BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 REPTILES -- GENERAL FEATURES OF REPTILES -- IMPORTANCE -- SIZE RANGE -- DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY -- NORTH TEMPERATE ZONE -- CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA -- ASIA -- AUSTRALIA -- AFRICA -- HOW CROCODILES DIFFER FROM OTHER REPTILES -- CHAPTER 2 LIZARDS -- GENERAL FEATURES OF LIZARDS -- NATURAL HISTORY OF LIZARDS -- LIFE CYCLE AND LIFE HISTORY -- ECOLOGY -- BEHAVIOUR -- FORM AND FUNCTION -- SKULL AND JAWS -- DENTITION -- LOCOMOTION AND LIMB ADAPTATIONS -- SCALES AND COLOUR CHANGE -- LIZARD EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION -- CHAPTER 3 TYPES OF LIZARDS -- FAMILIAR LIZARDS -- CHAMELEONS -- GECKOS -- IGUANAS -- MONITORS -- SKINKS -- UNUSUAL LIZARDS -- DRACO LIZARDS -- FLORIDA WORM LIZARDS -- FRILLED LIZARDS -- ANOLES -- GILA MONSTERS -- GLASS LIZARDS -- CHAPTER 4 SNAKES -- SNAKES AND HUMANS -- NATURAL HISTORY OF SNAKES -- DORMANT PERIODS -- INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS -- REPRODUCTION -- EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH -- MOLT -- LOCOMOTION -- FORM AND FUNCTION -- VERTEBRAE -- THE SKIN -- COLORATION -- SKULL AND SENSE ORGANS -- UROGENITAL SYSTEM -- SPECIALIZATIONS FOR SECURING FOOD -- EVOLUTION -- CHAPTER 5 TYPES OF SNAKES -- POISONOUS SNAKES -- ADDERS -- BOOMSLANGS -- BUSHMASTERS -- CAT SNAKES -- COBRAS -- COLUBRIDS -- COPPERHEADS -- CORAL SNAKES -- MANGROVE SNAKES -- MOCCASINS -- RATTLESNAKES -- SEA SNAKES -- SIDEWINDERS -- NONVENOMOUS SNAKES -- BLIND SNAKES -- EGG-EATING SNAKES -- FLYING SNAKES -- GARTER SNAKES -- HOGNOSE SNAKES -- RACERS -- SHIELDTAIL SNAKES -- CONSTRICTOR SNAKES -- ANACONDAS -- BOAS -- BULL SNAKES -- PYTHONS -- RAT SNAKES -- CHAPTER 6 TURTLES AND TUATARAS -- TURTLES -- FORM AND FUNCTION -- NATURAL HISTORY OF TURTLES -- ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION -- TUATARAS -- NATURAL HISTORY OF TUATARAS -- FORM AND FUNCTION -- EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION -- CHAPTER 7 TYPES OF TURTLES.

BLANDING'S TURTLE -- BOXTURTLES -- CHICKEN TURTLES -- CLEMMYS -- MUD TURTLES -- MUSK TURTLES -- PAINTED TURTLES -- PITTED SHELL TURTLES -- POND TURTLES -- SEA TURTLES -- SIDE -NECKED TURTLES -- SNAKE-NECKED TURTLES -- SNAPPING TURTLES -- SOFTSHELL TURTLES -- TERRAPINS -- TORTOISES -- WOOD TURTLES -- CHAPTER 8 AMPHIBIANS -- GENERAL FEATURES OF AMPHIBIANS -- ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE -- CHAPTER 9 FROGS AND TOADS -- SIZE RANGE AND DIVERSITY OF STRUCTURE -- DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE -- BREEDING BEHAVIOUR AND REPRODUCTION -- EGG LAYING AND HATCHING -- FROM TADPOLE TO ADULT -- EGG LAYING ON LAND -- DIRECT DEVELOPMENT FROM EGG TO FROGLET -- FEEDING HABITS -- FORM AND FUNCTION -- SKIN TOXINS -- COLORATION -- STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS -- CHAPTER 10 TYPES OF ANURANS -- FAMILIAR SPECIES -- BULLFROGS -- CHORUS FROGS -- COMMON FROGS -- CRICKET FROGS -- FIRE-BELLIED TOADS -- GREEN FROGS -- MARSH FROGS -- WOOD FROGS -- UNUSUAL SPECIES -- GLASS FROGS -- LEOPARD FROGS -- MIDWIFE TOADS -- SPADEFOOT TOADS -- SPRING PEEPERS -- SURINAM TOADS -- TAILED FROGS -- TUNGARA FROGS -- POISONOUS SPECIES -- NARROW-MOUTHED TOADS -- PANAMANIAN GOLDEN TOADS -- PICKEREL FROGS -- POISON FROGS -- CHAPTER 11 NEWTS, SALAMANDERS, AND CAECILIANS -- CAUDATA -- SIZE RANGE AND DIVERSITY OF STRUCTURE -- DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE -- NATURAL HISTORY OF CAUDATANS -- FORM AND FUNCTION -- EVOLUTION -- GYMNOPHIONANS -- SIZE AND RANGE -- DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE -- NATURAL HISTORY OF CAECILIANS -- FORM AND FUNCTION -- CONCLUSION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- REPTILES -- LIZARDS -- SNAKES -- TURTLES AND TUATARAS -- AMPHIBIANS -- ANURANS -- CAUDATANS -- GYMNOPHIONANS -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.