| Description |
144 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and index. |
| Contents |
Rattlers: Size -- Shape -- Colour and pattern -- Scales -- Rattle -- Senses -- Venom apparatus -- Habits and habitat: Distribution -- Habitats -- Behaviour -- Reproduction -- Origins and evolution: Fossil rattlesnakes -- Origins of the rattlesnakes -- How rattlesnakes may have evolved -- Interactions with humans: Snake bite -- Myths and studies -- Conservation -- Rattlesnake species: Genus Crotalus, rattlesnakes -- Genus Sistrurus, massassauga and pygmy rattlesnakes. |
| Subject |
Rattlesnakes.
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| ISBN |
0713725346 |
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