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We hope you will enjoy some of the books and websites listed on this page!
We hope you will enjoy some of the books and websites listed on this page!
Websites are a great resource, and there are many that we use frequently. However, for both of us, books come first. Here are a few that we would not want to be without:
Roger Conant & Joseph Collins - A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America (3rd Edition). This is probably the most widely-respected field guide covering herps of eastern/central North America.
Richard & Patricia Bartlett - A Field Guide to Texas Reptiles & Amphibians. This guide came out and then quickly went out of print. It is essentially a companion to Alan Tennant's field guide to Texas snakes, because it covers all the reptiles & amphibians except snakes.
Alan Tennant - Lone Star Field Guide to Texas Snakes (3rd Edition). A field guide with generally very good photos and a brief entry for each subspecies of snake in Texas. Entries describe how to indentify the snake, where it lives and what it eats, and brief notes about reproductive life history and behavior.
John Werler & James Dixon - Texas Snakes: Identification, Distribution, & Natural History. A book with much more comprehensive information than what is found in a field guide, this is a "must have." A scaled-down version is available as a field guide.
Harry Greene - Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature. This is a book by a highly respected herpetologist, with spectacular photographs. The book covers various aspects of snake biology, written in a readable and mostly non-technical way.
C. Kenneth Dodd - North American Box Turtles: A Natural History. Another very readable book by a noted biologist, about turtles that most of us know and love. Box turtles are in serious trouble, making the conservation sections very important reading.
J. Whitfield Gibbons & Michael Dorcas - North American Watersnakes: A Natural History. Excellent comprehensive guide to the water snakes and their natural history.
Douglas Rossman, Neil Ford, & Richard Seigel - The Garter Snakes: Evolution & Ecology. The best comprehensive guide to garter snakes, covering scientific and natural history aspects and also information about captive care.
David Carroll - The Year of the Turtle: A Natural History. Although it is out of print, this ought to be reprinted as a classic in nature writing. Carroll describes encounters with spotted turtles and other turtle species in a place in New England through the seasons of a year.
Now for the websites:
Texas Herp Information - http://www.texasherp.info
Dallas-Fort Worth Herpetological Society - http://www.dfwherp.org/
Austin Herpetological Society - http://www.austinherpsociety.org
Austin Reptile Service - http://www.austinreptileservice.net/
Texas Turtles - http://www.texasturtles.org/
Box Turtle Partnership of Texas - http://www.btpt.org/
Gulf Coast Turtle & Tortoise Society - http://www.gctts.org/
Herps of Texas - http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/
Society for Study of Amphibians & Reptiles - http://www.ssarherps.org/
Center for North American Herpetology - http://www.naherpetology.org/
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge - http://www.fwnaturecenter.org/
Big Thicket Association - http://www.btatx.org/
Big Bend National Park - http://www.nps.gov/bibe/
The Nature Conservancy - http://www.nature.org/
The Audubon Society - http://www.audubon.org/
Roger Conant & Joseph Collins - A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America (3rd Edition). This is probably the most widely-respected field guide covering herps of eastern/central North America.
Richard & Patricia Bartlett - A Field Guide to Texas Reptiles & Amphibians. This guide came out and then quickly went out of print. It is essentially a companion to Alan Tennant's field guide to Texas snakes, because it covers all the reptiles & amphibians except snakes.
Alan Tennant - Lone Star Field Guide to Texas Snakes (3rd Edition). A field guide with generally very good photos and a brief entry for each subspecies of snake in Texas. Entries describe how to indentify the snake, where it lives and what it eats, and brief notes about reproductive life history and behavior.
John Werler & James Dixon - Texas Snakes: Identification, Distribution, & Natural History. A book with much more comprehensive information than what is found in a field guide, this is a "must have." A scaled-down version is available as a field guide.
Harry Greene - Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature. This is a book by a highly respected herpetologist, with spectacular photographs. The book covers various aspects of snake biology, written in a readable and mostly non-technical way.
C. Kenneth Dodd - North American Box Turtles: A Natural History. Another very readable book by a noted biologist, about turtles that most of us know and love. Box turtles are in serious trouble, making the conservation sections very important reading.
J. Whitfield Gibbons & Michael Dorcas - North American Watersnakes: A Natural History. Excellent comprehensive guide to the water snakes and their natural history.
Douglas Rossman, Neil Ford, & Richard Seigel - The Garter Snakes: Evolution & Ecology. The best comprehensive guide to garter snakes, covering scientific and natural history aspects and also information about captive care.
David Carroll - The Year of the Turtle: A Natural History. Although it is out of print, this ought to be reprinted as a classic in nature writing. Carroll describes encounters with spotted turtles and other turtle species in a place in New England through the seasons of a year.
Now for the websites:
Texas Herp Information - http://www.texasherp.info
Dallas-Fort Worth Herpetological Society - http://www.dfwherp.org/
Austin Herpetological Society - http://www.austinherpsociety.org
Austin Reptile Service - http://www.austinreptileservice.net/
Texas Turtles - http://www.texasturtles.org/
Box Turtle Partnership of Texas - http://www.btpt.org/
Gulf Coast Turtle & Tortoise Society - http://www.gctts.org/
Herps of Texas - http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/
Society for Study of Amphibians & Reptiles - http://www.ssarherps.org/
Center for North American Herpetology - http://www.naherpetology.org/
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge - http://www.fwnaturecenter.org/
Big Thicket Association - http://www.btatx.org/
Big Bend National Park - http://www.nps.gov/bibe/
The Nature Conservancy - http://www.nature.org/
The Audubon Society - http://www.audubon.org/
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