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The article presents a new trap design, the "Jones Trap," tailored for catching small freshwater turtles, particularly those in the Emydidae and Kinosternidae families. Topics discussed include the trap's durability and suitability for shallow wetlands, its modifications from existing crab traps, and the effectiveness of the trap in capturing various turtle species across different habitats.

The article presents distribution records of amphibian and reptile species in Georgia as of October 2014. These include Ambystoma opacum or marbled salamander, Gastrophryne carolinensis or eastern narrow-mouthed toad, ,Chelydra Serpentina or Snapping turtle, Agkistrodon Contortrix or copperhead snake, and Virginia Valeriae or smooth earthsnake.

The article offers information related to a dead adult female Drymarchon couperi snake found on the ground surface near a sandstone ledge, southern Georgia, following a prescribed fire. It mentions microscopic evidence of acute injury to the pulmonary epithelium which is consistent with acute thermal injury, supporting the assessment that the snake died as a result of fire.

The article offers information of RYMARCHON COUPERI (Eastern Indigo Snake) featured on the cover page of the periodical, found in the U.S., GEORGIA.

The article reports the sighting of MACROCHELYS SUWANNIENSIS (Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle) at this Claiborne County, Mississippi, location.

The article offers information on geographical distribution along with collection of amphibians and reptiles across Georgia. Topics discussed include collections of Spotted Salamander belonging to Caudata, collection of Southern Leopard Frog under Anura, and collection of Six-lined Racerunner lizard belonging to Squamata.

The article provides information on Coluber flagellum (coachwhip) in Liberty County, Georgia, which has also been documented from Sapelo Island, McIntosh County.

The article offers information on lizard specie Plestiodon Cf. laticeps, and mentions that Plestiodon are relatively abundant lizards found throughout the eastern U.S., and feeds primarily on a variety of small invertebrates.

The article focuses on documenting the first county record of Desmognathus cf. auriculatus (Southern Dusky Salamander) in Candler County, Georgia, highlighting its habitat preference and genetic differentiation within closely related species across the Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains.

From 1999 to 2006, we sampled > 1200 amphibians for the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) at 30 sites in the southeastern USA. Using histological techniques or PCR assays, we detected chytrid infection in 10 species of aquatic-breeding amphibians in 6 states. The prevalence of chytrid infection was 17.8% for samples of postmetamorphic amphibians examined using skin swab-PCR assays (n = 202 samples from 12 species at 4 sites). In this subset of samples, anurans had a much higher prevalence of infection than caudates (39.2% vs. 5.5%, respectively). Mean prevalence in ranid frogs was 40.7%. The only infected salamanders were Notophthalmus viridescens at 3 sites. We found infected amphibians from late winter through late spring and in 1 autumn sample. Although we encountered moribund or dead amphibians at 9 sites, most mortality events were not attributed to Bd. Chytridiomycosis was established as the probable cause of illness or death in fewer than 10 individuals. Our observations suggest a pattern of widespread and subclinical infections. However, because most of the sites in our study were visited only once, we cannot dismiss the possibility that chytridiomycosis is adversely affecting some populations. Furthermore, although there is no evidence of chytrid-associated declines in our region, the presence of this pathogen is cause for concern given global climate change and other stressors. Although presence-absence surveys may still be needed for some taxa, such as bufonids, we recommend that future researchers focus on potential population-level effects at sites where Bd is now known to occur.