The book tells about amphibians and reptiles—that is, about those animals that, because of their unusual appearance and certain features of behavior, generally do not enjoy popularity among people, even though they consistently attract heightened interest.
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00_00_00_01 Contents
Problems
01_01_01_00 Problems of identification.
01_01_02_00 Salamanders, sacred crocodiles and princesses-frogs
01_01_03_01 Why they are…
01_01_03_02 Amphibia
01_01_04_01 Why they are…-water
01_01_04_02 Why they are…-water
01_01_05_00 Which came first—chicken or egg
Problems of discoveries
01_02_01_00 Discoveries and sensations
01_02_02_00 The known about the unknown
01_02_03_00 Are the extinct alive?
01_02_04_00 Nessie. Its supporters, opponents, and rivals
01_02_05_00 Secrets of seas and oceans
Problems of cognition
01_03_01_00 Victims of ignorance and martyrs of science
01_03_02_00 The mystery of the cup with snakes
01_03_03_00 Light and heat
01_03_04_00 Traveling frogs and navigator turtles
Problems of rescue
01_04_01_00 Why save them
01_04_02_00 From what to save them
01_04_03_00 How to save them
02_00_00_00 A parade
02_01_00_00 Class Amphibians or Amphibia
02_01_01_00 Family Salamanders
02_01_02_00 Family Ambystomatidae
02_01_03_00 Family Sirenidae
02_01_04_00 Tailless amphibians
02_01_05_00 Family Toads
02_01_06_00 Family Short-headed
02_01_07_00 Family Long-footed frogs
02_01_08_00 Family Narrow-mouthed
02_01_09_00 Family True frogs
02_01_10_00 Legless amphibians
02_02_00_00 Class Reptiles (Reptilia). Turtles
02_02_01_00 Family Land turtles
02_02_02_00 Crocodiles
02_02_03_00 Beak-headed
02_02_04_00 Scaled
02_02_05_00 Suborder of lizards
02_02_05_00 Family Iguanas
02_02_05_00 Family Venomtoothed lizards
02_02_06_00 Suborder of snakes
02_02_06_00 Family Elapidae
02_02_06_00 Family already-forming snakes
02_02_06_00 Tree snakes[/spoiler]