The poisonous snakes of the world

This book has no analogues in Russian. It contains all the main information about one of the most amazing and still insufficiently studied inhabitants of our planet - toxic snakes. The book gives reviews of the poisonous snakes of all regions of the world: from the vast expanses of our Motherland to the most remote corners of the world.
Author - a well -known specialist in the study of poisonous snakes with almost half a century of work experience, the head of the herpetology department of the Moscow Zoo - gives the most modern information about the anatomy and physiology of poisonous snakes, the basis of their systematic, statistics of snake bites, methods of their treatment and prevention . Particular attention in the book is first paid to already shared snakes, the bites of which can be no less dangerous for humans. In addition, S.V. Kudryavtsev tells about the relationship of man to snakes in different historical periods, in different cultures and among different peoples of the world, in various religions and myth -making, the role of snakes in biocenoses and human life.
The basis of the book, in addition to carefully selected literary data contained in numerous domestic and foreign monographs and scientific journals, is laid for many years of practical experience, deep erudition of the author and the results of special scientific research. All this raises the book to a very high level among publications published in Western Europe and America. You can be sure that this publication will be interesting to herpetologists, doctors, students, travelers and everyone who is interested in unusual animals of the Earth