The new encyclopedia of snakes / Chris Mattison.
Publication details: Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, c2007.Description: 272 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780691132952
- 069113295X
- Encyclopedia of snakes
- Snakes
- 639.39603 22
- QL666.O6 M3384 2007
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Rev. and updated ed. of: Encyclopedia of snakes. 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-265) and index.
[pt. 8]. Snakes and humans -- Snake myths and snake worship -- Current attitudes -- Exploitation of snakes -- Conservation -- Studying snakes -- Snakes in captivity -- [pt. 9]. Taxonomy -- Classification -- Nomenclature : how snakes are named -- [pt. 10]. The classification of snakes -- Anomalepididae -- Leptotyphlopidae -- Typhlopidae -- Anomochilidae -- Aniliidae -- Cylindrophiidae -- Uropeltidae -- Loxocemidae -- Xenopeltidae -- Boidae -- Pythonidae -- Bolyeriidae -- Tropidophiidae -- Xenophidiidae -- Acrochordidae -- Viperidae -- Atractaspididae -- Colubridae -- Elapidae -- Bibliography -- Index.
The subject of this narrative is the generic snake. Intended for amateur herpetologists and general naturalists the work treats the origin, evolution and classification of snakes and then discusses morphology and function, how and where snakes live (habitat, adaptations and world patterns), feeding, defense, and reproduction. A chapter deals with the relationships of snakes and humans, and there are sections on taxonomy and classification with minimum information on individual species.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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