Classification and general biology -- Locomotion and habitats -- Diet and feeding -- Venomous snakes and snakebite -- Predators and defense -- Behavior, reproduction, and population biology -- Blindsnakes -- Pipesnakes, boas, and other basal groups -- Old World Colubrids -- New World Colubrids -- Stiletto snakes and other African enigmas -- Cobras, coralsnakes, and their relatives -- Seakraits and seasnakes -- Vipers, adders, and pitvipers -- Evolution and biogeography -- Snakes and others: past, present, and future -- Epilogue: why snakes? -- Appendix: systematics and evolutionary inference.
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