Although snakes are among the most fascinating of animals, information on their ecology and behaviour has always been relatively inaccessible. Now, this volume provides a broad and comprehensive overview of snake ecology and evolutionary biology, including contributions by leading researchers who provide an in-depth literature review and report on exciting areas of study such as population genetics, neurobiology, functional morphology and ecology, behaviour and evolution. With the help of this compendium, herpetologists, zoologists, naturalists, and environmentalists can now have at their fingertips the latest research findings on snakes, such as thermoregulation, foraging ecology, habitat selection, adaptations to arboreality, and sexual dimorphism. This reference also features a wealth of illustrations and extensive bibliographies that will aid researchers in current and future research.

Product Description: This comprehensive key for identifying specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the U.S. and Canada - the first since 1983 - incorporates the wealth of scientific findings generated by molecular systematics (the study of DNA to determine genetic relationships) and simplifies identification by making geographic origin a leading factor...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Describes and illustrates 135 native and introduced fishes found in Kansas. The book provides information on appearance, habitat, reproduction, food and unusual or interesting traits and behaviours. Standardised common and scientific names with identification keys are included.

Product Description: An extensive update, this edition of "Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas" includes, for the first time, 96 colour photographs of salamanders, frogs and toads, turtles, lizards and snakes, as well as a collection of black-and-white photographs...read more

Shows and describes a variety of poisonous snakes, discusses venom extraction, and offers practical advice on acquiring, feeding, housing, and breeding venomous snakes (view table of contents)

Product Description: The variety will surprise you. Because of its central location, Kansas is a meeting ground for North American animals. Six hundred ten species of land animals--birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians--live in or pass through Kansas...read more

Product Description: Pp. x, 277; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings and graphs. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, sm 4to (10.25 x 7.25 inches). This is Contributions to Herpetology no. 1, published by the Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians (SSAR)...read more