Mark O'Shea
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Explores the diversity and adaptations of lizards in habitats around the world. Includes information on more than 80 families and subfamilies of lizards, with details on evolution, biology, behavior, distribution, and life cycles.
Author
Series
Guide to every family volume 6
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A gorgeously illustrated guide to the incredible diversity of snakes around the world. Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica and have evolved to occupy a vast range of habitats, from mountains to oceans and deserts to rain forests. Snakes of the World explores their extraordinary diversity, with an in-depth introduction covering anatomy, behavior, habitats, reproduction, conservation, and other essential topics. This expert guide also...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
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...
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