Snakes :the evolution of mystery in nature

• 作者: Greene, Harry W.,
• 出版: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1997.
• 稽核項: 1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages) :color illustrations.
• 標題: Snakes. , Vertebrates. , Electronic books. , Cobras. , NATURE Animals -- Reptiles & Amphibians. , Snakes , AnimalsReptiles & Amphibians. , NATURE , Health & Biological Sciences. , Ouvrages de vulgarisation. , Serpents , Zoology. , Serpents Ouvrages de vulgarisation. , Slangen (biologie)
• ISBN: 0520200144 , 9780520200142
• ISBN: 0520200144 , 0520224876 , 9780520224872
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• 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index. 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.
• 摘要: "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 the most common predators on other vertebrates. More than 2,700 species of snakes are currently recognized, place in about 420 genera and 18 families ..."
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