The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago / Hans E.A. Boos. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boos, Hans E. A., 1939-

Series:

W.L. Moody, Jr., natural history series ; no. 31

W.L. Moody, Jr., natural history series The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Snakes--Trinidad and Tobago.

Snakes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 270 p., [8] p. of plates ) ill. (some col.), maps ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Scientific fact meets island folklore as Hans E.A. Boos presents more than sixty species of snakes found in the twin-island independent Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The culmination of thirty years of collecting and observing the snakes of these islands, The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago engagingly informs readers about these often feared and misunderstood creatures."--Jacket.

Contents:

Taxonomy and Species Accounts. Family: Leptotyphlopidae

Thread Snakes. Family: Typhlopidae

Blind Snakes. Family: Aniliidae

Pipe Snakes. Family: Boidae

Boas and Pythons. Family: Colubridae

Harmless Snakes. Subfamily: Xenodontinae. Subfamily: Dipsadinae. Subfamily: Colubrinae. Family: Elapidae

Coral Snakes, Cobras, Mambas. Family: Viperidae

Pit Vipers (Mapepires)

Snakebite: Antidotes and Anecdotes

App. 1. The Belgian Black Stone

App. 2. Identifying Large, Diurnal, Mostly Black Snakes in Trinidad and Tobago.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-257) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-58544-938-5