I believe it will be interesting -and at the same time educational- for everyone to listen carefully to all that the world of reptiles will share with us, from the mysterious sea snakes to the giant Komodo dragon, and from the iguanas of the Galapagos to the primitive beaked whale.

Because reptiles have recorded in their morphology and behavior the history of a significant conquest, an exciting adventure: the complete independence of vertebrates from the aquatic environment.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]