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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lillywhite, Harvey B., 1943-
Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, '2014.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Snakes. Snakes.
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. Print version record.
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

Table of Contents:

Evolutionary history and classification of the world's snakes
Feeding, digestion, and water balance
Locomotion : how snakes move
Temperature and ectothermy
Structure and function of skin
Internal transport : circulation and respiration
Perceiving the snake's world: structure and function of sense organs
Sound production
Courtship and reproduction.