How snakes work : structure, function and behavior of the world's snakes /

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Author / Creator:Lillywhite, Harvey B., 1943-
Imprint:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, '2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404532
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ISBN:9780199701575
0199701571
9781306197427
1306197422
9780195380378
0195380371
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Anyone can look at a snake and see a creature unique unto itself, a reptile with a set of zoological and biological traits that are entirely its own. Just looking at this distinct animal raises many scientific questions. With regard to evolution, how did such an animal come to be? How does a snake move, and how do its sense organs differ from that of other reptiles? How does it eat, and how does it reproduce? Essentially, how does a snake ""work""? In How Snakes Work: The Structure, Function and Behavior of the World's Snakes, leading zoologist Harvey B. Lillywhite has written the definitive s.
Other form:Print version: Lillywhite, Harvey B., 1943- How snakes work 9780195380378