Gower, David J.,  1969- <br/><br/>
Snakes / 
David Gower, Katherine Garrett and Peter Stafford. 
 - Buffalo, N.Y. :  Firefly Books,  2012. 
 - 144 p. :  col. ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 140) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> The biology and natural history of this ecologically important group of animals, with information on habitat, conservation status, and unusual behavior. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781554078028 1554078024 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>1341156  QBI 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012382035 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Snakes.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL666.O6  / G64 2012