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Snake: The Essential Visual Guide [Mīkstie vāki]

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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, height x width x depth: 283x232x13 mm, weight: 794 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 15-Mar-2016
  • Izdevniecība: Dorling Kindersley
  • ISBN-10: 1465443797
  • ISBN-13: 9781465443793
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 192 pages, height x width x depth: 283x232x13 mm, weight: 794 g
  • Izdošanas datums: 15-Mar-2016
  • Izdevniecība: Dorling Kindersley
  • ISBN-10: 1465443797
  • ISBN-13: 9781465443793
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Describes more than 3,000 snakes from around the world, covering their behavior, anatomy, feeding habits, and evolution

Find out about snakes from all over the world in this best-selling visual guide, with information about snake evolution, habitats, reproductive behavior, feeding, defense, and much more.

Snake is the essential guide to the world of serpents, featuring more than 3,000 species. With a clean fresh look, classifications, stunning photography, and amazing artworks, this is a must-have reference for all herpetologists.

Packed with fascinating facts such as physical and behavioral characteristics, this guide also includes focused profiles of 60 snakes, from the Rainbow Boa to the Tropical Rattlesnake. Each profile includes a stunning full-page photograph of the snake, supporting images to highlight important features, and a _x2018_Fact File' sidebar to give at-a-glance information. Plus, a complete directory lists all known species of these fascinating reptiles, including venomous snakes such as cobras.

Snake is a beautiful and comprehensive guide to some of nature's most compelling animals.

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"[ T]his fascinating book provides a close-up look that is second only to what snake handlers at the zoo must experience." Booklist

"An enjoyable book for browsing." School Library Journal

Introduction 6(1)
The Essential Snake
Introduction
7(1)
Evolution
8(2)
Environment
10(2)
Size and Shape
12(4)
Scales
16(2)
Anatomy and Movement
18(2)
Skull and Teeth
20(2)
Sense Organs
22(2)
Hunting and Feeding
24(4)
Venomous Snakes
28(2)
Passive Defense
30(2)
Active Defense
32(4)
Reproduction
36(2)
Conservation
38(2)
Classification of Snakes
40(1)
Snake Gallery
Introduction
41(1)
Haitian Dwarf Boa
42(1)
Cuban Dwarf Boa
43(1)
Neotropical Sunbeam Snake
44(1)
Asian Sunbeam Snake
45(1)
Children's Python
46(1)
Spotted Python
47(1)
Reticulated Python
48(2)
Carpet Python
50(2)
Green Tree Python
52(2)
Burmese Python
54(2)
Blood Python
56(2)
Royal Python
58(2)
Dumeril's Ground Boa
60(2)
Common Boa
62(2)
Calabar Ground Python
64(2)
Emerald Tree Boa
66(2)
Rainbow Boa
68(2)
Green Anaconda
70(2)
Rosy Boa
72(2)
Brown House Snake
74(2)
Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
76(2)
Mangrove Snake
78(1)
Green Catsnake
79(1)
Common Egg-eater
80(2)
Boomslang
82(2)
Eastern Indigo Snake
84(2)
Mandarin Rat Snake
86(2)
Red-tailed Racer
88(2)
Plains Hog-nosed Snake
90(2)
Gray-banded Kingsnake
92(1)
Mexican Kingsnake
93(1)
California Kingsnake
94(2)
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
96(2)
Milksnake
98(2)
Grass Snake
100(2)
Banded Water Snake
102(2)
Rough Green Snake
104(2)
Baird's Rat Snake
106(2)
Corn Snake
108(2)
Pine Snake
110(2)
Checkered Garter Snake
112(2)
San Francisco Garter Snake
114(2)
Leopard Snake
116(2)
Northern Death Adder
118(2)
West African Green Mamba
120(2)
Chinese Cobra
122(1)
Monocled Cobra
123(1)
Red Spitting Cobra
124(2)
Col left's Snake
126(2)
Copperhead
128(2)
Puff Adder
130(2)
Gaboon Viper
132(2)
Jararaca
134(2)
Desert Horned Viper
136(2)
Saw-scaled Viper
138(2)
White-lipped Tree Viper
140(2)
Nose-horned Viper
142(2)
Adder
144(2)
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
146(2)
Neotropical Rattlesnake
148(2)
Sidewinder
150(1)
Snake Directory
Introduction
151(1)
Snake Directory
151(45)
Glossary 196(1)
Index 197(3)
Acknowledgments 200
Chris Mattison has been photographing wildlife for over thirty years. He has won the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, and been a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.