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    Snakes / David Gower, Katherine Garrett and Peter Stafford.

    By: Gower, David J, 1969-Contributor(s): Garrett, Katherine | Stafford, Peter JMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2012Description: 144 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9781554078028; 1554078024Subject(s): SnakesLOC classification: QL666.O6 | G64 2012
    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 Xenopeltidae: sunbeam snakes ; Boidae and Pythonidae: boas and pythons ; Bolyeriidae and Xenophiidae: Round Island "boas" and spine-jawed snakes ; Tropidophiidae: dwarf "boas" ; Acrochordidae: Asian/Australian file snakes ; Xenodermatidae: strange-skinned snakes ; Pareatidae: slug 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.
    Summary: The biology and natural history of this ecologically important group of animals, with information on habitat, conservation status, and unusual behavior.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 140) and index.

    The biology and natural history of this ecologically important group of animals, with information on habitat, conservation status, and unusual behavior.

    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 Xenopeltidae: sunbeam snakes ; Boidae and Pythonidae: boas and pythons ; Bolyeriidae and Xenophiidae: Round Island "boas" and spine-jawed snakes ; Tropidophiidae: dwarf "boas" ; Acrochordidae: Asian/Australian file snakes ; Xenodermatidae: strange-skinned snakes ; Pareatidae: slug 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.

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