Snakes in India : a source book /

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Imprint:Delhi : Asiatic Pub. House, 1998.
Description:351 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3781568
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Other authors / contributors:Sharma, B. D. (Budh Dev), 1945-
Tej Kumari.
ISBN:8187067004
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-351).
committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust
Table of Contents:
  • The reticent crawlers / Anil Khaire
  • Snakes: the specialised reptiles / B.D. Sharma
  • Scientific facts about snakes / B.D. Sharma
  • Snakes and human ecosystem: ecological and economic importance of snakes / B.D. Sharma
  • Snakes in Indian culture / B.D. Sharma and N.E. Vad
  • Scientific catching of snakes / Romulus Whitaker
  • Scientific keeping and care of snakes / B.D. Sharma
  • Identification of snakes / B.D. Sharma
  • The venom system of Indian snakes / T.S.N. Murthy
  • Snakes venom extraction: preparation of anti-venom serum (AVS) / B.D. Sharma
  • Fauna of Indian snakes: an up-to-date checklist / B.D. Sharma
  • Scientific and vernacular names of some common snakes of India / B.D. Sharma
  • The venomous Indian snakes / B.D. Sharma
  • Snakes in north-east India / Mrs. R. Mathew
  • Threatened snakes of India: their ecology and conservation / S.K. Talukdar
  • Snake conservation in India / Romulus and Zahida Whitaker
  • Relationships of East Asian venomous snakes: evidence from plasma proteins / Sherman A. Minton
  • Snakebite / Sherman A. Minton
  • Beware of non-poisonous snakes: venomous bites by nonvenomous snakes: an annotated bibliography of colubrid envenomation / Sherman A. Minton
  • Present tests for the detection of snake venom: clinical applications / Sherman A. Minton
  • Snakes that kill people: the rattlesnakes / Sherman A. Minton
  • Treatment of snakebite / Struan K. Sutherland
  • Snakebite: a review / N.P. Misra and S.C. Misra
  • Venomous snakes of India and management of snakebite / B. Dass, Rajesh Bhatia and Harminder Singh
  • Snakebite disease in Jammu / R.N. Bhat
  • Epidemiology, clinical presentation and management of snakebite in Jammu (J&K) / Inder Gupta
  • Snakebite in Orissa / I. Jena and A.P. Dash
  • Resource persons, organizations and periodicals
  • Bibliography of Indian snakes / B.D. Sharma.