Perhaps more than any other animal, snakes fascinate the general public and are objects of
curiosity whenever they are seen. The fact that many people are repelled or horrified by the …

This book, first published in 1993 and here reprinted with a new foreword by the authors, is
still the most comprehensive survey of snake biology available in a single volume …

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4 Page 5 AUSTRALIAN SNAKES A NATURAL HISTORY RICHARD SHINE CORNELL …

This is a book about some of nature's most alluring and forbidding creatures, written by a
man with an abiding passion for snakes, as well as for science, the fate of the planet, and the …

In most fields within biology, a small number of taxa receive disproportionate scientific
attention. This phenomenon is evident at all phylogenetic levels (eg 'model species' within …

Snakes are fascinating to many laypeople and scientists alike, and numerous studies of
snake ecology and natural history have been conducted. For nearly all snake species …

Destruction of habitat due to urban sprawl, pollution, and deforestation has caused
population declines or even extinction of many of the world's approximately 2,600 snake …

Anyone can look at a snake and see a creature unique unto itself, a reptile with a set of
zoological and biological traits that are entirely its own. Just looking at this distinct animal …

Given the absence of a current source on snake diversity and nomenclature and the
expressed global need to understand better the diversity of our biota, we think that a …

Fifty-two kinds of snakes can be found in the Southeast, almost half of all species native to
North America. Filled with more than 300 color photographs and written by two of the …