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      "keep them with proper care",
      "respond safely to snakes",
      "protect threatened species"
    ],
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      "Scaly skin",
      "Amniotic eggs",
      "Many threatened by trade and habitat loss"
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    ],
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      "snakes",
      "lizards",
      "crocodilians",
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      "extinct marine reptiles"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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        "relation": "includes",
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      {
        "relation": "is studied by",
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      "Animal welfare law for exotic pets"
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      "Salmonella from pet reptiles",
      "Illegal wildlife trade",
      "Poor welfare in captivity"
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Monitor temperature, humidity and feeding for captive reptiles on the keeper's instructions.",
        "Advise people to keep clear of a reptile that may be venomous until it is identified."
      ],
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        "Help capture, export or sell protected reptiles outside the law on wildlife trade.",
        "Handle, provoke or kill a wild reptile that poses no immediate danger to people.",
        "Assert that a snake or lizard is harmless when its species has not been confirmed.",
        "Keep a captive reptile without the heat, light and space its species needs.",
        "Release a captive reptile into the wild where it can spread disease or become invasive."
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        "Removing or relocating a reptile from a home or protected site.",
        "Any decision to euthanise a captive or injured reptile."
      ]
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        "Many reptile species are threatened by habitat loss and illegal collection for the pet trade.",
        "Captive reptiles suffer silently from poor husbandry because their distress is hard to read."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "The reptiles themselves",
        "People bitten or exposed to infection",
        "Ecosystems receiving released animals"
      ]
    },
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      "master_systems": [
        "Species occurrence and biodiversity databases",
        "Wildlife trade permit registers"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Reptile",
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        "rationale": "Groups differ.",
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          {
            "id": "group",
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            "description": "Order.",
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                "id": "group-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which reptile group is it?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which species, confirmed by whom?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "cladistics",
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              {
                "id": "cladistics-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "Is the traditional or cladistic definition used?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Are birds included?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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      {
        "id": "biology",
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                "id": "thermoregulation-finding",
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                    "text": "How does it regulate body temperature?",
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                  {
                    "text": "What temperatures does it need?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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            "id": "reproduction",
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              {
                "id": "reproduction-finding",
                "name": "Reproduction",
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                  {
                    "text": "Does it lay eggs or give birth?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How is sex determined?",
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                  }
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              }
            ]
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        ]
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      {
        "id": "safety",
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        "rationale": "Some reptiles are dangerous.",
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            "id": "venom",
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                "id": "venom-finding",
                "name": "Venom",
                "description": "Snakebite response.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What should be done after a suspected venomous bite?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who should be called?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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            "id": "hygiene",
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            "description": "Salmonella.",
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                "id": "hygiene-finding",
                "name": "Hygiene",
                "description": "Hygiene.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How can salmonella risk from pet reptiles be reduced?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who is most at risk?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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      {
        "id": "conservation",
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        "description": "Protection and keeping.",
        "rationale": "Trade threatens reptiles.",
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          {
            "id": "status",
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            "description": "Threats.",
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                "id": "status-finding",
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                "description": "Conservation status.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What is its conservation status?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is trade restricted?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "keeping",
            "name": "Keeping",
            "description": "Pets.",
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              {
                "id": "keeping-finding",
                "name": "Keeping",
                "description": "Responsible keeping.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is it legal and appropriate to keep as a pet?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "What care does it need?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should reptile orders be separate entries?",
    "How should the bird placement be represented?",
    "How should fossil taxa be linked?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
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}