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Description: |
ix, 236 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-229) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Identification of venomous reptiles -- Key to the venomous reptiles of North America -- Helodermatidae: venomous lizards -- Heloderma suspectum, Gila monster -- Elapidae: elapid snakes -- Micruroides euryxanthus, Sonoran coral snake -- Micrurus fulvius, Harlequin coral snake -- Pelamis platurus, Yellow-bellied sea snake -- Viperidae: viperid snakes -- Agkistrodon contortrix, Copperhead -- Agkistrodon piscivorus, Cottonmouth -- Sistrurus catenatus, Massasauga -- Sistrurus miliarius, Pigmy rattlesnake -- Crotalus adamanteus, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake -- Crotalus atrox, Western diamond rattlesnake -- Crotalus cerastes, Sidewinder -- Crotalus horridus, Timber rattlesnake -- Crotalus lepidus, Rock rattlesnake -- Crotalus mitchelli, Speckled rattlesnake -- Crotalus molossus, Black-tailed rattlesnake -- Crotalus pricei, Twin-spotted rattlesnake -- Crotalus ruber, Red diamond rattlesnake -- Crotalus scutulatus, Mojave rattlesnake -- Crotalus tigris, Tiger rattlesnake -- Crotalus viridis, Western rattlesnake -- Crotalus willardi, Ridgenose rattlesnake. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Subject: A guide to identifying all venomous reptiles north of Mexico, from copperheads, cottonmouths, and rattlesnakes to the Gila monster. (Publisher). |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Ernst, Carl H. Venomous reptiles of North America. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1992 (OCoLC)645839190 |
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Index - Uncontrolled: |
Poisonous animals Reptiles |