Differential diagnoses: a problem‐based approach

This chapter provides a guide to the differential diagnoses of the most common presenting signs of disease in the four major reptile taxa: snakes, lizards, chelonians and crocodilians. For each presenting sign, a list of differential diagnoses is provided. These lists include circumstances where the presenting sign represents a normal state for that group of reptiles. They also include the husbandry errors that will cause, or predispose to, these presenting signs. The lists are intended to give the clinician a starting point for the diagnostic process.