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Reptiles are becoming increasingly popular animals in amateur husbandry. Growing attention is being focused on their health problems, as well as on diagnostic capabilities (3, 19). However, diagnostic imaging of these animals can be problematic, as reptiles are characterized by large anatomic variability (1, 16, 17). The lack of a diaphragm, the peculiar topography of internal organs, and the small amount of intraperitoneal adipose tissue between parenchymal organs negatively affect image clarity in radiological examinations (17). In addition, there are no objective criteria for image evaluation with respect to the normal organ size (1, 13, 16, 17). The world literature, however, does include publications on correct tomographic, radiological and ultrasound images for particular groups of reptiles (1-3). The majority of publications are based on case studies of individual animals, selected groups of animals or suborders of snakes and lizards and orders of turtles. At the same time, the world literature does not provide data on actual causes of radiological and ultrasound consultations in certain groups of animals, based on Causes of consultations and results of radiological and ultrasound methods in lizard diseases (2006-2014)