Snakes of the Southeast /
by Whit Gibbons and Mike Dorcas.
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2005.
- 253 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
- A Wormsloe Foundation nature book .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244) and indexes.
All about snakes. Why snakes? -- General biology of snakes -- Snake diversity -- Food and feeding -- Predators -- Defense -- Reproduction -- Locomotion -- Activity -- Temperature biology -- Identifying snake species of the Southeast -- Species accounts.Introduction -- How to use the species accounts -- Small terrestrial snakes -- Mid-sized terrestrial snakes -- Large terrestrial snakes -- Watersnakes -- Venomous snakes -- Introduced species -- People and snakes. What is a herpetologist? -- Backyard snakes -- Snakes as pets -- Snake conservation -- Attitudes about snakes.
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