Snakes of Eastern North America - Hardcover

Ernst, Carl H.; Barbour, Roger W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0913969249 ISBN 13: 9780913969243

Publisher: George Mason University Press, 1989

Synopsis

The first treatise to be published in thirty years on the 58 snakes found in eastern North America, Snakes of Eastern North America provides a current summary of the taxonomy, ecology, and behavior of each species. Selected by CHOICE as Outstanding Academic book of 1989.
Table of Contents: Preface; Introduction; Identification of Snakes; Typhlopidae: Blind Snakes; Colubridae: Colubrid Snakes; Glossary of Scientific Names; Bibliography; Index

About this title

About the Author

Carl H. Ernst is Professor of Biology at George Mason University and author of Turtles of the United States (1972).
Roger W. Barbour is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Morgan School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky. The authors bring to this volume more than 60 years of teaching and field study of snakes.

Review

Ernst and Barbour have created a milestone publication that will be an indispensable reference for anyone interested in snakes. (C. J. McCoy, Curator, Section of Amphibians and Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

The book is chock-full of information... (Douglas A. Rossman, Louisiana State University)

...this is the most detailed single source on eastern US snakes since A.H. and A.A. Wright's Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada (1957)....The book is well written, authoritative, and accurate. Technical terms are abundant but mostreaders will easily comprehend the narrative. Highly recommended for all libraries. (Douglas A. Rossman, Louisiana State University CHOICE)

...the authors are to be commended for their effort....all readers can get some valuable information from the book.... (Douglas A. Rossman, Louisiana State University The Canadian Field-Naturalist)

...the accounts are authoritative and current. They are clearly written.... (Douglas A. Rossman, Louisiana State University American Reference Books Annual)

Up-to-date...provides us with an appreciation for what is known about the biology of each species. This book is a must addition to the shelves of everyone interested in snakes....It will be a constant reference source and identification guide for those who study snakes or keep them as pets. (Joseph C. Mitchell, Department of Biology, University of Richmond)

Ernst and Barbour have created a milestone publication that will be an indispensable reference for anyone interested in snakes. (C. J. McCoy, Curator, Section of Amphibians and Reptiles, Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

The book is chock-full of information... (Douglas A. Rossman, Louisiana State University)

...this is the most detailed single source on eastern US snakes since A.H. and A.A. Wright's Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada (1957)....The book is well written, authoritative, and accurate. Technical terms are abundant but most readers will easily comprehend the narrative. Highly recommended for all libraries. (Douglas A. Rossman, Louisiana State University CHOICE)

...the authors are to be commended for their effort....all readers can get some valuable information from the book.... (Douglas A. Rossman, Louisiana State University The Canadian Field-Naturalist)

About this edition

• Publisher: George Mason University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0913969249
• ISBN 13: 9780913969243
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 282