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Snakes of Central and Western Africa /
"This book is the first and only comprehensive guide to the snakes of Central and Western Africa. In North America, field guides are taken for granted, but for much of the world these guides don't exist. In many high biodiversity areas of the third world, even the specialist is stumped by...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2019.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Chippaux, Jean-Philippe, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Snakes of Central and Western Africa / |c Jean-Philippe Chippaux and Kate Jackson. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Baltimore : |b Johns Hopkins University Press, |c 2019. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2019 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2019. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (448 pages): |b illustrations, maps | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Identification of African snakes -- Evolution of African snakes -- Biogeography of African snakes -- Snakebite in sub-Saharan Africa -- Families Typhlopidae and Leptotyphlopidae -- Families Boidae and Pythonidae -- Family Viperidae -- Family Elapidae -- Family Lamprophiidae: subfamilies Atractaspidinae and Aparallactinae -- Family Lamprophiidae: subfamilies Lamprophiinae, Pseudoxyrhophiinae, Pseudaspidinae -- Family Lamprophiidae: Subfamilies Psammophiinae and Prosymninae -- Family Colubridae: Subfamily Natricinae -- Family Colubridae: Subfamilies Colubrinae, Grayiinae. | |
| 520 | |a "This book is the first and only comprehensive guide to the snakes of Central and Western Africa. In North America, field guides are taken for granted, but for much of the world these guides don't exist. In many high biodiversity areas of the third world, even the specialist is stumped by many specimens. Jean-Philippe Chippaux and Kate Jackson have a combined half-century of experience studying these snakes in the field. Covering identification, evolution, behavior, and occurrence, Snakes of Central and Western Africa also features maps, photos, and drawings for each species to aid in identification. Each year 20,000 people die from snake bites in Africa, and this problem can only worsen with the increasing human presence in these habitats. While poverty, transportation, and the availability of medical care are all problems that must be addressed, a sound knowledge of the species is the necessary first step. An essential read, which, ultimately, can save lives"-- |c Provided by publisher | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Snakes. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01121833 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SCIENCE |x Life Sciences |x Zoology |x Ichthyology & Herpetology. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a NATURE |x Animals |x Fish. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Serpents |z Afrique occidentale |v Identification. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Snakes |z Africa, West |v Identification. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Snakes |z Africa, Central |v Identification. | |
| 651 | 7 | |a West Africa. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01239521 | |
| 651 | 7 | |a Central Africa. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01239510 | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Field guides. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01940354 | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Electronic books. |2 local | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Jackson, Kate, |d 1972- |e author. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Project Muse. |e distributor | |
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| 945 | |a Project MUSE - 2019 Complete | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - 2019 Ecology and Evolution | ||