Snake: The Essential Visual Guide

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The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GOR001234623

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Reseña del editor: This is the most detailed and dramatically illustrated book ever published on snakes; from the massive Green Anaconda to the deadly Tropical Rattlesnake and the dainty Leopard Snake. Featuring stunning full-colour photographs Snake explores the amazing lives of these intriguing and little-understood reptiles. From secretive burrowing snakes to hooded spitting cobras Snake examines the astonishing diversity of these remarkable creatures. Delving into the mysterious world of snakes an informative and readable text reveals fascinating facts about snake evolution and key physical and behavioural characteristics including how snakes feed how they attack and defend themselves and how they reproduce A superbly illustrated gallery focuses on over 60 individual snake species from all over the world highlighting unique features and useful identification aids and describing each one in detail. Fact files give essential at-a-glance information for every snake and a separate comprehensive directory lists every known species within the 18 snake families. Providing invaluable information on typical and unusual members of each snake family as well as details of little-known and rarely sighted snakes from the most remote places on earth Snake presents an unparalled insight into the extraordinary world of these fascinating and beautiful creatures.