The Australian Society of Herpetologists is the leading association for professional herpetologists in Australia.
Herpetology is the study of reptiles and amphibians. The Australian Society of Herpetologists Incorporated is a professional body for practising herpetologists. The society meets in out-of-the-way places approximately every eighteen months. It became incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory in 1983 and is administered under a constitution by an executive committee. To learn more about our history and where the society came from, please view the History of Office Bearers page, or view Glenn Shea's Australian Journal of Zoology article From lineages to webs: a history of the Australian Society of Herpetologists (with thanks to the AJZ for letting us reproduce the article here).
The objectives of the Society are:
to promote the scientific study of amphibians and reptiles;
to provide opportunities for discussion and dissemination of information among its members by appropriate means, including meetings and publications; and
to take an active interest in the conservation of amphibians and reptiles.
Our 2023 conference was held from December 5–7 in Townsville, Queensland.
Our 2021–22 conference was held from July 11–14, 2022, at Mylor in South Australia.
The 2020 World Congress of Herpetology was held in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 5-10 January, 2020.
The 2018 ASH conference was held in Brisbane from 10-13 December.
