''The New Encyclopedia of Snakes'' is an

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by Chris Mattison.

Book summary

The encyclopedia has information about snakes that is listed from A-Z. The book has pictures and information about snake

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habitats In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

diets The Low Countries comprise the coastal Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta region in Western Europe, whose definition usually includes the modern countries of Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. Both Belgium and the Netherlands derived their ...

hunting Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...

and defense behaviors,

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, and a history of human responses to snakes.

Reception

It was reviewed by ''Science Activities'', ''

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, ''Wildlife Activist'', ''Dover Post'', ''Choice'', and ''Science Books and Fun''.Princeton
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References

1995 non-fiction books Encyclopedias of science Snakes {{encyclopedia-stub