CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Origins of Amphibians and Reptiles
Classification
Class Amphibia (Amphibians)
Order Salientia (Frogs and Toads)
Class Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order Crocodilia (Crocodilians)
Order Testudines (Tortoises and Turtles)
Order Squamata (Snakes and Lizards)
PART 2: AUSTRALIAN FROGS AND REPTILES DESCRIBED
About the Descriptions
Class Amphibia
Order Salientia (Frogs and Toads)
Family Bufonidae (Toads)
Family Myobatrachidae (Southern Frogs)
Family Hylidae (Tree Frogs)
Class Reptilia
Order Crocodilia
Family Crocodylidae
Order Testudines (Turtles and Tortoises)
Suborder Cryptodira (Sea Turtles)
Family Cheloniidae (Most Sea Turtles)
Suborder Pleurodira (Sideneck Tortoises)
Family Chelidae (Freshwater Tortoises)
Order Squamata (Snakes and Lizards)
Suborder Sauria (Lizards)
Family Agamidae (Dragon Lizards)
Family Gekkonidae (Geckoes)
Family Pygopodidae (Legless Lizards)
Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Family Varanidae (Goannas/Monitor Lizards)
Order Squamata (Snakes and Lizards)
Suborder Serpentes (Snakes)
Family Typhopidae (Worm or Blind Snakes)
Family Boidae (Pythons and Boas)
Sub-family Pythoninae (Pythons)
Family Acrochordidae (File Snakes)
Family Colubridae (Colubrid Snakes)
Family Elapidae (Front-fanged Venomous Land Snakes)
Family Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes)
PART 3: CAPTIVITY AND CONSERVATION
Obtaining Reptiles and Frogs
Keeping Reptiles and Frogs
Feeding Reptiles and Frogs
Captive Breeding
Ailments, Diseases, Parasites and Their Treatment
Preserving Specimens
A Word of Warning
Photographing Reptiles and Frogs
Conservation of Reptiles and Frogs
Reptile Habitats
References
Index
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