
A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Southeast Asia (3rd ed)
Indraneil Das(Author)
John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
3rd Edition
Published on 27. January 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-913679-09-5 (ISBN)
Description
This fully revised and updated 3rd edition of A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of Southeast Asia is an easy-to-use identification guide to 264 snake species most commonly found in Southeast Asia (covering Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali), and is perfect for resident and visitor alike.
High quality photographs from the region's top nature photographers, some of species that have never before been published, are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers snake topography, how to deal with snake bites and a glossary. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the snakes of Southeast Asia encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, IUCN status as at 2020 and its status in each country.
High quality photographs from the region's top nature photographers, some of species that have never before been published, are accompanied by detailed species descriptions which include nomenclature, size, distribution, habits and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers snake topography, how to deal with snake bites and a glossary. Also included is an all-important checklist of all of the snakes of Southeast Asia encompassing, for each species, its common and scientific name, IUCN status as at 2020 and its status in each country.
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
300 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 179 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
274 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913679-09-5 (9781913679095)
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Person
Indraneil Das is Professor of Herpetology at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. He has a DPhil from Oxford University and was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. He has authored many books on snakes.