| Introduction.
Part I: So You Want a Reptile or Amphibian?
Chapter 1: Is a Reptile or Amphibian for You?
Chapter 2: Deciding Which Herp Is Right for You.
Chapter 3: Reptiles 101.
Chapter 4: Tailed or Not: The Basic Amphibian.
Part II: Finding Your Herp and Setting Up Shop.
Chapter 5: Finding the Herp of Your Dreams.
Chapter 6: Handling Your Herp.
Chapter 7: Indoor Caging Basics.
Chapter 8: Giving Your Herp a Home in the Great Outdoors.
Chapter 9: Let There Be Light — and Heat.
Chapter 10: Do the Locomotion.
Part III: Open Wide! Feeding, Hydration, and Health.
Chapter 11: Water Me! Feed Me!
Chapter 12: An Apple (or Mouse) a Day Keeps the Vet Away.
Chapter 13: How Long Can This Relationship Last?
Part IV: The Birds and the Bees, and Legalities.
Chapter 14: To Breed or Not to Breed: That Is the Question.
Chapter 15: Making Babies.
Chapter 16: Tending to the Young’uns.
Chapter 17: Keeping It Legal.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 18: Ten Reasons to See Your Veterinarian.
Chapter 19: Ten U.S. Zoos with Great Herp Collections.
Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Become More Involved with Herps.
Appendix: Species Account of Popular Herps.
Index.
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