A Field Guide to Snakes of North America: Eastern and Central Regions

by Alan Tennant

Providing thorough descriptions of almost 200 species, this guide presents thousands of facts and figures that will help you identify, understand, and appreciate these important and remarkable... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087719307X
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Gulf Publishing
• Length: 590 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Snakes of North America

This book is exactly what I was looking for. We have alot of snakes here in Florida and while I'm no fan of snakes, I don't want to kill the harmless ones but more importantly, I need to know for sure which are venomous. We have had several venomous snakes on our property, including coral, rattler and moccasin. My Australian terriers dispatched all but the rattler but it is still terrifying when I find them with a snake so this book is very useful in helping me identify the species.

Excellent for home and field use

Excellent book for novice and experienced alike. Tons of pertinent, useful information. This is a great book for educating entry level herpers. This is not a typical field book, having far more useful information for each species than most I have used. This is particularly helpful when dealing with similar species. More info on typical habitat, range, size, coloration, diet, etc. makes identification easier. A great addition to any library.

Great Guide!

I just bought the 2003 edition of this book, and I must say it is great! The pics are very good! On some of the variable species, there are more than one photo to show you the different forms. The author provides great information on every aspect of the snakes' lives including size, reproduction, prey, habitat, and relative abundance. The book is very easy to read and is a steal at that price for 600 well written pages on North American snakes!- Anthony J. Chodan

Good, accessible guide

A very good reference and field guide to snakes from Texas to North Dakota eastwards, aimed at enthusiasts and accessible to the average reader. It builds on Tennant's earlier books on Texas and Florida snakes (which were excellent), and in fact the text of the species accounts is often lifted more or less directly from those books. This makes this book less than original, but the detail -- over 600 pages worth -- is very good. Lots of photos, though each are a little small. This book is thicker, more thorough and generally stronger than the companion western volume (Snakes of North America: Western Region). It also has a good bibliography. One quibble, though -- the range maps often do not extend into Canada (though the Canadian ranges of the relevant snakes are discussed in the text), which reduces the usefulness of this book for Canadian readers. Recommended.

Excellent Field information

This book has the most comprehensive and up to date data down to sub-specific detail I've seen in a field guide, or any publication for that matter. This book is informative and easy to read. As a field guide it tries to group the animals by their appearance, which is occasionally annoying, but for a novice trying to identify something it is logical. The collection of pictures is quite complete, however, unusual color morphs of some species are depicted where it would be better to show clearer pictures of typical specimens(especially because it is a field guide).