Journal of the Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists

Publication Identification

Field	Information
Country	Australia
Publisher	Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists (VAAH)
Publisher address	Pending research update
Magazine title	Crocodilian: Journal of the Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists
Publication status	Presumed discontinued; no verified current publication activity
Publication run	Documented from at least 2000 through November 2007; first and final publication dates unverified
Editor	Seona Adams
Printer	Pending research update
ISSN	Pending research update
Language	English
Publication type	Herpetological association journal covering reptiles, amphibians, captive keeping, field observations and taxonomy
Publication frequency	Pending research update

Preservation Significance

These issues document a small Australian herpetological association publication that circulated in limited numbers yet became part of the scientific and taxonomic literature.  That combination of association publishing, limited circulation and later scientific citation makes Crocodilian particularly relevant to a preservation collection.

For the website, the physical-cover evidence should remain distinct from later research.  The covers directly establish Volume 4, Issues 1 and 2, their dates, association title and $7.95 RRP.  Article titles, page ranges, earlier and later issue evidence, and circulation context come from external bibliographic research.

The mastheads add another preservation layer by identifying the people and association structure behind the publication.  They document Seona Adams as Magazine Editor, Mick Pugh as President, Kelly Dougall as Secretary, Bernie Martin as Treasurer, and Paul Tamis, Paul Hulett, and Ian Dougall as members of the Executive Committee.  The mastheads also preserve the Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists website and meeting information, showing Crocodilian as a working association publication rather than an anonymous commercial magazine.