Texas snakes : identification, distribution, and natural history /
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| Author / Creator: | Werler, John E. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Austin : University of Texas Press, 2000. |
| Description: | xv, 437 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4603618 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Conservation
- Myths and Other Misinformation
- The Snakebite Hazard
- Texas Herpetology
- Biotic Provinces of Texas
- Snake Classification and Identification
- Taxonomic Issues
- Checklist of Texas Snakes
- Key to the Species of Texas Snakes
- Organization of Species and Subspecies Accounts
- Species Accounts
- Blind Snakes
- Family Leptotyphlopidae
- Plains Blind Snake
- New Mexico Blind Snake
- Trans-Pecos Blind Snake
- Colubrids
- Family Colubridae
- Kansas Glossy Snake
- Texas Glossy Snake
- Painted Desert Glossy Snake
- Trans-Pecos Rat Snake
- Western Worm Snake
- Northern Scarlet Snake
- Texas Scarlet Snake
- Buttermilk Racer
- Tan Racer
- Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer
- Mexican Racer
- Southern Black Racer
- Black-striped Snake
- Prairie Ring-necked Snake
- Regal Ring-necked Snake
- Mississippi Ring-necked Snake
- Texas Indigo Snake
- Speckled Racer
- Baird's Rat Snake
- Corn Snake
- Great Plains Rat Snake
- Southwestern Rat Snake
- Texas Rat Snake
- Western Mud Snake
- Mexican Hook-nosed Snake
- Western Hook-nosed Snake
- Plains Hog-nosed Snake
- Dusty Hog-nosed Snake
- Mexican Hog-nosed Snake
- Eastern Hog-nosed Snake
- Texas Night Snake
- Gray-banded King Snake
- Prairie King Snake
- Speckled King Snake
- Desert King Snake
- Louisiana Milk Snake
- Mexican Milk Snake
- New Mexico Milk Snake
- Central Plains Milk Snake
- Northern Cat-eyed Snake
- Western Smooth Green Snake
- Eastern Coachwhip
- Western Coachwhip
- Schott's Whipsnake
- Ruthven's Whipsnake
- Central Texas Whipsnake
- Gulf Salt Marsh Snake
- Mississippi Green Water Snake
- Yellow-bellied Water Snake
- Blotched Water Snake
- Broad-banded Water Snake
- Florida Water Snake
- Brazos Water Snake
- Concho Water Snake
- Diamond-backed Water Snake
- Midland Water Snake
- Rough Green Snake
- Sonoran Gopher Snake
- Bull Snake
- Louisiana Pine Snake
- Graham's Crayfish Snake
- Gulf Crayfish Snake
- Texas Long-nosed Snake
- Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake
- Mountain Patch-nosed Snake
- Texas Patch-nosed Snake
- Great Plains Ground Snake
- Taylor's Ground Snake
- Marsh Brown Snake
- Texas Brown Snake
- Florida Red-bellied Snake
- Mexican Black-headed Snake
- Trans-Pecos Black-headed Snake
- Flat-headed Snake
- Southwestern Black-headed Snake
- Plains Black-headed Snake
- Western Black-necked Garter Snake
- Eastern Black-necked Garter Snake
- Checkered Garter Snake
- Western Ribbon Snake
- Arid Land Ribbon Snake
- Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake
- Red-striped Ribbon Snake
- Western Plains Garter Snake
- Eastern Garter Snake
- Texas Garter Snake
- Red-sided Garter Snake
- Texas Lyre Snake
- Lined Snake
- Rough Earth Snake
- Western Earth Snake
- Coral Snakes and Their Allies
- Family Elapidae
- Texas Coral Snake
- Vipers
- Family Viperidae
- Southern Copperhead
- Broad-banded Copperhead
- Trans-Pecos Copperhead
- Western Cottonmouth
- Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake
- Canebrake Rattlesnake
- Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
- Banded Rock Rattlesnake
- Northern Black-tailed Rattlesnake
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Prairie Rattlesnake
- Desert Massasauga
- Western Massasauga
- Western Pygmy Rattlesnake
- Glossary
- References
- Index of Common Names
- Index of Scientific Names
