Texas Snakes

The late James R. Dixon was professor emeritus, curator emeritus in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University. The late John E. Werler served as general curator and general manager of the Houston Zoological Gardens for thirty-six years. Michael R. J. Forstner is the Alexander-Stone Chair in Genetics and Regent's Professor in the Department of Biology at Texas State University.

[Texas Snakes] gives a good basic education on the habits of snakes and why they are so important to the environment. By far the larger content of the book is given to non-venomous snakes to be found in Texas and illustrated with excellent color plates. Perhaps reading this book might just save your life and a snake's life too. (Rock Rose)

• Preface to the Revised EditionPreface to the First EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionConservationVenomous Snakes: Their Venom and BiteSnake Classification and IdentificationDefining the SnakeMaking an IdentificationAberrant SnakesNaming The SnakeTaxonomic IssuesOrganization of Species and Subspecies AccountsDescription of FamiliesArrangement of Species and SubspeciesThe MapsCitationsChecklist of Texas SnakesKey to the Species of Texas SnakesSpecies and Subspecies AccountsFamily LeptotyphlopidaeThreadsnakesNew Mexico ThreadsnakePlains ThreadsnakeSouth Texas ThreadsnakeTrans-Pecos ThreadsnakeFamily TyphlopidaeBlindsnakesBrahminy BlindsnakeFamily ColubridaeColubridsKansas Glossy SnakeTexas Glossy SnakePainted Desert Glossy SnakeTrans-Pecos RatsnakeWestern WormsnakeNorthern Scarlet SnakeTexas Scarlet SnakeButtermilk RacerTan RacerEastern Yellow-bellied RacerMexican RacerSouthern Black RacerTamaulipan Black-striped SnakePrairie Ring-necked SnakeRegal Ring-necked SnakeMississippi Ring-necked SnakeTexas Indigo SnakeSpeckled RacerBaird’s RatsnakeGreat Plains RatsnakeSouthwestern RatsnakeWestern RatsnakeSlowinski’s CornsnakeWestern MudsnakeTamaulipan Hook-nosed SnakeChihuahuan Hook-nosed SnakeMexican Hog-nosed SnakePlains Hog-nosed SnakeDusty Hog-nosed SnakeEastern Hog-nosed SnakeChihuahuan NightsnakeGray-banded KingsnakePrairie KingsnakeSpeckled KingsnakeDesert KingsnakeLouisiana MilksnakeMexican MilksnakeNew Mexico MilksnakeCentral Plains MilksnakeCat-eyed SnakeEastern CoachwhipWestern CoachwhipSchott's WhipsnakeRuthven's WhipsnakeCentral Texas WhipsnakeGulf Saltmarsh WatersnakeMississippi Green WatersnakeBlotched WatersnakeBroad-banded WatersnakeFlorida WatersnakeBrazos WatersnakeConcho WatersnakeDiamond-backed WatersnakeMidland WatersnakeRough GreensnakeSmooth GreensnakeSonoran GophersnakeBullsnakeLouisiana PinesnakeGraham’s Crayfish SnakeGulf Crayfish SnakeLong-nosed SnakeBig Bend Patch-nosed SnakeMountain Patch-nosed SnakeTexas Patch-nosed SnakeVariable GroundsnakeSouthern Texas GroundsnakeMarsh BrownsnakeTexas BrownsnakeFlorida Red-bellied SnakeMexican Black-headed SnakeTrans-Pecos Black-headed SnakeFlat-headed SnakeSmith’s Black-headed SnakePlains Black-headed SnakeWestern Black-necked GartersnakeEastern Black-necked GartersnakeCheckered GartersnakeOrange-striped RibbonsnakeArid Land RibbonsnakeGulf Coast RibbonsnakeRed-striped RibbonsnakePlains GartersnakeEastern GartersnakeTexas GartersnakeRed-sided GartersnakeTexas LyresnakeNorthern Lined SnakeCentral Lined SnakeTexas Lined SnakeRough EarthsnakeWestern Smooth EarthsnakeTexas Venomous SnakesFamily ElapidaeCoralsnakes and Their AlliesTexas CoralsnakeFamily ViperidaeVipersSouthern CopperheadBroad-banded CopperheadTrans-Pecos CopperheadWestern CottonmouthWestern Diamond-backed RattlesnakeTimber RattlesnakeMottled Rock RattlesnakeBanded Rock RattlesnakeNorthern Black-tailed RattlesnakeMohave RattlesnakePrairie RattlesnakeDesert MassasaugaWestern MassasaugaWestern Pygmy RattlesnakeGlossaryReferencesIndex of Common NamesIndex of Scientific Names