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Texas Snakes: A Field Guide (Texas Natural History Guides)

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The maps in this book are of exceptional detail narrowing ranges down to countys which is hard to get in many smaller field guides. However this is about the extent of this books worth. Although the pictures are descent they are by no means fantastic or worth writing home about and there are not very many of each animal, usually just one example, which any herper knows is not enough. My suggestion get Tennants Lone Star Field Guide to Texas Snakes thats a far better read.

This is a must have book for everyone that lives in Texas whether you are into snakes or not. I've refered many to this book just to identify snakes in their yards, and is a must have when hiking or camping. I have an older version that looks like it's been thru the washing machine because I've used it so much. When this newest edition came out, I had to have it, and was pleasantly surpised with a few additions such as current Texas laws and regulations concerning reptiles. It's field guide size makes it perfect to throw into your glove box or backpack to keep handy. It has great pictures, discriptions, and ranges of every single snake in the state of Texas. Buy and enjoy!

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

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.

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.

This is a great guide - we are currently moving from Northwest Arkansas to Liberty County, Texas, and this guide will be very helpful in helping us to identify snakes we are not used to, and helping our four children to know which snakes are bad snakes. The pictures are beautiful, and I like that under most pictures, there is a label identifying where the snake was found (some poisonous in Liberty and Polk Counties!!!).

The only thing we do not like about the guide is that it isn't divided into regions of Texas - Texas is a huge state and it would be easier to look up a snake quickly if it were divided into regions of Texas rather than families of snakes. The poisonous snakes do have their own section, though, which is good. There is also good information about snakes in the front of the book. The descriptions of each snake are very thorough and we like reading about the habitats of different snakes.

We hope to find more wildlife guides like this one on Texas snakes.

This is a must have--great detailed maps and pictures os all the snakes, and all together. This is the one to have. Do not buy the one by Tennant, you need a road map on that one to try to correlate the snake pictures, descriptions and maps.

This is a comprehensive explanation about snakes in Texas with great illustrtons and diagrams. Helps to identify our snakes in the area.

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.