Kuranova Valentina N. RussiaTomskTomsk State University, 36 Lenina Avenue, Tomsk 634050, Russiakuranova49@mail.ru Author's articles Vladimir G. Ishchenko (1938 – 2021) – in memory of a Yekaterinburg Petersburger Places, times and wintering conditions of the viviparous lizard Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823) (Sauria: Lacertidae) in Western Siberia Year-round habitat of snakes of the genus Elaphe (Colubridae, Reptilia) in industrial waste from a timber processing complex in the Lower Amur region Method of creating artificial nestings sites for the Far Eastern turtle Pelodiscus maackii (Brandt, 1857) (Reptilia, Testudines, Trionychidae) at high water levels of the Amur River