Poisonous Snakes of the World

TitlePoisonous Snakes of the World
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1968
AuthorsDepartment of the Navy
Number of Pagesvii + 8 plates + 203
PublisherUnited States Government Printing Office
CityWashington
Accession NumberPR0000008
Abstract

Avoidance of snake bite; symptoms of snake bite; recognition of a venomous snake; distribution of poisonous land snakes in Australia and the Pacific Islands; key to genera; descriptions of and remarks about individual snakes with some illustrations; distribution of sea snakes; description of some species with illustrations; suppliers of antivenenes.