Snake: The Essential Visual Guide

Chris Mattison

ISBN 10: 1465443797 / ISBN 13: 9781465443793

Published by DK March 2016, 2016

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Seller Inventory # 92693

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Snake: The Essential Visual Guide
• Publisher: DK March 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1465443797
• ISBN 13: 9781465443793
• Binding: New Trade
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • New Animals/Pets/Nature

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Chris Mattison has been photographing wildlife for over thirty years. He has won the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, and been a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.