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How snakes work : structure, function and behavior of the world's snakes /
Anyone can look at a snake and see a creature unique unto itself, a reptile with a set of zoological and biological traits that are entirely its own. Just looking at this distinct animal raises many scientific questions. With regard to evolution, how did such an animal come to be? How does a snake m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
'2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Evolutionary history and classification of the world's snakes
- Feeding, digestion, and water balance
- Locomotion : how snakes move
- Temperature and ectothermy
- Structure and function of skin
- Internal transport : circulation and respiration
- Perceiving the snake's world: structure and function of sense organs
- Sound production
- Courtship and reproduction.