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Snakes : the evolution of mystery in nature /
"This is a book about some of nature's most alluring and forbidding creatures, written by a man with an abiding passion for snakes, as well as for science, conservation, and the beauty and complexity of nature. Snakes inhabit all major ecosystems outside of the polar regions and are among...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.