most complete book on snakes?

[natcornsnakelov]

so what is the most complete book on all snake species

[natcornsnakelov]

come on help me out

[EZE]

That is a very broad question. What are you trying to study? Most "complete" books touch on a little bit on a variety of topics and do not go into detail. If you want to learn about ball pythons buy "the complete ball python" by kevin, it has more up to date info than anything else on the market by far on balls. If you want to know a little bit of natural history/taxonomy try some of the books that chriss mattison wrote.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, you need to figure out what you want to get out of a book.

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[natcornsnakelov]

im looking in for a book natural history/taxonomy/desciption/pictures of all or most speices of snakes like say the atlas of snake something like that. because i bought a booki thought had all the speices but it left a few out so I'm looking for a more complete book so can you help?

[Ian]

I can't think of any that are that complete. However one of the most complete books on the US and Canada is "Snakes of the United States and Canada"
Snakes of the United States and Canada Ernst, Carl H., Ernst, Evelyn M.. 2003. Snakes of the United States and Canada. . () :xii, 668 p.. HB

$70.00


YOu can get it from my old boss at herplit.com. I don't like him as a person, but he is a good businessman at least.

and FTR, no one owes you an answer. If you don't get an answer right away, just be patient until someone comes around that can answer it.

[natcornsnakelov]

i know nobody owes me an answer ok figured somebody knew because someone said something about a neary complete book on all the snakes of the world on another thread a while back just dont know where i seen it ok and patients is not my strong point sorry.

[bigcountry]

living snakes of the world.

bar none the best and most complete info on a LOT of snakes with nice photos. also has good captive care info.

[boidubrid]

I guess a book for a herpetology/biology course in college could cover alot of taxonomy...just a guess.

[natcornsnakelov]

thankyou

[Cracker]

check your library for the author Armin Geus. It's pretty elaborate on all species.