Snake

by Mattison, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780789446602
• ISBN10: 078944660X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-15
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

With spectacular close-up photographs and astonishing illustrations, this extraordinary book is the guide to more than 3,000 snakes from around the world. Fascinating physical and behavioral characteristics of these creatures are presented, with the most up-to-date information available about snakes' habitats, reproductive behavior, feeding practices, defense mechanisms, and much more. A complete, detailed directory lists all species of the 18 snake families; the special "Fact Files" section gives at-a-glance information about every featured snake.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(1)
The Essential Snake
Introduction	7	(1)
Evolution	8	(2)
Environment	10	(2)
Size and Shape	12	(2)
Scales	14	(2)
Anatomy and Movement	16	(2)
Skull and Teeth	18	(2)
Sense Organs	20	(2)
Hunting and Feeding	22	(2)
Venomous Snakes	24	(2)
Passive Defense	26	(2)
Active Defense	28	(2)
Reproduction	30	(2)
Conservation	32	(2)
Classification of Snakes	34	(1)
Snake Gallery
Introduction	35	(1)
Mexican Burrowing Snake	36	(1)
Sunbeam Snake	37	(1)
Emerald Tree Boa	38	(2)
Common Boa	40	(2)
Rainbow Boa	42	(2)
Green Anaconda	44	(2)
Rosy Boa	46	(2)
Dumeril's Ground Boa	48	(2)
Calabar Ground Boa	50	(2)
Carpet Python	52	(2)
Burmese Python	54	(2)
Reticulated Python	56	(2)
Blood Python	58	(2)
Children's Python	60	(1)
Spotted Python	61	(1)
Green Tree Python	62	(2)
Royal Python	64	(2)
Haitian Wood Snake	66	(1)
Cuban Wood Snake	67	(1)
Grass Snake	68	(2)
Common Egg-eater	70	(2)
Corn Snake	72	(2)
Baird's Rat Snake	74	(2)
Irans-Pecos Rat Snake	76	(2)
Mandarin Rat Snake	78	(2)
Rough Green Snake	80	(2)
Common Kingsnake	82	(2)
Gray-banded Kingsnake	84	(1)
Mexican Kingsnake	85	(1)
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake	86	(2)
Milk Snake	88	(2)
Banded Water Snake	90	(2)
Pine Snake	92	(2)
Western Hognose Snake	94	(2)
Leopard Snake	96	(2)
Indigo Snake	98	(2)
Checkered Garter Snake	100	(2)
San Francisco Garter Snake	102	(2)
Brown House Snake	104	(2)
Red-tailed Rat Snake	106	(2)
Mangrove Snake	108	(1)
Green Cat-eyed Snake	109	(1)
Boomslang	110	(2)
Red Spitting Cobra	112	(2)
Chinese Cobra	114	(1)
Monocled Cobra	115	(1)
Collett's Snake	116	(2)
Northern Death Adder	118	(2)
West African Green Mamba	120	(2)
Puff Adder	122	(2)
Long-nosed Viper	124	(2)
Adder	126	(2)
Gaboon Viper	128	(2)
Desert Horned Viper	130	(2)
White-lipped Tree Viper	132	(2)
Saw-scaled Viper	134	(2)
Jararaca	136	(2)
Copperhead	138	(2)
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake	140	(2)
Tropical Rattlesnake	142	(2)
Sidewinder	144	(1)
Snake Directory
Introduction	145	(1)
Snake Directory	146	(42)
Glossary	188	(1)
Index	189	(3)
Acknowledgments	192