The film tells about the most typical inhabitants of the desert - reptiles. 1 part. Types of the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan. Dunes. Sparse vegetation. Snake tracks in the sand. Skink gecko, turtle, roundhead lizards, agama, monitor lizards. Turtle, roundhead lizard burrow into the sand. Hunting for monitor lizards. Part 2. A caravan of camels, loaded with luggage, moves through the desert. Desert types. Sandy boa constrictor, arrow-snake, sandy efa, gyurza, cobra, yellow-bellied. Arrow-snake, gyurza attack a lizard and a bird, entwine them in rings and swallow them whole. Animation illustrating the structure of the head of a poisonous snake.