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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">arcainnov</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Арктика и инновации</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Arctic and Innovations</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">3034-1434</issn><publisher><publisher-name>ФГАОУ ВО «МАУ»</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21443/3034-1434-2025-3-1-82-92</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">arcainnov-69</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Возможно ли существование крупных реликтовых рептилий и амфибий в водоемах Крайнего Севера?</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Can large relict reptiles and amphibians inhabit the Far North water bodies?</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сапунов</surname><given-names>В. Б.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Sapunov</surname><given-names>V. B.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Сапунов Валентин Борисович — доктор биологических наук, академик Петровской академии наук и искусств, почетный член Европейского союза наук о Земле, консультант Московского государственного университета, профессор </p><p>ID WоS: 4545-2021</p><p>193112, Санкт-Петербург, Кондратьевский пр., 72</p><p>тeл.: +7 (911) 925-40-31 </p><p> </p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Valentin B. Sapunov — Dr. Sci. (Biology), Member  of Peter Academy of Sciences and Arts, Emeritus Member of European Geosciences Union, Consultant of Moscow State University, Professor</p><p>tel.: +7 (911) 925-40-31 </p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">sapunov@rshu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ЧОУ ВО «Санкт-Петербургский медико-социальный институт»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Saint Petersburg Medical and Social Institute</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>11</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>3</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>82</fpage><lpage>92</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Сапунов В.Б., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Сапунов В.Б.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Sapunov V.B.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.arcainnov.ru/jour/article/view/69">https://www.arcainnov.ru/jour/article/view/69</self-uri><abstract><p>Статья анализирует и систематизирует сообщения местных жителей, путешественников, исследователей Русского Севера (Якутия, полуостров Таймыр), а также легенды и фольклорные сказания о существовании в этих местах огромных неизвестных науке ящероподобных существ. Информация оценивается с позиций фольклористики, экологии и палеоэкологии. В полной мере исключить достоверность этих сведений нельзя. Учитывая низкую антропогенную нагрузку и относительно малую изученность этих мест, полностью опровергать возможность существования животных, мало известных науке, было бы неверно. Оценена теоретическая возможность существования на Севере и в других регионах планеты неизвестных рептилий и земноводных, мало доступных для изучения традиционными методами зоологии.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article analyzes and systematizes reports of local residents, travelers, explorers of the Russian North (Yakutia, the Taymyr Peninsula), as well as legends and folk tales of huge, yet unknown to science, lizard-like creatures inhabiting these parts of the world. The data is examined from folklore, ecological, and paleoecological perspectives. One cannot assert that this information is completely unreliable. Given the insufficient knowledge of the Russian North and the low anthropogenic impact on the area, it would be wrong to totally exclude the possibility that animals little known to science dwell there. The study assesses the theoretical feasibility of the existence of unknown reptiles and amphibians, which are difficult to access and study by traditional zoological methods, in the North and a few other parts of the planet.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>рептилии</kwd><kwd>криптобиология</kwd><kwd>скрытые виды</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>reptiles</kwd><kwd>cryptobiology</kwd><kwd>cryptic species</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">https://yakutiamedia.ru/news/495891/</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">https://yakutiamedia.ru/news/495891/</mixed-citation></citation-alternatives></ref><ref id="cit2"><label>2</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">https://dudinka.online-city.ru/news/2021-10-29-krasav</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">https://dudinka.online-city.ru/news/2021-10-29-krasav</mixed-citation></citation-alternatives></ref><ref id="cit3"><label>3</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Эвельманс Б. 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