, authors give permission to the publisher to publish their contribution and accept the copyright note of the journal. There are no page charges, and no royalties will be paid to authors.

Authors receive PDFs of their published papers free of charge and are welcome to distribute them for non-commercial purposes. The PDFs will also be freely accessible at www.senckenberg.de/vertebrate-zoology. It is anticipated that authors submitting a manuscript to VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY accept these rules.

Manuscripts and all related correspondence should be sent by email to

[email protected] [up to 15 MB per message].

PublisherSenckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Institute: Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany

Editors Uwe Fritz (Editor-in-Chief, Reptiles)Raffael Ernst (Amphibians)Martin Päckert (Birds)Clara Stefen (Mammals)N.N. (Fishes)

Advisory BoardWilson J. E. M. Costa (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Jochen Martens (Mainz, Germany), Bernd Nicolai (Halberstadt, Germany), Olivier Rieppel (Chicago, USA), Marcelo Sánchez Villagra (Zurich, Switzerland), Manuel Schweizer (Basel, Switzerland), Miguel Vences (Braunschweig, Germany), Yehudah L. Werner (Jerusalem, Israel)

ScopeVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY (formerly Zoologische Abhandlungen) is a scientific journal published by the Museum of Zoology Dresden, Germany. The ofcial website of the journal is at www.senckenberg.de/vertebrate-zoology. Research fields covered by VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY are the systematics, taxonomy, phylo genetics, genetics, morphology/anatomy, ecology, biogeography, faunistics, and palaeontology of Vertebrates. We ask authors to carefully follow the “Instructions for authors”, available online at the journal’s website. All manuscripts will be reviewed by two referees. Manuscripts and all related correspondence should preferably be sent by email to [email protected] or on a digital medium by normal mail to one of the editor at the Museum of Zoology Dresden.

Indexed inBIOSIS Previews, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Current Contents – Agriculture, Science Citation Index Expanded, Zoological Record

Impact Factor1.059 (2016), Q2 Category Zoology (80/163), Journal Citation Reports ©, Clarivate Analytics

Front coverEremiascincus rubiginosus sp. nov. (WAM R164205, male paratype) from 48 km south-southwest of Pannawonica (22.0475°S, 116.1872°E), Western Australia. Photo: Brad Maryan.

LayoutMarkward Herbert Fischer, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany

PrintAdd Print AG, Bannewitz/Possendorf, Germany

DistributorSenckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden — Library, Königsbrücker Landstr. 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany

Subscription InformationThree issues are published per year. Annual subscription rate for the print edition: € 50.– plus postage, single issue price: € 30.– plus postage. The articles published in VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY are freely available and can be downloaded from the website.

Websitewww.senckenberg.de/vertebrate-zoology

© Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2018All rights reserved. The scientific content of a paper is the sole responsibility of the author(s).

Editum3.4.2018

ISSN1864-5755

VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY

www.senckenberg.de/vertebrate-zoology

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