Snake: The Essential Visual Guide - Couverture souple

Mattison, Chris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0751306584 ISBN 13 : 9780751306583

Editeur : DK, 1999

Synopsis

This is the most detailed and dramatically illustrated book ever published on snakes; from the massive Green Anaconda to the deadly Tropical Rattlesnake and the dainty Leopard Snake. Featuring stunning full-colour photographs Snake explores the amazing lives of these intriguing and little-understood reptiles. From secretive burrowing snakes to hooded spitting cobras Snake examines the astonishing diversity of these remarkable creatures. Delving into the mysterious world of snakes an informative and readable text reveals fascinating facts about snake evolution and key physical and behavioural characteristics including how snakes feed how they attack and defend themselves and how they reproduce A superbly illustrated gallery focuses on over 60 individual snake species from all over the world highlighting unique features and useful identification aids and describing each one in detail. Fact files give essential at-a-glance information for every snake and a separate comprehensive directory lists every known species within the 18 snake families. Providing invaluable information on typical and unusual members of each snake family as well as details of little-known and rarely sighted snakes from the most remote places on earth Snake presents an unparalled insight into the extraordinary world of these fascinating and beautiful creatures.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A comprehensive, best-selling guide to more than 3,000 snake species for fans of snakes, snake owners, and students — now in an updated second edition produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution.

Get to know more than 3,000 snakes from around the world, from the familiar, massive Green Anaconda to the deadly Tropical Rattlesnake, the Reticulated Python, Red-Spitting Cobra, Puff Adder, Gaboon Viper, and more. Learn about the lesser-known dainty Leopard Snake, whose bright markings trick predators — and often humans — into thinking it is a deadly viper.

Snake uses gorgeous, full-color photographs of 60 snakes to showcase what makes these reptiles so extraordinary, and includes more than 450 illustrations and detailed close-up photographs that show the snakes in action.

Herpetology expert and wildlife photographer Chris Mattison accompanies each profile with fascinating snake facts and trivia on the snake's physical and behavioral characteristics, information about habitats, reproductive behavior, feeding, defense, and more. Plus, the updated, easy-to-reference Snake Directory lists every snake species within the 18 snake families, including little-known and rarely sighted species.

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

Revue de presse

"[T]his fascinating book provides a close-up look that is second only to what snake handlers at the zoo must experience." – Booklist

"An enjoyable book for browsing." – School Library Journal

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: DK
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0751306584
• ISBN 13: 9780751306583
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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