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Texas Snakes: A Field Guide (Texas Natural History Guides) |  | Authors: James R. Dixon, John E. Werler
Creator: Regina Levoy
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 272636
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Field Guide Ed
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 5 x 4.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0292706758
Dewey Decimal Number: 597.9609764
EAN: 9780292706750
ASIN: 0292706758
Publication Date: November 1, 2005
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Product Description
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.
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 Identifying Snakes in Texas November 2, 2009
A. Reynolds (Terrell, Texas)
This is a comprehensive explanation about snakes in Texas with great illustrtons and diagrams. Helps to identify our snakes in the area.
Best Texas snake field guide next to a ref text August 14, 2009
DEREK P. VANDELFT (Houstoon, TX)
Just a great field guide when herping in Texas, easy to use, light to carry with great photos and info. A for sure tool if new to herping in Texas.
 Texas Snakes: A Field Guide June 12, 2009
Frank W. Hampson (Harrison, AR 72601)
The photographs are excellent, sharp and good color saturation. However, they are way to small. 4x5 to 5x7 inches would be much better. Also arrange the photos in snakes that look very much alike. For instance, all of the snakes that look like the Coral Snake should be on neighboring pages. All Hog Nose the same. All Pure Black (colored) together. All of the rattle snakes together. The very lightest colored diamond patters first and work down to the very darkest ones.
When I find a snake with certain color patterns the pages should be close together so I don't have to go thru the whole book, flipping back and forth trying to find the snake I am looking at. Take a man off the street, give him a snake and the book and watch him use the book. Group the snakes for easy identification; rattles, hog noses, stipes, spots, fat or skinny tails, diamonds, sploches, rings, etc.
It is a very good written book. Take better advantage of excellent photographs.
Thanks,
Frank W. Hampson, Professional Photographer 870-365-0909
Great Field Guide to the Snakes of Texas May 9, 2008
T. Cochran (Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of my favorite field guides that I own. It is written in a way that makes it useful to everyone, from the person with a casual interest in snakes to professional herpetologists. The range maps are especially useful and well drawn. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in snakes, especially those who are looking for a field guide to help with the identification of various snake species found throughout Texas.
Review service of "Texas Snakes" February 13, 2008
Texas Tillie
We received the book in good shape. It was everything as advertised from the seller. The book itself contains an excellent method of allowing a person to "key out" a snake for an exact identification.
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