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Reviews: 3
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Average rating: 4.3/5
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MSRP: $75.00 new
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Description: Edited by J. A. Campbell and E. D. Brodie, Jr. This book is a compilation of 30 scientific papers relating to the biology and ecology of crotalids. While it is interesting reading for those interested in the natural history of this family, it does not contain a significant amount of information about husbandry or captive maintenance.
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 1, 2000 20:43
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Excellent.
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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The book is worth its weight in gold. While it doesn't cover all aspects of the biology of these creatures, the articles contained within are, at times, eye opening to say the least. Anyone interested in Crotaline snakes should have a copy. It's too bad there aren't enough copies to go around.
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Rating: 4/5
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Aug 28, 2000 00:45
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Good, but...
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This volume is not quite as comprehensive as the title suggests. While several of the authors are noted scientists (including Sherman Minton and Elliott Jacobson), the contributions tend to be very narrowly focused on specific research topics which may or may not be of interest to the casual reader. The text is broken down into 8 sections: Introduction, Systematics (6 articles), Evolution (6 articles), Technique (1 article), Natural History (7 articles), Behavior (6 articles), Snakebite (2 articles) and Maintenance and Conservation (2 articles). A sampling of these articles includes the following titles: (1) Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the palm-pitvipers, genus Bothriechis: Biochemical and morphological evidence, (12) Is long-term sperm storage an important component of the reproductive biology of temperate pitvipers?, (13) Radiotelemetric field studies of pitvipers: Data aquisition and analysis, (18) Phenology of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) in an unglaciated section of the Appalachian mountains and (29) Paramyxoviral infection of viperid snakes. Check this one out in your university library before you buy it, as it's not an essential reference for the home library.
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