Kriskevich Dmitriy D. RussiaTroitskoyeMAUDO “Center for extracurricular activities in the village Troitskoye”, 5 Pushnikova St., Troitskoye, Khabarovsk Territory 682350, Russiakramid@mail.ru Author's articles 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