Snake: The Essential Visual Guide

Snake: The Essential Visual Guide - Paperback

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Snake: The Essential Visual Guide

Snake: The Essential Visual Guide - Paperback

by Chris Mattison
$18.99
Sale price  $18.99 Regular price 

Book Overview

Find out about snakes from all over the world in this best-selling visual guide, with information about snake evolution, habitats, reproductive behavior, feeding, defense, 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 behavioral 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.
ISBN9781465443793
Author Chris Mattison
PublisherDK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
GenreHobbies & interests and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2016
Edition2
LanguageENG- English
Pages192
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Chris Mattison

Chris Mattison is a natural history writer and photographer who specializes in reptiles and amphibians. His many books include Frogs and Toads of the World and The New Encyclopedia of Snakes (both Princeton). His photography regularly appears in books and magazines throughout the world.

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