Snakes
Publication Information
Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2012.
Physical Description
144 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Summary
The biology and natural history of this ecologically important group of animals, with information on habitat, conservation status, and unusual behavior.
Contents
- Structure and lifestyle. The origins and fossil record of snakes ; Anatomy ; Senses ; Temperature regulation ; Feeding and diet ; Venom ; Reproduction ; Predator evasion and defence
- The evolutionary tree and classification of snakes
- Snake diversity. Scolecophidia: worm, blind and thread snakes ; Aniliidae, Cylindrophiidae, Anomochilidae and Uropeltidae: pipe snakes and shieldtails ; Loxocemidae and Xenopeltidae: sunbeam snakes ; Boidae and Pythonidae: boas and pythons ; Bolyeriidae and Xenophiidae: Round Island "boas" and spine-jawed snakes ; Tropidophiidae: dwarf "boas" ; Acrochordidae: Asian/Australian file snakes ; Xenodermatidae: strange-skinned snakes ; Pareatidae: slug snakes ; Viperidae: vipers ; Homalopsidae: mud snakes ; Elapidae: cobras, coral snakes, kraits, taipans and sea snakes ; Lamprophiidae: the major radiation of African snakes ; Colubridae: racers and garter, rat, cat, tree, reed and water snakes and relatives.