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Jakob Rating: 5/5 Oct 26, 2006 05:29 Send this review to a friend A little note  Time owned: more than 12 months The books complete title is "Snakes - the evolution of mysteri in nature"  Jakob Rating: 5/5 Oct 26, 2006 05:27 Send this review to a friend Excellent all round book!  Time owned: more than 12 months WOW I wonder why no-one has reviwed this book before. Over here it's kind of a bible ;) Though it is an old book (1997) it is still a really really good book, which I think is a MUST for everyone keeping snakes. Some things like the taxonomy and "rearfanged" is outdated, but still there is a LOT of basic info on snakes to get in this book. I have yet to find one book covering so many topics and give so much information in a easy-to-understand language. It is also quite easy to read, though english is not your native language. The book is made up of 3 parts, which again is divided in chapters. Part one is "Lifestyle" Some topics covered here is Classification, General biology, Feeding, Venomous snakes, Reproduction etc. Part 2 is Diversity. Here the different families like elapids, viperids, colubrids etc are covered. Part 3 is Synthesis. Here Greene write s about evolution and biogeography as well as a historic chaåter where he discuss snakes in the past, present and future. Furthermore there are 16 "special Topics" in the book. These are a few pages coverings topics like "Deadly colubrids and famous herpetologists "The coral snake mimicry problem" etc. I, for one, would love to see an updated version of this fantastic book, since much has happend since '97. This was my first "serious" snakebook and i have read it several times. Sometimes i still take it down from the shelf nd read my favorite chapters.