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RECORD NUMBER: 98 OF 122| Main Title | Snakes : the evolution of mystery in nature / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Greene, Harry W. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | University of California Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1997 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 34731372 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0520200144 (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Snakes | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xiii, 351 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-335) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Classification and general biology -- Locomotion and habitats -- Diet and feeding -- Venomous snakes and snakebite -- Predators and defense -- Behavior, reproduction, and population biology -- Blindsnakes -- Pipesnakes, boas, and other basal groups -- Old World Colubrids -- New World Colubrids -- Stiletto snakes and other African enigmas -- Cobras, coralsnakes, and their relatives -- Seakraits and seasnakes -- Vipers, adders, and pitvipers -- Evolution and biogeography -- Snakes and others: past, present, and future -- Epilogue: why snakes? -- Appendix: systematics and evolutionary inference. |