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Description: |
2 volumes, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: v. 1. Heloderma, Micruroides, Micrurus, Pelamis, Agkistrodon, Sistrurus -- v. 2. Crotalus. Eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake ; Western diamond-backed rattlesnake ; Mexican west coast rattlesnake ; Santa Catalina Island rattleless rattlesnake ; Sidewinder ; Baja California rattlesnake ; Southern Pacific rattlesnake ; Timber rattlesnake ; Rock rattlesnake ; Speckled rattlesnake ; Black-tailed rattlesnake ; Northern pacific rattlesnake ; Twin-spotted rattlesnake ; Red diamond rattlesnake ; Mojave rattlesnake ; Panamint rattlesnake ; Tiger rattlesnake ; Tortuga Island rattlesnake ; Totonacan rattlesnake ; Western rattlesnake ; Ridge-nosed rattlesnake. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: The first volume contains species accounts of the venomous lizards and elapid and viperid snakes found north of Mexico's twenty-fifth parallel. Volume two covers the twenty-one species of rattlesnakes found in the United States, Canada, and northern Mexico. |