Snakes
Gower, David2012
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This book presents the biology and natural history of this ecologically important group of animals, with information on habitat, conservation status, and unusual behaviour
Main title:
Snakes / by David Gower, Katherine Garrett and Peter Stafford
Imprint:
London Natural History Museum 2012
Collation:
144 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
Structure and lifestyle: The origins and fossil record of snakes -- Anatomy -- Senses -- Temperature regulation -- Feeding and diet -- Venom -- Reproduction -- Predator evasion and defence -- The evolutionary tree and classification of snakes -- Snake diversity: Scolecophidia: Worm, blind and thread snakes -- Aniliidae, cylindrophiidae, anomochilidae and uropeltidae: Pipe snakes and shieldtails -- Loxocemidae and xenophiidae: Round Island 'boas' and spine-jawed snakes -- Tropidophiidae: Dwarf 'boas' -- Acrochordidae: Asian/Australian file snakes -- Xenodermatidae: Strange-skinned snakes -- Pareatidae: Slub snakes -- Viperidae: Vipers -- Homalopsidae: Mud snakes -- Elapidae: Cobras, coral snakes, kraits, taipans and sea snakes -- Lamprophiidae: The major radiation of African snakes -- Colubridae: Racers and garter, rat, cat, tree, reed and water snakes and relatives
ISBN:
9781554078028 (paperback)
Dewey class:
597.96 SNA
Local class:
597.96
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
77287
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Clair | Nonfiction | 597.96 SNA | Available |