This extensively revised and expanded new edition offers concepts, principles and applied information that relates to the wellbeing of reptiles. As a manual on health and welfare in a similar vein to volumes addressing the sciences of anatomy, behaviour or psychology, this book thoroughly examines the biology of reptile welfare and is about meeting biological needs.  
The editors, acknowledged experts in their own right, have once again drawn together an extremely impressive international group of contributors. Positive and negative implications of general husbandry and research programs are discussed. In addition to greatly revised original content are nine new chapters offering readers novel insight into:
- sensory systems
- social behaviour
- brain and cognition
- controlled deprivation and enrichment
-effects of captivity-imposed noise and light disturbance on welfare
-spatial and thermal factors-evidential thresholds for species suitability in captivity
- record keeping as an aid to captive care
-arbitrary husbandry practices and misconceptions
The authors have adopted a user-friendly writing style to accommodate a broad readership. Although primarily aimed at academic professionals, this comprehensive volume is fundamentally a biology book that will also inform all involved in captive reptile husbandry. Among others, zoo personnel, herpetologists, veterinarians, lab animal scientists, and expert readers in animal welfare and behavioural studies will benefit from this updated work.    

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Physiology and Functional Anatomy
Chapter 3. Sensory Systems
Chapter 4. Biology of Stress
Chapter 5. Normal Behaviour
Chapter 6. Social Behaviour as a Challenge for Welfare
Chapter 7. Brains, Behaviour, and Cognition: Multiple Misconceptions
Chapter 8. Psychological and Behavioural Principles and Problems
Chapter 9. Effects of Ontogeny, Rearing Conditions, and Individual Differences on Behaviour: Welfare, Conservation, and Invasive Species Implications
Chapter 10. Controlled Deprivation and Enrichment
Chapter 11. Effects of Noise and Light
Chapter 12. Ethologically Informed Design and DEEP Ethology in Theory and Practice
Chapter 13. Spatial and Thermal Factors
Chapter 14. Nutritional Considerations
Chapter 15. Naturalistic Versus Unnaturalistic Environments
Chapter 16. Evidential Thresholds for Species Suitability in Captivity
Chapter 17. Record Keeping as an Aid to Captive Care
Chapter 18. Arbitrary Husbandry Practices and Misconceptions
Chapter 19. Miscellaneous Factors.