Christopher Mattison

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Fifty Drops of Blood

Christopher Mattison; D. Prigov

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Of the World: Bears, Frogs and Toads, Insects, Primates, Sharks, Snakes, Spiders, Turtles and Tortoises, Whales and Wild Cats

Christopher Mattison; Paul Ward; Rod Preston-Mafham; Ken Preston-Mafham; Rodney Steel; David Alderton; Nigel Bonner; Suzanne Kynaston; Anthony Wootton

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Keeping and Breeding Snakes

Christopher Mattison

A fully revised edition of the classic book on snake care! Featuring the most up-to-date equipment, expanded facts on feeding, and newly written species accounts, along with 70 full-color photographs and updated diagrams, this guide provides all the essentials that every snake-keeper should know. * Set the correct degree of temperature, humidity, and light for your snake to thrive--it not only wants to be warm, it needs to be. * Fix up a cage in ways that make snakes feel comfortable and secure. * Keep your snake healthy with valuable advice on disease prevention, covering overhandling; the introduction of wild species into a cage; bacterial, viral, and parasite infections; and other miscellaneous problems. * Mate and breed snakes--even incubate eggs. Plus--special information on selective breeding. * Full species accounts include boas, pythons, colubrid, venomous, and small snakes. You'll turn to this handbook again and again!224 pages, 95 color illus., 6 x 9.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1996, Hardcover - 1989

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The Snake Book

Christopher Mattison; Mary Ling; Dave King; Frank Greenaway; Mary Atkinson

Get close up to snakes with this intriguing and innovative guide Children have always been fascinated by snakes, and this imaginative illustrated book safely captures these amazing creatures for close-up scrutiny. Each page is an overhead photograph of a box containing a snake which reveals its shape, size, color, and texture. The amazing photography -- of everything from cobras to constrictors -- is complemented by text that explains the environmental versatility of the species (some are swimmers, some climb trees). This beautiful and fascinating guide reveals the world of snakes as never before.

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