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There is no better book on the market at present. --Wildwatch --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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This text is essential reading for everyone who may encounter snakes - from herpetologists, snake collectors, and game rangers to hikers, gardeners, and householders. More than just a field guide, it provides detailed information on all the snakes that occur in southern Africa - their appearance, habits, habitats, distribution, reproduction, and feeding. Identification is made as simple as possible with line drawings, over 200 color photographs, and accurate distribution maps.
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There is no better book on the market at present. -- Wildwatch
There is no better book on the market at present. --Wildwatch --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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This text is essential reading for everyone who may encounter snakes - from herpetologists, snake collectors, and game rangers to hikers, gardeners, and householders. More than just a field guide, it provides detailed information on all the snakes that occur in southern Africa - their appearance, habits, habitats, distribution, reproduction, and feeding. Identification is made as simple as possible with line drawings, over 200 color photographs, and accurate distribution maps.
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Snakes have traditionally been looked upon as slimy, repulsive and aggressive creatures that attack people at every opportunity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
paired subcaudals, midbody scales, stiletto snake, anal shield, large eyes with round pupils, other harmless snakes, karoo scrub, zigzag pattern down the back, single subcaudals, upper labials, lower labials, small slender snake, disused termite mounds, diurnal snake, moist savanna, stubby snake, yellow vertebral stripe, impressive hood, capensis capensis, endemic snake, smaller adders, berg adder, snakebite envenomation, black crossbars, small adders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Puff Adder, Garter Snake, Southern Stiletto Snake, Coral Snake, Zebra Cobra, Cape Cobra, Mole Snake, Snouted Cobra, Rhombic Night Adder, Gaboon Adder, Southern File Snake, Mozambique Spitting Cobra, Brown House Snake, Natal Black Snake, Black Spitting Cobra, Black-necked Spitting Cobra, Rhombic Egg-eater, Spotted Skaapsteker, Olive Whip Snake, Spotted Harlequin Snake, Herald Snake, Natal Green Snake, South African Red Data Book, Southern African Python, Common Brown Water Snake New!
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Snakes have traditionally been looked upon as slimy, repulsive and aggressive creatures that attack people at every opportunity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
paired subcaudals, midbody scales, stiletto snake, anal shield, large eyes with round pupils, other harmless snakes, karoo scrub, zigzag pattern down the back, single subcaudals, upper labials, lower labials, small slender snake, disused termite mounds, diurnal snake, moist savanna, stubby snake, yellow vertebral stripe, impressive hood, capensis capensis, endemic snake, smaller adders, berg adder, snakebite envenomation, black crossbars, small adders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Puff Adder, Garter Snake, Southern Stiletto Snake, Coral Snake, Zebra Cobra, Cape Cobra, Mole Snake, Snouted Cobra, Rhombic Night Adder, Gaboon Adder, Southern File Snake, Mozambique Spitting Cobra, Brown House Snake, Natal Black Snake, Black Spitting Cobra, Black-necked Spitting Cobra, Rhombic Egg-eater, Spotted Skaapsteker, Olive Whip Snake, Spotted Harlequin Snake, Herald Snake, Natal Green Snake, South African Red Data Book, Southern African Python, Common Brown Water Snake New!
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- Southern Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, and Southern Mozambique (Traveller's Wildlife Guides) by Bill Branch in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Snakes of Southern Africa by Johan Marais in Front Matter
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