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Snakes : the evolution of mystery in nature
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1997, ©1997
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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.