American Snakes

American Snakes
Author :
Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 312
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781421423593
ISBN-13 : 1421423596
Rating : 4/5 (596 Downloads)

Book Synopsis American Snakes by : Sean P. Graham

Download or read book American Snakes written by Sean P. Graham and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 125 million years ago on the floodplains of North America, a burrowing lizard started down the long evolutionary path of shedding its limbs. The 60-plus species of snakes found in Sean P. Graham's American Snakes have this ancestral journey to thank for their ubiquity, diversity, and beauty. Although many people fear them, snakes are as much a part of America's rich natural heritage as redwoods, bald eagles, and grizzly bears. Neither a typical field guide nor an exhaustive reference, American Snakes is instead a fascinating study of the suborder Serpentes. Brimming with intriguing and unusual stories- of hognose snakes that roll over and play dead, blindsnakes with tiny vestigial lungs, rainbow-hued dipsadines, and wave-surfing sea-snakes- the text is interspersed with scores of gorgeous full-color images of snakes, from the scary to the sublime.


American Snakes Related Books

American Snakes
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Sean P. Graham
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02 - Publisher: JHU Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

125 million years ago on the floodplains of North America, a burrowing lizard started down the long evolutionary path of shedding its limbs. The 60-plus species
America's Snake
Language: en
Pages: 508
Authors: Ted Levin
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-12 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The acclaimed naturalist offers an in-depth profile of the timber rattlesnake, from its unique biological adaptations to its role in American history. The omino
Snakes of the Eastern United States
Language: en
Pages: 426
Authors: Whit Gibbons
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-15 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

More than sixty species of snakes are found in the eastern United States, the region of highest biodiversity of all reptiles and amphibians in North America. In
Snakes of North America
Language: en
Pages: 636
Authors: Alan Tennant
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-06-19 - Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Providing thorough descriptions of almost 200 species, this guide presents thousands of facts and figures that will help you identify, understand, and appreciat
Snakes of Eastern North America
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Carl H. Ernst
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Fairfax, Va. : George Mason University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The first treatise to be published in thirty years on the 58 snakes found in eastern North America, Snakes of Eastern North America provides a current summary o