American Snakes

Informationen zum Autor Sean P. Graham is an assistant professor of biology at Sul Ross State University. Klappentext 125 million years ago on the floodplains of North America, a burrowing lizard started down the long evolutionary path of shedding its limbs. The 60-plus species of snakes found in Sean P. Graham's American Snakes have this ancestral journey to thank for their ubiquity, diversity, and beauty. Although many people fear them, snakes are as much a part of America's rich natural heritage as redwoods, bald eagles, and grizzly bears. Found from the vast Okefenokee Swamp to high alpine meadows, from hardwood canopies to the burning bottom of the Grand Canyon, these ultimate vertebrates are ecologically pivotal predators and quintessential survivors.In this revelatory and engaging meditation on American snakes, Graham, a respected herpetologist and gifted writer, ¿ Zusammenfassung This proud celebration of a diverse American wildlife group will make every reader! no matter how skeptical! into a genuine snake lover. Inhaltsverzeichnis highlights the contribution of snakes to the American wilderness¿

Product details

• Authors: Sean P Graham, Sean P. Graham, Sean P. (Sul Ross State University) Graham, Sean P./ Shine Graham
• Assisted by: Shine Rick (Foreword)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9781421423593
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-2359-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; USA, Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, United States of America, USA, Reptiles, Zoology: amphibians and reptiles (herpetology), Wildlife: reptiles and amphibians: general interest, Wildlife: Reptiles & Amphibians