Stalking the plumed serpent and other adventures in herpetology / D. Bruce Means.
Means, D. Bruce.
2008
QL641 .M39 2007 (Mapit)
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Title Stalking the plumed serpent and other adventures in herpetology / D. Bruce Means.
Author Means, D. Bruce.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781561644339 (alk. paper)
1561644331 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Sarasota, Fla. : Pineapple Press, c2008.
Language English
Description ix, 238 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Call Number QL641 .M39 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 597.9
Summary Based on his more than 40 years of field research, Means, an expert on the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, reveals the biological complexity and beauty of animals that he has studied, including the rattlesnake that might have served as the model for the mythical plumed serpent of Mayan art.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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