Snake: The Essential Visual Guide to the World of Snakes

by Chris Mattison

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Find out about snakes from all over the world in this best-selling visual guide, with information about snake evolution, habitats, reproductive behaviour, feeding, defence, and much more.

Snake is the essential guide to the world of serpents, featuring more than 3,000 species. With a clean fresh look, classifications, stunning photography, and amazing artworks, this is a must-have reference for all herpetologists.

Packed with fascinating facts such as physical and behavioural characteristics, this guide also includes focused profiles of 60 snakes, from the Rainbow Boa to the Tropical Rattlesnake. Each profile includes a stunning full-page photograph of the snake, supporting images to highlight important features, and a 'Fact File' sidebar to give at-a-glance information. Plus, a complete directory lists all known species of these fascinating reptiles, including venomous snakes such as cobras.

Snake is a beautiful and comprehensive guide to some of nature's most compelling animals.

  • ISBN10 078944660X
  • ISBN13 9780789446602
  • Publish Date 15 September 1999
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 9 December 2011
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher DK Publishing
  • Imprint Dorling Kindersley
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 192
  • Language English