fascination with the wild animals was startedearlier, even when he was very young, and hissighting of various wildlife species and theirenormous populations in the vast plain steppe ofeastern Mongolia. During his student period, heattended several large expeditions together hissupervisors, and as herpetofauna of Mongoliawas almost unexplored at that time, he choseamphibians and reptiles as the fi elds of his futureresearch.
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