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How snakes work: structure, function and behavior of the world's snakes/
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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New York:
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | https://books.google.co.in/books?id=RG9VAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=How+snakes+work&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE2IqX-cHTAhUHpI8KHY9-ApoQ6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&q=How%20snakes%20work&f=false |
Table of Contents:
- Evolutionary history and classification of the world's snakes
- Feeding, digestion, and water balance
- Locomotion : how snakes move
- Temperature and ectothermy
- Structure and function of skin
- Internal transport : circulation and respiration
- Perceiving the snake's world: structure and function of sense organs
- Sound production
- Courtship and reproduction.