Brief Contents // PART I ¦ What Are Amphibians and Reptiles? // CHAPTER 1 ¦ Why Study Herpetology? 3 // CHAPTER 2 ¦ Phylogenetic Systematics and the Origins ofAmphibians and Reptiles 19 CHAPTERS ¦ Systematics and Diversity of Extant Amphibians 41 CHAPTER 4 ¦ Systematics and Diversity of Extant Reptiles 107 CHAPTERS ¦ The Biogeography of Amphibians and Reptiles 203 // PART II ¦ How Do They Work? // CHAPTER 6 ¦ Water and Temperature Relations 227 CHAPTER 7 ¦ Energetics and Performance 259 CHAPTERS ¦ Reproduction and Life Histories of Amphibians 287 CHAPTER 9 ¦ Reproduction and Life Histories of Reptiles 321 CHAPTER 10 ¦ Body Support and Locomotion. 353 // ’ i -A"’* // CHAPTER il ¦ Feeding 379 // _ ___ ’A*« • ¦•~r : ___ // PART III ¦ What Do They Do? // CHAPTER 12 ¦ Spatial Ecology 409 CHAPTER 13 ¦ Communication 437 CHAPTER 14 ¦ Mating Systems and Sexual Selection 475 // CHAPTER 15 ¦ Diets, Foraging, and Interactions with Parasites and Predators 501 CHAPTER 16 ¦ Populations and Species Assemblages 533 // PART IV ¦ What Are Their Prospects for Survival? // CHAPTER 17 ¦ Conservation and the Future of Amphibians and Reptiles 557