A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa

A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa: this is updated and expanded 3rd edition / 2022.
Marais, Johan
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Title: A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa
Author: Johan Marais
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Imprint: Struik Nature
3rd edition. Cape Town, South Africa 2022
ISBN 9781775847472 / ISBN 978-1-77-584747-2
Softcover, 17 x 24 cm, 360 pages, 760 colour photos, images and maps

About: A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa

This magnificent new compendium by Johan Marais fills a gap that has widened since there have been no recent publications such as A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa, which has been updated, revised and expanded. New information based on scientific research relating to behaviour, identification, reproduction and snake venoms has been included in the species accounts. Johan Marais is very well qualified, as an experienced and accomplished field herpetologist, basic life support instructor, teacher, trainer, founder and CEO of the African Snakebite Institute, and snake photographer par excellence. He is helped in his efforts by some outstanding contributors. The guide features all essential aspects of snake biology and behaviour, species descriptions are accompanied by full-colour photographs and distribution maps, simple icons make essential information available at a glance. A separate ‘key features’ box assists in quickly identifying species in the field and chapters on classification and identification, keeping snakes, and the treatment of snakebite supplement the species accounts.

Content: A Complete Guide to the Snakes of Southern Africa

INTRODUCTION
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
CLASSIFICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS
SNAKEBITE
SNAKES IN CAPTIVITY
SPECIES ACCOUNTS
ADDERS OR VIPERS
MAMBAS, COBRAS AND THEIR RELATIVES
BACK-FANGED AND OTHER VENOMOUS SNAKES
FANGLESS AND NON-VENOMOUS SNAKES
BLIND AND THREAD SNAKES
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX