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This is a fully up-to-date and comprehensive photographic field guide to the snakes of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Lavishly illustrated with 387 color photographs, it includes coverage of all 122 snake species found in these regions. The first dedicated field guide on snakes to appear in many years, Snakes of Europe, North Africaand the Middle East will be indispensable for anyone interested in learning more about these unique reptiles.

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"With accurate species accounts, solid organization, extremely high-quality illustrations and easy-to-use distribution maps, this ambitious book contains just the right amount of information and is an outstanding identification guide."--Howard Inns, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust

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Philippe Geniez is a researcher at the École Pratique des Hautes Études within the Centre d´Écologie Fonctionelle et Évolutive in Montpellier, France.

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