The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World

by Mark O'Shea

Updated to reflect the most recent species classifications, a second edition of the beautifully illustrated and beloved guide to 600 members of the suborder Serpentes.

For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion. Some people recoil in fear at the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them as pets. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226832856
• ISBN13: 9780226832852
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 5.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.7" x 7.9" x 10.5"