Biology of the Pitvipers
ISBN:0-9630537-0-1
“This imposing collection of herpetological contributions provides an
outstanding overview of the most highly specialized of all snakes.”
Roger Conant — Adjunct Professor
The University of New Mexico
“From a clinical standpoint…Biology of the Pitvipers is a timely
addition to the American snakebite literature… The sequelae for pitviper
poisoning in the United States by R. C. Dart et al. fills an important
gap in the literature. It documents for the first time the long range
effects of pitviper bites in a careful, systematic, and scientific fashion.
The entertaining and readable style in which this account is written is
an added bonus. [David Hardy’s] comprehensive evaluation of the Extractor®
suction device and Stun Gun® electroshock are the most in-depth and
thorough reviews to date of these controversial maneuvers.”
George Watt, M.D. — DTM & H Chief
Department of Medicine, AFRIMS
“For the first time, the many studies of the spellbinding [pitvipers]
are being pulled together into a single volume… The book…presents
a sweeping view of the pit viper’s evolution, its bizarre anatomy, its
alternately violent and gallant mating behavior, the lethal brew of toxins
and degradative enzymes found in its venom, its singular approach to eating
and other solutions the creature has devised to the problem of being a
snake.”
The New York Times
“This volume is a good investment for serious students of viper evolution
and ecology. The editors have brought together a number of timely, solid
contributions that succeed admirably in providing both a good introduction,
summaries of previous work, and new data and ideas. Recent years have
brought us a number of other symposium volumes, but few have achieved
this general level of scholarship.”
Darrel R. Frost — Assistant Curator of Herpetology
American Museum of Natural History
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