1st Edition

Snakes of the World A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species

1240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

1237 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

1237 Pages
by CRC Press

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species —the first catalogue of its kind—covers all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012, comprising 3,509 living and 274 extinct species allocated to 539 living and 112 extinct genera. Also included are 54 genera and 302 species that are dubious or invalid, resulting in recognition of 705 genera and 4,085 species.... Read more

Introduction

Collection Acronyms

Acknowledgements

Valid Genera and Species

Genera and Species Inquirenda

Geographical References

Literature Cited

Index

Biography

Van Wallach, Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy

" … would be appropriate for professional herpetologists … a key reference in a comprehensive herpetology collection … Recommended."
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"… a specialized resource focusing on the history and documentation of naming conventions … comprehensive, comprising over 1,200 pages, and including almost 400 pages of references. … key reference source for any professional herpetologist interested in naming nomenclature. Recommended for academic libraries."
—By Kevin McDonough for ARBAonline

"You want to own this book for the wealth of information in the genus and species accounts, the literature cited, and the beautiful simplicity of using it. Oh, and the cover has an impressive photograph of a cobra head."
—Brian I. Crother, Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, USA in The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 90