Latest developments in understanding how, when and where the extraordinary body plan and ecology of snakes evolved from lizard ancestors.

This book presents perspectives on the past and present state of the understanding of snake origins. It reviews and critiques data and ideas from paleontology a

Accurate, synthetic, and sweeping, The Rise of Reptiles is the definitive work on the subject.

The global prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep connection to them—but why, when few of us have firsthand experience? The

Updated to reflect the most recent species classifications, a second edition of the beautifully illustrated and beloved guide to 600 members of the suborder Ser