Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012. This new volume will be a supplement to this important herpetological reference and will include new published data on snakes named and recognized since 2012.
Key Features
Supplements and updates Wallach et al. - Snakes of the World - the only work to cover all living snakes in the world.
Includes updates for fossil snakes named since the publication of Wallach et al.
Summarizes the systematic snake literature published since the appearance of Wallach et al.
Genera and species are listed alphabetically for ease of reference.
Related Titles
Wallach, V., K. L. Williams, and J. Boundy. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species (ISBN 978-1-138-03400-6)
Aldridge, R. D. and D. M. Sever, eds. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Snakes (ISBN 978-1-57808-701-3)
Caldwell, M. W. The Origin of Snakes: Morphology and the Fossil Record (ISBN 978-1-4822-5134-0)
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Höhe: 280 mm
Breite: 210 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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978-1-138-61811-4 (9781138618114)
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Jeff Boundy is a Biologist in the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is also a Research Associate in the Museum of Natural Science at Louisiana State University. He is the author of dozens of scientific peer reviewed journal articles and was the co-author of Snakes of the World: A Catalog of Living and Extinct Species .
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Louisiana Deptartment of Wildlife & Fisheries, Baton Rouge, USA
Introduction. Current Classification of Snakes. Annotated list of Snakes, with revisions and comments. Literature Cited. Index
