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All specialists in herpetology Mallow (biology, Linsly School, Wheeling, West Virginia), ecologist a...
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All specialists in herpetology Mallow (biology, Linsly School, Wheeling, West Virginia), ecologist and environmental science David Ludwig, and Göran Nilson (structural and systematic zoology, Göteborg U., Sweden) the three authors provide details about the 85 species in the 14 genera of the subfamilies Viperinae, Causinae, and Azemiopinae traditionally known as the true vipers of the family Viperidae. They provide what information is known about recognizable traits, taxonomy and distribution, habitat, food and feeding, behavior, and reproduction and development. Color plates illustrate all or most species. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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