Eagle Mountain Publishing
Biology of the boas and pythons.
This collection of articles introduces researchers to details about boas and pythons, ranging from their ecology, natural history and evolution to their behavior, physiology, neurology, reproductive biology and conservation. Specific topics include higher-level relationships inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes, limits of distribution through temperature, ecological modeling, environmental and genetic influences on body size and head shape, habitat uses, foraging ecology and diet in a predator, striking behaviors, construction strength, co-adaptation, vision and infrared lighting, mating systems, habitat loss, spatial ecology, conservation in an insular population, and results in introduced populations. The line drawings are very well done and the color photographs and other imagery are magnificent. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
