Preface |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (3) |
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What Is Covered in this Book? |
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7 | (1) |
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Rat Snake Colors and Patterns |
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8 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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The Ethics and Arguments Regarding Hybridization |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (5) |
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Choosing a Healthy Rat Snake |
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10 | (1) |
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Handling: Do's and Don'ts |
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11 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (7) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Health Problems and Treatment |
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17 | (5) |
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22 | (7) |
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Simple ``American-Style'' Caging |
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22 | (2) |
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``European-Style'' Caging |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (2) |
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Lighting, Heating, and a Comment on Weather Patterns |
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26 | (3) |
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Feeding and Food for Your Rat Snake |
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29 | (7) |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (1) |
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Breeding Your Own Food Rodents |
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31 | (3) |
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HOW-TO: Inducing a Reluctant Feeder |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (7) |
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36 | (1) |
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Providing a Resting Period for Your Rat Snake |
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37 | (1) |
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Hibernating Your Rat Snake |
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HOW-TO: Making Your Own Incubator |
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38 | (2) |
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Gestation and Egg Deposition |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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Species Accounts: The New World Rat Snakes |
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43 | (26) |
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43 | (7) |
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The Black Rat Snake and Its Subspecies---Blacks, Yellows, and Relatives |
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50 | (7) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (2) |
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The Trans-Pecos and Baja Rat Snakes |
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60 | (3) |
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The Green Rat Snake and Relatives |
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63 | (3) |
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A Latin American Corn Snake Lookalike |
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66 | (3) |
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Species Accounts: Old World Rat Snakes |
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69 | (21) |
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European and Eurasian Rat Snakes |
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69 | (5) |
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74 | (8) |
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The Chinese King and the Steppes Rat Snakes |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (2) |
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The Common Trinket Rat Snake |
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86 | (1) |
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Two Lookalike Chinese Rat Snake Species |
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87 | (3) |
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Species Accounts: The Not-Really-Rat-Snake Rat Snakes |
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90 | (6) |
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The Asian Genera Gonyosoma and Spalerosophis |
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90 | (3) |
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The Tropical American Spilotes and Pseustes |
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93 | (3) |
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Photograph Them and Leave Them Behind! |
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96 | (3) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (2) |
Glossary |
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99 | (2) |
Useful Addresses and Literature |
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101 | (2) |
Index |
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