VETERINARY CASEBOOK ? specialist veterinary surgeon Sarah Pellett describes a very unusual case in a tortoise, which highlights the ease with which accidental injuries can arise.

NEWS AND VIEWS ? featuring news about the discovery of two new species of monitor lizards, a new turtle food, some fascinating fi ndings about venomous snakes from the USA, and a host of exciting new additions to the Exo Terra range.

HERPETOLOGICAL MYSTERIES ? Dr Karl Shuker discusses further accounts of pseudo-serpents, which used to be thought to exist, but which, in many cases, have now been shown to be the result of imaginative folktales, monstrous misidentifi cations or deliberate deceptive hoaxes and more....