| Foreword |
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| How to use this book |
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| Advisory boards |
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| Contributing writers |
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| Contributing illustrators |
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Evolution of the reptiles |
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12 | (11) |
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23 | (11) |
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34 | (13) |
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47 | (12) |
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59 | (6) |
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65 | (92) |
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75 | (2) |
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Family: Australo-American sideneck turtles |
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77 | (8) |
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85 | (8) |
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93 | (6) |
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Family: Central American river turtles |
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99 | (2) |
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Family: Leatherback seaturtles |
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101 | (4) |
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Family: New World pond turtles |
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105 | (10) |
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Family: Eurasian pond and river turtles, and Neotropical wood turtles |
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115 | (6) |
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Family: American mud and musk turtles |
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121 | (8) |
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Family: African sideneck turtles |
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129 | (6) |
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Family: Big-headed turtles |
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135 | (2) |
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Family: Afro-American river turtles |
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137 | (6) |
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143 | (8) |
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Family: Softshell turtles |
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151 | (6) |
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Crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials |
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157 | (38) |
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167 | (4) |
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Family: Alligators and caimans |
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171 | (8) |
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Family: Crocodiles and false gharials |
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179 | (10) |
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189 | (6) |
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195 | (306) |
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Family: Angleheads, calotes, dragon lizards, and relatives |
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209 | (14) |
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223 | (20) |
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Family: Anoles, iguanas, and relatives |
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243 | (16) |
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Family: Geckos and pygopods |
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259 | (12) |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (6) |
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Family: Mole-limbed wormlizards |
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279 | (4) |
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Family: Florida wormlizards |
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283 | (4) |
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Family: Spade-headed wormlizards |
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287 | (4) |
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291 | (6) |
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Family: Wall lizards, rock lizards, and relatives |
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297 | (6) |
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303 | (6) |
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Family: Whiptail lizards, tegus, and relatives |
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309 | (10) |
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Family: Girdled and plated lizards |
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319 | (8) |
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327 | (12) |
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Family: Alligator lizards, galliwasps, glass lizards, and relatives |
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339 | (8) |
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Family: Knob-scaled lizards |
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347 | (6) |
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Family: Gila monsters and Mexican beaded lizards |
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Family: Monitors, goannas, and earless monitors |
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315 | (54) |
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Family: Early blindsnakes |
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369 | (4) |
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Family: Slender blindsnakes |
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373 | (6) |
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379 | (8) |
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Family: False blindsnakes |
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387 | (4) |
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Family: Shieldtail snakes |
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391 | (4) |
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395 | (4) |
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Family: False coral snakes |
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399 | (2) |
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401 | (4) |
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Family: Neotropical sunbeam snakes |
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405 | (4) |
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409 | (10) |
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419 | (10) |
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429 | (4) |
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Family: Woodsnakes and spinejaw snakes |
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433 | (6) |
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439 | (6) |
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Family: Vipers and pitvipers |
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445 | (16) |
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Family: African burrowing snakes |
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461 | (4) |
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465 | (18) |
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Family: Cobras, kraits, seasnakes, death adders, and relatives |
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483 | (18) |
| For further reading |
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501 | (6) |
| Organizations |
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507 | (2) |
| Contributors to the first edition |
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509 | (7) |
| Glossary |
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516 | (4) |
| Reptiles species list |
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520 | (51) |
| Geologic time scale |
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571 | (2) |
| Index |
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