Limit search to available items
Book Cover
Book
Author O'Shea, Mark.

Title A guide to the snakes of Papua New Guinea / by Mark O'Shea
Published Port Moresby : Independent Publishing, [1996]
©1996

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB SPC THORNE  597.9609953 Osh/Gtt  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 239 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm
Series Contribution no. 147 from the Christensen Research Institute
Contribution ... from the Christensen Research Institute ; no. 147
Contents Snakebite first aid -- Wei bilong lukautim Manmeri sapos sinek ibin kaikaim em -- How to apply a pressure bandage -- Foreword / Parry Zeipi -- Aims of the guide -- The snake diversity -- Fact or fiction -- Snake skulls and snakebite -- Conservation of snakes in PNG or 'you no ken kilim sinek' -- Snake bite and its treatment in Papua New Guinea / D.A. Warrell & D.G. Lalloo) -- How to use the species accounts -- Pasin bilong kisim save long dispela buk -- Identification key to the snake families of Papua New Guinea (incorporating legless lizards) -- Checklist of snakes and type specimens -- Snake-like lizards -- Non-venomous snakes -- Mildly venomous rear-fanged snakes -- Front-fanged venomous snakes -- Tables
Notes Title from cover
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 230-237
Notes Chiefly English, with some text in Pidgin
Subject Snakebites -- Papua New Guinea.
Snakes -- Papua New Guinea.
Tok Pisin language -- Texts.
Author Lalloo, David G.
Warrell, D. A.
LC no. 2001320182
ISBN 9810078366 (Singapore)
9980916966 (Papua New Guinea)
Other Titles Snakes of Papua New Guinea