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Published 2013 • in the United States of America VOLUME • NUMBER AMPHIBIAN & REPTILE amphibian-reptile-conservation.org ISSN: 1083-446X elSSN: 1525-9153 Editor Craig Hassapakis USA Berkeley, California, Associate Editors Raul E Howard Diaz University of Kansas, USA O Clark, Garcia and Associates, Erik R Wild Jr USA University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, USA Assistant Editors Daniel D Fogell Alison R Davis University of California, Berkeley, USA Southeastern Community College, USA Editorial Review Board David C Blackburn California C Bill Academy of Sciences, USA Kenneth Dodd, University of Florida, Texas USA Jodi J L R Pakistan USA Rohan Pethiyagoda VENEZUELA Australian Rowley Museum, AUSTRALIA Virginia SAUDIA ARABIA Rafaqat Masroor Museum of Natural History, PAKISTAN Elnaz Najafimajd Ege University, TURKEY Mushinsky University of South Florida, A Ibrahim Ha’il University, Julian C Lee New Mexico, USA Henry USA Jaime E Pefaur Australian Adel A&M University, USA Taos, Peter V Lindeman Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Universidad de Los Andes, Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailovc IBISS University of Belgrade, SERBIA SOUTH AFRICA Lee A Fitzgerald Jr USA Harvey B Lillywhite University of Florida, Branch Museum, Port Elizabeth Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani Museum, AUSTRALIA Peter Uetz Commonwealth University, Razi University, IRAN Larry David Wilson USA instituto Regional de Biodiversidad, USA Advisory Board Aaron M Bauer Allison C Alberts Zoological Society of San Diego, Michael USA Villanova University, James Hanken Harvard University, USA B Eisen Public Library of Science, USA USA Royal Ontario Museum, Antonio W Salas Environment and Sustainable Development, R Erdelen Roy W McDiarmid USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, USA Robert W Murphy Russell A Mittermeier Conservation International, Walter UNESCO, FRANCE USA Eric R Pianka CANADA University of Texas, Austin, USA Dawn S Wilson AMNH Southwestern Research Station, USA PERU Honorary Members Carl C Joseph T Collins (1939-2012) Gans (1923-2009) Cover : Neurergus Amphibian kaiseri & Reptile Conservation — Worldwide Community-Supported Herpetological Conservation (ISSN: 1083-446X; elSSN: 1525-9153) is & Reptile Conservation as full issues at least twice yearly (semi-annually or more often depending on published by Craig Hassapakis /Amphibian needs) and papers are immediately released as they are finished on our website; http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org; email: arc.publisher@gmail.com Amphibian & Reptile Conservation is published as an open access journal Please visit the official journal website at: http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org Instructions to Authors : Amphibian & Reptile Conservation accepts manuscripts on the biology of amphibians and conservation, sustainable management, and biodiversity Topics in these areas can include: bution, conservation, species profiles, ecology, natural history, sustainable reptiles, taxonomy and phytogeny, species management, conservation breeding, with emphasis on inventories, distri- citizen science, social network- and any other topic that lends to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles worldwide Prior consultation with editors is suggested and if you have any questions and/or concerns about submissions Further details on the submission of a manuscript can best be obtained by consulting a current published paper from the journal and/or by accessing Instructions for Authors at the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation ing, important website: http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/submissions.html © Craig Hassapakis!Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Copyright: © 2012 Sharifi et al This is an open-access mons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted the original author and source are article distributed use, distribution, under the terms of the Creative Com- Amphibian & Reptile Conservation and reproduction in any medium, provided 6(4): 1-8 credited Sexual size dimorphism in Neurergus kaiseri (Caudata: Salamandridae) in south-western Zagros Mountains, Iran ^ozafar Rctzi University Abstract Sharifi, Hossein Farasat, and Somaye Vaissi Center for Environmental Studies Department ofBiolog}’, Faculty of Science, Baghabrisham 67149, Kermanshah, , IRAN — Using bivariate and multivariate techniques we evaluated sexual size dimorphism in 13 body-related and six head-related metrics from 99 live specimens of the Lorestan newt, Neurergus kaiseri Analyses of variance of 12 metrics showed that average sizes for all these characters in females are significantly (P< 0.05) greater than in males However, one character (vent length) is larger in males than females (P