This book summarizes all available knowledge about the species composition and spatial distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the city of Plovdiv, in South Bulgaria. It also traces the dynamics of their populations and communities, along the urban-to-rural gradient, in order to determine their frequency of occurrence in time and the Important Herpetological Areas in the city. The book also provides additional ecological, zoogeographical and conservational data to further its points. It is the first comprehensive study on the urban ecology of amphibians and reptiles in the city of Plovdiv.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER
• MAIN PRINCIPLES OF URBAN ECOLOGY
• CHAPTER THREE ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON MODEL GROUPS OF ANIMALS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT
• CHAPTER FOUR A SYNOPSIS OF THE ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
• CHAPTER FIVE METHODOLOGY FOR URBAN ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES
• CHAPTER SIX THE CITY OF PLOVDIV: LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS
• CHAPTER SEVEN SPECIES COMPOSITION, TAXONOMY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
• CHAPTER EIGHT RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE HERPETOFAUNA : HERPETOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT AREAS
• CHAPTER NINE HABITAT DISTRIBUTION
• CHAPTER TEN DYNAMICS IN THE HERPETOFAUNA ALONG THE URBAN-TO-RURAL GRADIENT
• CHAPTER ELEVEN ECOLOGICAL AND ZOOGEOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE URBAN HERPETOFAUNA
• CHAPTER TWELVE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MARITSA RIVER AND OTHER WETLANDS IN THE CITY OF PLOVDIV
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PLOVDIV HILLS AND THE URBAN PARKS
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN ORIGINS OF THE URBAN FAUNA
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE, PROBLEMS AND THREATS FOR THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN THE CITY OF PLOVDIV
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN CONCLUSIONS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• ApPENDICES