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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy it !!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Snakes (Hardcover)
This comprehensive, highly illustrated book
covers the most popular aspects of snake biology
and is intended to be the most informative and
comprehensive title on the subject yet published.
Throughout, colour photographs show the
fascinating variety of snake coloration as well as
being used to illustrate and clarify points of
interest.
Each chapter consists of a main theme containing text, photographs and diagrams. There is a detailed coverage of snake classification, evolution, natural diversity, size, shape and coloration, physiology, ecology, feeding, defensive behaviour, breeding, mythology, superstition and modern human attitudes to snakes. In addition, there are 'fact boxes'within each chapter, which comprise items of special importance and interest, such as scale-type, population in the wild, egg incubation, etc. Above all, this will be a major international title for all involved and interested in snakes, their zoology and care in captivity. Chris Mattison is a professional berpetologist, based in Sheffield in the UK, with an international reputation as a writer on the topic. He is a long- established Cassell/Blandford author, having written Snakes of the World, Keeping and Breeding Snakes and half-a-dozen other related titles. A member of both the British and International Herpetological Societies, he travels widely photographing reptiles in the wild and is in demand as a lecturer on the subject in Europe and North America.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent general introduction to herpetology,
By Shan K Casteel (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Snakes (Hardcover)
This books provides great info for snakes and their physiology, as well as taxonomy/classification. The main thing I found lacking was information on specific species; though it cover family/genus info fairly well, I felt it forsook the "trees for the forest." But overall very good.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Useful for the amateur to intermediate,
By Alex (College Park, MD) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Snakes (Hardcover)
Although not quite a good reference work for the true professional, The Encyclopedia of Snakes covers a wide array of topics and goes through the classification of the snakes in a comprehensible family by family format. The quality of the photographs is quite excellent, and, coupled with the extensive tidbits on habits, anatomy, classification, and range makes a wonderful and compelling read.
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