Customer Reviews

A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Texas (Texas Monthly Fieldguide Series)

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I use this book at work all the time (state fish and wildlife agency) -- it's quite helpful to both the interested layperson and the professional. Nice, clear photographs, good "thumbnail" maps, and just enough information to be interesting. If you are interested in snakes, please refer to the "companion" in the series, _A Field Guide to Texas Snakes_ by Alan Tennant (recently reprinted).

This book could be better. Good photos, decent descriptions are what I like about this text. That and its small size. It is for these reasons I gave it three stars.

What I don't like; the maps of Texas are frankly too generalized. But what I really dislike about this book is their failure to include snakes. Yes, snakes are in a companion book. But if you are out in the field herping you don't want to bring TWO books. Texas is hot enough to lug around one, let alone two (or more if you are also a birder). Why they didn't include snakes in this book must be some sort of gentleman's agreement between the authors; to the best of my knowledge it is the only State herp book carried out in this way.