About the book: 1983 / A description of the amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the forests of our country, their distribution, numbers, and way of life is given. An assessment of their economic and scientific importance is given, and measures for the protection of these animals are outlined. The types of terrariums, aquaterrariums, their equipment and design are considered. The features of keeping amphibians and reptiles are indicated: temperature, lighting, microclimate creation and nutrition. All amphibians and many reptiles are useful to humans primarily because they eat many harmful invertebrates that damage agricultural and forest crops.