Australian Flora and Fauna Series Number 7:
Atlas of Elapid Snakes of Australia
1986 edition cover
OUT OF PRINT
This Atlas contains a distribution map for each member of the snake family Elapidae found in Australia. The family contains all the front-fanged, venomous, terrestrial snakes in Australia, representing some 77 species. Several of the world’s deadliest snakes belong to this family, which has representatives in Africa, Asia, India, the Americas and the Pacific Islands. The family reaches its greatest diversity in Australia.
There are almost 17 000 records contained in the Atlas. For the first time, locality data from all the major Australian and overseas institutions housing large collections of elapid snakes have been assembled.
Australian Flora and Fauna Series Number 7:
Atlas of Elapid Snakes of Australia
1989 revised edition cover
About this book
Book series: Australian Flora and Fauna Series Number 7
Publisher: AGPS Canberra
Year: 1986, Revised Edition 1989
Author: R.Longmore
ISBN-10:
1986: 0 644 04887 5
1989: 0 644 10495 3
ISBN-13:
1986: 978 0 644 04887 3
1989: 978 0 644 10495 1
ISSN: 0813-6726
Size: 297 × 210 mm (A4)
Number of pages: v + 115 pages, index, glossary, bibliography
Binding: Softcover, spiral bound
Illustrations: 24 colour plates, 3 black and white plates, 80 maps