Snakes : the evolution of mystery in nature /

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Author / Creator:Greene, Harry W., 1945-
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages) : color illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11107026
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ISBN:9780520935433
0520935438
0585055327
9780585055329
9780520200142
0520200144
0520200144
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-335) and index.
English.
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Summary:"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 ..."
Other form:Print version: Greene, Harry W., 1945- Snakes. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997 0520200144