Welcome to HerpNet, the mailing list of the Pan European Herpetological Network (PEHN). PEHN is being developed in accordance with the decisions taken during the Extraordinary Business Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica (SEH) on Aug. 28, 1998, in Chambery, France.

The goals of HerpNet and of PEHN are:

1. to facilitate the flow of information between the involved persons and societies (information on book releases, herpetological events, news from the different involved societies, relevant publications, exchange of experience, etc.).
2. to create a forum for questions and comments.
3. the establishment of an information pool for unpublished and published data.

PEHN is open to anyone interested in European herpetology. Groups that we will actively seek out are:
1. SEH members.
2. herpetologists and conservationists who are not members of SEH (amateurs and professionals) in different government agencies, private consulting firms and in universities and other research institutions, including undergraduate and masters students.
3. members of linguistic herpetological societies (both terrarium oriented and field herpetology oriented)
4. terrarium keepers who are not members of any society.

While the list server is open to terrarium enthusiasts, we would like to make it clear that this is neither a "chat" site nor a forum for commercial messages.