Texas Snakes: A Field Guide (Texas Natural History Guides™) - Softcover

Dixon, James R.; Werler, John E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292706758 ISBN 13: 9780292706750

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2005

Synopsis

From the legendary, fear-inspiring western diamond-backed rattlesnake to the tiny, harmless plains blind snake, Texas has a greater diversity of snake species than any other state in the country. This fully illustrated field guide to Texas snakes, written by two of the state's most respected herpetologists, gives you the most current and complete information to identify and understand all 110 species and subspecies.

Texas Snakes: A Field Guide has all the resources you need to identify snakes in the wild and in your yard:

• 110 full-color, close-up photos that show every snake, as well as 39 detailed line drawings
• 110 range maps
• Up-to-date species accounts that describe each snake's appearance, look-alikes, size, and habitat
• A checklist of all Texas snakes and a key to the species
• Reliable information on poisonous snakes and preventing and treating snakebites
• Concise guides to snake conservation, classification, and identification

Drawn from the authors' monumental, definitive Texas Snakes: Identification, Distribution, and Natural History, this field guide is your must-have source for identifying any snake you see in Texas.

About this title

About the Author:

JAMES R. DIXON is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0292706758
• ISBN 13: 9780292706750
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Illustrator: Levoy Regina