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Description: |
160 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 33 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Foreword -- [pt. 1]. Introduction -- Evolution of leglessness as an advanced state -- Anatomy of snakes -- Basal snake diversity and distribution -- Constriction -- Giant snakes : myth or monster? -- Man-eating snakes -- Life underground -- Conservation -- [pt. 2]. The Americas -- American blindsnakes -- Slender blindsnakes -- Blindsnakes -- Early blindsnakes -- American basal snake -- South American Pipesnake -- American macrostomatan snakes -- Meso-American python -- American boas -- Neotropical treeboas -- Rainbow boas -- West Indian boas -- Boa constrictor -- Anacondas -- North American Rosy and Rubber boas -- Eyelash boas -- Central American Dwarf boas -- West Indian Dwarf boas and woodsnakes -- [pt. 3]. Europe and Asia -- European and Asian blindsnakes -- Slender blindsnakes -- Blindsnakes -- Asian basal snakes -- Little Pipesnakes -- Asian Pipesnakes -- Shieldtails -- Asian macrostomatan snakes -- Sunbeam snakes -- Spine-jawed snakes -- Eurasian sand boas -- Sand boas -- Asian pythons -- Short-tailed pythons -- Asian rock pythons -- Reticulated python. |
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Contents: [pt. 4]. Africa and the Indian Ocean islands -- African blindsnakes -- Slender blindsnakes -- Blindsnakes -- African boas -- Sand and ground boas -- African pythons -- Small pythons -- African rock pythons -- Indian Ocean boas -- Madagascan boas -- Round Island boas -- [pt. 5]. Australasia and the Pacific Ocean islands -- Australasian blindsnakes -- Blindsnakes -- Indo-Australian basal snakes -- East Indonesian Pipesnakes -- Australasian pythons -- Black-headed python and Woma -- Children's pythons -- Water pythons -- Olive pythons -- White-lipped pythons -- Papuan Archipelago pythons -- Carpet pythons -- Rare Australian pythons -- Tree pythons -- Scrub pythons -- Montane pythons -- Sunda Island pythons -- Pacific boas -- Pacific Island boas. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Describes the habitats and behaviors of boa constrictors and pythons. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: O'Shea, Mark. Boas and pythons of the world. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2007 (OCoLC)645922550 |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2006932790-b.html |