Venomous snakes : ecology, evolution, and snakebite /
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. |
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| Description: | xix, 276 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Symposia of the Zoological Society of London ; no. 70 Symposia of the Zoological Society of London ; no. 70. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8208540 |
Table of Contents:
- Evolution and Speciation
- 1. An overview of venomous snake evolution
- 2. Systematics of sea snakes (a critical review)
- 3. Evolution, systematics and biogeography of Palaeartic vipers
- 4. Evolution of viperine snakes
- 5. Phylogenetic relationships of the 'Agkistrodon complex'
- 6. Systematic implications of lactate dehydrogenase isozyme phenotyupes in Neotropical pitvipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae)
- 7. DNA evolution of South American pitvipers of the genus Bothrops (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperdae)
- 8. Systematics of the Bothrops atrox complex: new insights from multivariate analysis and mitochondrial DNA sequence information
- 9. New perspectives on the evolution of south-east Asian pitvipers (genus Trimeresurus) from molecular studies
- Ecology
- 10. Reproductive strategies and sperm competition in the adder, Vipera berus
- 11. Growth and survival of Vipera berus in a variable environment
- 12. The role of ecology in determining venom variation in the Malayian pitviper, Calloselasma rhodostoma
- 13. Venom and snakebite
- 14. Molecular evolution of phospholipase A2s and metalloproteinase/disintegrins from venoms of vipers
- 15. Geographical and intraspecies variation in the clinical manifestations of envenoming by snakes
- 16. Snake venom and snakebite in Australia
- 17. Russell's viper in Indonesia: snakebite and systematics
- 18. Toxic phospholipases in snake venom: an introductory review
- 19. The kinetics of snake bite envenoming and therapy
