From Flying Toads to Snakes with Wings

From Flying Toads to Snakes with Wings gathers reports of animals whose existence or identity remains unconfirmed, ranging across cryptozoology, folklore and unexplained zoological claims. Karl P. N. Shuker considers creatures reported from Britain and overseas, including the Ethiopian death bird, giant horned lizards in British Columbia and a three-headed river monster said to inhabit Bolivia.

Welsh material receives particular attention through accounts of winged, feathered serpents and the llamhigyn y dŵr, or Welsh water leaper. Elsewhere, the book examines claims of living dinosaurs in Asia and other rarely reported animals that have not been accepted by mainstream zoology. The emphasis falls on recorded testimony, traditional descriptions and the question of how such creatures might be interpreted.