Personal information

Reptiles, Herpetology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Ophidiomycosis, Amphibians
United Kingdom

Activities

Employment (1)

Writtle University College: Chelmsford, Essex, GB

2023-10 to present | Lecturer in Animal Science (Department of Animal Science)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Kent: Canterbury, Kent, GB

2018-10-01 to 2022-11-30 | PhD Biodiversity Management (Durrell Institure of Conservation and Ecology)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2017-10-01 to 2018-09-20 | MRes Ecology, Evolution and Conservation (Life Sciences)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Anglia Ruskin University - Cambridge Campus: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2012-09-28 to 2015-07-31 | BSc (Hons) Zoology
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Professional activities (6)

Zoological Society of London: London, GB

2023-11 to present | Fellow
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Royal Society of Biology: London, GB

2023-11 to present | Member
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Linnean Society of London: London, GB

2020-05-24 to present | Fellow
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

British Herpetological Society: Montrose, GB

2018-04 to present | Council Member
Service
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

British Ecological Society: London, GB

2015-02-15 to present
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

British Herpetological Society: Montrose, Angus, GB

2014-09-16 to present
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Works (40)

IUCN Species Survival Commission Amphibian Specialist Group launches Eastern Asian Salamander Task Force

Oryx
2024-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Amaël Borzée; Sally Wren; Vishal Kumar Prasad; Steven J. R. Allain; Janice Chanson; Kelsey Neam; Izabela Barata; Francis Asamoah; Jigme Wangyal; Maria Jose Chang et al.
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Book Review: Women in Herpetology

Reptiles & Amphibians
2024-08-20 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2332-4961
Contributors: Steven J. R. Allain
Source: check_circle
University of Kansas - Journals
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Book Review: Turtles of the World

Reptiles & Amphibians
2024-07-05 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2332-4961
Contributors: Steven J. R. Allain
Source: check_circle
University of Kansas - Journals
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Extreme genetic depletion upon postglacial colonization hampers determining the provenance of introduced palmate newt populations

Amphibia-Reptilia
2024-05-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Robin Elfering; Sophie Mannix; Steve Allain; Johanna Ambu; Pierre-André Crochet; Loïc van Doorn; Christophe Dufresnes; Robert Jehle; Angela Julian; Fairlie Kirkpatrick Baird et al.
Source: check_circle
Crossref

A family of process-based models to simulate landscape use by multiple taxa

Landscape Ecology
2024-05-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1572-9761
Contributors: Emma Gardner; Robert A. Robinson; Angela Julian; Katherine Boughey; Steve Langham; Jenny Tse-Leon; Sergei Petrovskii; David J. Baker; Chloe Bellamy; Andrew Buxton et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Characterisation, prevalence and severity of skin lesions caused by ophidiomycosis in a population of wild snakes

Scientific Reports
2024-03-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Steven J. R. Allain; David I. Leech; Kevin Hopkins; Katharina Seilern-Moy; Julia Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez; Richard A. Griffiths; Becki Lawson
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Book Review : Tadpole Hunter

Reptiles & Amphibians
2024-02-20 | Annotation | Author
URI:

https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/article/view/21657

Part of ISSN: 2332-4961
Contributors: Steven J. R. Allain
Source: check_circle
University of Kansas - Journals
grade
Preferred source (of 3)‎

An extended mtDNA phylogeography for the alpine newt illuminates the provenance of introduced populations

Amphibia-Reptilia
2023-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jody Robbemont; Sam van Veldhuijzen; Steven J.R. Allain; Johanna Ambu; Ryan Boyle; Daniele Canestrelli; Éinne Ó Cathasaigh; Chris Cathrine; Andrea Chiocchio; Dan Cogalniceanu et al.
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Taste the rainbow: A review of color abnormalities affecting the herpetofauna of the British Isles

Reptiles & Amphibians
2023-05-22 | Annotation | Author
URI:

https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/article/view/18470

Part of ISSN: 2332-4961
Contributors: Steven J. R. Allain; David Clemens; Oliver Thomas
Source: check_circle
University of Kansas - Journals

Distribution of the alpine newt Ichthyosaura alpestris in Great Britain updated using social media

Herpetological Bulletin
2021-12-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Male common midwife toad Alytes obstetricans depositing eggs in a flowerpot saucer in a suburban garden?

Herpetological Bulletin
2021-10-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

A series of unlikely events: from washing machine to new species

Herpetological Bulletin
2021-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

An unusually high number of stowaway Italian wall lizards Podarcis siculus campestris entering Great Britain as stowaways

Herpetological Bulletin
2021-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Predation and ingestion of a barred grass snake Natrix helvetica by a rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in Lot, France

Herpetological Bulletin
2021-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Polymely in the smooth newt Lissotriton vulgaris and the palmate newt Lissotriton helveticus

Spring 2021
2021-04-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Online news reports as a source of data on the occurrence and frequency of stowaway reptiles and amphibians entering Great Britain

Herpetological Bulletin
2020-12-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

The unnatural history of cave olms Proteus anguinus in England

Herpetological Bulletin
2020-12-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Promoting research, education and conservation: 9th World Congress of Herpetology

Herpetological Bulletin
2020-10-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Catalogue of herpetological specimens of the Ewha Womans University Natural History Museum (EWNHM), Republic of Korea

ZooKeys
2020-09-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Yucheol Shin; Yikweon Jang; Steven J. R. Allain; Amaël Borzée
Source: check_circle
Crossref

A case of leucism in the slow worm (Anguis fragilis)

Herpetological Bulletin
2020-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

First evidence of Fogo Island skink (Chioninia fogoensis) introduction to the island of Madeira

Herpetological Bulletin
2020-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

First record of the aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus) in South Wales

Herpetological Bulletin
2020-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Predation and ingestion of a viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara) by the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) in England

Herpetological Bulletin
2020-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

A new species of Pseudoacanthocephalus (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) from the guttural toad, Sclerophrys gutturalis (Bufonidae), introduced into Mauritius, with comments on the implications of the introductions of toads and their parasites into the UK

Journal of Helminthology
2020-01-21 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-149X
Part of ISSN: 1475-2697
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Emerging infectious disease threats to European herpetofauna

Herpetological Journal
2019-10-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0268-0130
Contributors: Steven Allain
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 3)‎

Where did the non-native UK midwife toad populations come from?

2019-07-11 | Report
Contributors: Steven J R Allain Steven J R Allain
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Crossref Metadata Search

Mining Flickr: a method for expanding the known distribution of invasive species

Herpetological Bulletin
2019-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1473-0928
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Common midwife toad ranaviruses replicate first in the oral cavity of smooth newts (Lissotriton vulgaris) and show distinct strain-associated pathogenicity

Scientific Reports
2019-05 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain
grade
Preferred source (of 3)‎

Now you see me, now you don't

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2019-01-28 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85060680689

Part of ISBN:

15409309 15409295

Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Digital kitchen-spoon scales: Another instrument in the field herpetologist's tool-box?

Herpetological Bulletin
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85049933170

Contributors: Allain, S.J.R.; Goodman, M.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Scopus - Elsevier

In the shadow of mammals: The use of camera traps to investigate the basking behaviour of Agama mwanzae in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Herpetological Bulletin
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85055055143

Contributors: Allain, S.J.R.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Scopus - Elsevier

The absence of the amphibian chytrid fungi in the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) from an introduced population in Cambridge, UK

Herpetology Notes
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85050961902

Contributors: Allain, S.J.R.; Goodman, M.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Scopus - Elsevier

A case of xanthochromism in the common frog (Rana temporaria)

Herpetological Bulletin
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85020021836

Contributors: Allain, S.J.R.; Goodman, M.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Scopus - Elsevier

Absence of chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in an introduced population of the common midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) in Cambridge, UK

Herpetological Bulletin
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85041055599

Contributors: AllAIN, S.J.R.; GooDMAN, M.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Scopus - Elsevier

New records of paedomorphic smooth newts (Lissotriton Vulgaris) at a site in Cambridgeshire, U.K.

Herpetological Bulletin
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85030571125

Contributors: Allain, S.J.R.; Smith, L.T.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Scopus - Elsevier

Using call playbacks to investigate a population of non-native midwife toads Alytes obstetricans (Laurenti, 1768) in Cambridge, UK

Herpetological Bulletin
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85021832900

Contributors: Allain, S.J.R.; Goodman, M.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Scopus - Elsevier

Investigating the presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus in a non-native species

2017-07 | Report
Contributors: Steven J R Allain Steven J R Allain
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Crossref Metadata Search

Lamination as a method of preserving reptile sloughs

Herpetological Bulletin
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85013480788

Contributors: Allain, S.J.R.; Goodman, M.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Scopus - Elsevier

Newt mortalities on an urban cycle path

Herpetological Bulletin
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85013453559

Contributors: Allain, S.J.R.; Smith, L.T.
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain via Scopus - Elsevier

Evaluation of great crested newt and smooth newt populations at Bar Hill Crematorium

Cambridgeshire Bird Report 2013
2014 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Steven J. R. Allain

Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Aquatic ecology. (1)
Review activity for Journal of thermal biology. (2)