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ENEMIES & DEFENSE

  • Mark O’Shea
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The Book of Snakes
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© 2023 University of Chicago Press

© 2023 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. INTRODUCTION 6
  4. EVOLUTION & DIVERSITY OF SNAKES 8
  5. WHAT IS A SNAKE? 12
  6. PREY & HUNTING 18
  7. ENEMIES & DEFENSE 22
  8. REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES 26
  9. SNAKES & HUMANKIND 32
  10. THE SNAKES 37
  11. SCOLECOPHIDIA 39
  12. ALETHINOPHIDIA: AMEROPHIDIA 65
  13. ALETHINOPHIDIA: AFROPHIDIA: HENOPHIDIA 71
  14. ALETHINOPHIDIA: AFROPHIDIA: CAENOPHIDIA.part 1 127
  15. ALETHINOPHIDIA: AFROPHIDIA: CAENOPHIDIA.part 2 425
  16. GLOSSARY 646
  17. RESOURCES 648
  18. INDEX of COMMON NAMES 650
  19. INDEX of SCIENTIFIC NAMES 653
  20. INDEX of TAXONOMIC GROUPS 655
  21. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 656
https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226832869-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. INTRODUCTION 6
  4. EVOLUTION & DIVERSITY OF SNAKES 8
  5. WHAT IS A SNAKE? 12
  6. PREY & HUNTING 18
  7. ENEMIES & DEFENSE 22
  8. REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES 26
  9. SNAKES & HUMANKIND 32
  10. THE SNAKES 37
  11. SCOLECOPHIDIA 39
  12. ALETHINOPHIDIA: AMEROPHIDIA 65
  13. ALETHINOPHIDIA: AFROPHIDIA: HENOPHIDIA 71
  14. ALETHINOPHIDIA: AFROPHIDIA: CAENOPHIDIA.part 1 127
  15. ALETHINOPHIDIA: AFROPHIDIA: CAENOPHIDIA.part 2 425
  16. GLOSSARY 646
  17. RESOURCES 648
  18. INDEX of COMMON NAMES 650
  19. INDEX of SCIENTIFIC NAMES 653
  20. INDEX of TAXONOMIC GROUPS 655
  21. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 656
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