Confusion over changing the bounds of an iterated integral

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I have the following:

The sum of the iterated integrals $$ \int_{-2}^{-1}\int_{-\sqrt{y+2}}^{\sqrt{y+2}} f(x,y)\, dx\, dy + \int_{-1}^{2}\int_{y}^{\sqrt{y+2}} f(x,y)\, dx\, dy$$ is equal to:

a) $\int_{-1}^{\sqrt{2}}\int_{x^2+1}^{x-1} f(x,y)\, dy\, dx$

b) $\int_{-1}^{2}\int_{x^2-2}^{x} f(x,y)\, dy\, dx$

c) $\int_{-\sqrt{2}}^{2}\int_{x^2-2}^{x} f(x,y)\, dy\, dx$

d) $\int_{-2}^{2}\int_{x^2+2}^{x} f(x,y)\, dy\, dx$

e) $\int_{-\sqrt{2}}^{\sqrt{2}}\int_{x^2+2}^{x} f(x,y)\, dy\, dx$

I'm not sure how to combine the sums to be honest. The answer isn't choice D. If this was a single integral, I can change the bounds more easily, but with something like this, I am not so sure... I assume the bounds are in some kind of circle but I am not sure.

How do I combine this to a single integral?