This chapter arrives at an interesting and exciting time in the study of snake systematics. The
last part of the 20th century and the early part of the 21st century might ultimately be …

Snakes are among the most charismatic and highly-studied organisms (Greene 1997), yet
our understanding of their early evolution and phylogeny remains in a state of flux. Extensive …

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the
first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 …

This text on the natural history of snakes includes over 500 full-colour photographs
displaying hundreds of breeds, including many rare and endangered species, all in their …

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 …

This monograph addresses questions concerning the evolutionary history of advanced
snakes using molecular phylogenetic data. Viperids are the sister group of the other clades …

Snakes are a diverse and important group of vertebrates. However, relationships among the
major groups of snakes have remained highly uncertain, with recent studies hypothesizing …

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 …

Since the advent of molecular character sets in phylogenetic systematics our understanding
of the evolutionary history of snakes has changed considerably. In some cases the novel …

Understanding the factors that cause variation in offspring size is fundamental to resolving
important theoretical and conceptual issues in studies of life-history evolution. Models of …