Name: The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to six Hundred Species From Around the World (en Inglés)
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Author: O'Shea, Mark
ISBN: 9780226459394

portada The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to six Hundred Species From Around the World (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Mark O'Shea

Editorial

University of Chicago Press

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

656

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

27.7 x 17.8 x 4.8 cm

Peso

2.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780226459394

N° edición

Categorías

Bibliografias
Peces | ictiología
Anfibios y reptiles | herpetología
Reptiles y anfibios

The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to six Hundred Species From Around the World (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to six Hundred Species From Around the World (en Inglés)"

For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion. Some people recoil in fear at the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them as pets. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single tongue flick and so these creatures have held a special place in our cultures. Yet, for as many meanings that we attribute to snakes--from fertility and birth to sin and death--the real-life species represent an even wider array of wonders. The Book of Snakes presents 600 species of snakes from around the world, covering nearly one in six of all snake species. It will bring greater understanding of a group of reptiles that have existed for more than 160 million years, and that now inhabit every continent except Antarctica, as well as two of the great oceans. This volume pairs spectacular photos with easy-to-digest text. It is the first book on these creatures that combines a broad, worldwide sample with full-color, life-size accounts. Entries include close-ups of the snake's head and a section of the snake at actual size. The detailed images allow readers to examine the intricate scale patterns and rainbow of colors as well as special features like a cobra's hood or a rattlesnake's rattle. The text is written for laypeople and includes a glossary of frequently used terms. Herpetologists and herpetoculturists alike will delight in this collection, and even those with a more cautious stance on snakes will find themselves drawn in by the wild diversity of the suborder Serpentes.