num_pages: 288
description: In the most exquisitely photographed, informative, and comprehensive book yet published on the subject, author and herpetologist Chris Mattison provides details and descriptions of snakes rarely available to lay readers. Magnificent color photographs accompany a well-organized, readable text containing rare material culled from scientific journals and herpetology society publications from around the world. Encyclopedia of Snakes encompasses the complete array of snake shapes, patterns, sizes, and behaviorall presented with an evolutionary perspective fittingly applied to this mysterious species.
language: English
title: The Encyclopedia of Snakes
titlecomplete: The Encyclopedia of Snakes
genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Animals, Natural History
ratings_count: 67
publisher: Checkmark Books