This detailed and comprehensive guide to the 151 snakes indigenous to southern Africa covers all essential aspects of snake biology and behavior. Now in its second edition, A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa has been updated, revised and expanded to include at least 11 newly discovered and 30 re-classified species and sub-species. New information based on international scientific research has been included in the species accounts relating to behavior, identification, reproduction and snake venom. This readable and user-friendly guide will be invaluable to herpetologists, snake collectors, hikers, gardeners, campers and householders, or anyone who may encounter or want to know more about these fascinating and widely misunderstood reptiles.
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Johan Marais is a naturalist and photographer with a special interest in reptiles. He has worked at the 'Transvaal Snake Park' and the Fitzsimons Snake Park and has contributed to a variety of TV and radio broadcasts, magazines and journal articles. Johan currently owns a chain of bookstores across South Africa.
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Best snake identification book on Southern Africa.,
This review is from: Complete Guide To Snakes Of Southern Africa (Paperback)
By far the best snake identification guide on southern Africa on the market today !
I have got the first version of this book as well, it was good, but this one is really good. First of all the book has got a normal size, a lot of these guides are small and are therefore handy to pack but difficult to use. This one has not as it is A4 size. Photos are generally of good quality and of live animals and give you allready good identification keys. The drawings besides the text shows you in a blink of an eye what the head of the snakes looks like,venomous or not, and if so how venomous, nocturnal/diurnal,ground or tree dwelling and size. Text is good as well as the distribution mappes. Conclusion ?! Interested by southern African snakes ? Buy this book. Going to southern Africa and need a field guide ? Buy this book.
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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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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Southern Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, and Southern Mozambique (Travellers' Wildlife Guides) by William Branch in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Snakes of Southern Africa by Marais in Front Matter
- The Subtle Beast: Snakes, From Myth to Medicine (Science Spectra) by Andre Menez in Back Matter
- The Subtle Beast: Snakes, From Myth to Medicine (Science Spectra) by Andre Menez in Back Matter
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