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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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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 126508
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st Field Guide Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.8 x 1
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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 Great Field Guide to the Snakes of Texas May 9, 2008
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
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.
 Great Maps, oh but thats it. July 10, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
 Great Guide! April 28, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
Texas Snakes: A Field Guide (Texas Natural History Guides) March 10, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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!
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