Boas and Pythons of the World, by Mark O'Shea

NATURALLY we are captivated by the giant boas and pythons of the world. The green anaconda, for example, can grow to an eye-popping 11.5 metres. This book, however, features not only the largest, most well-known snakes, but also the smallest, including the often overlooked and rarely photographed basal snakes, such as wormsnakes, threadsnakes and blindsnakes. Though they are thinner than a pencil and rather primitive-looking, blindsnakes merit just as much study as their more striking cousins. Mark O’Shea gives detailed information on the distribution and physical attributes of over 100 species, all the while peppering the text with personal anecdotes…