The CMH1 scientific programme will includes plenary lectures, oral and poster communications and a specialized workshop « Herps Trade and Conservation in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems ». The set of themes proposed for the CMH1 is « Herpetofauna of the Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems: biodiversity, global change impacts and conservation » :
Systematics, biogeography and paleontology.
Morphology, ecomorphology, physiology and developmental biology.
Evolutionary biology, Ecophysiology and behavioural ecology.
Individual ecology and population biology.
Global change impacts and species-space conservation.
Free topic: any other contribution related to the study and/or the conservation of herpetofauna of the ecosystems other than Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems can be submitted for the congress.