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any good field guides for wild snakes

dirtbiker250

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i need to find a good field guide book to tell what different snakes are in the wild ill be looking in my home state of pa i know that they have such books but not sure of the names of a good one
 
Anything by Petersen Field Guides or Stebbins will be good. And they are still in print so reasonably up-to-date.

Of course, you can go with the old standard...Audobon Society put out a field guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians some 30 years ago. It is old, and some of the taxonomy is a bit out dated, but it is chock full of fantastic identification photos.
 
the pittsburge area i see snakes up at my camp in tionesta all the time and would like to know the species and alittle about them
 
I have The National Audubon Society's pocket guide to familiar Reptiles and Amphibians of North America. Its not a herpetological textbook by any means, but it fits in your pocket and has some great advice regarding our friends the venomous snakes ( namely leave them the heck alone ). Its even got a little section on when, where, and how to find wild herps. Can't say I've ever used it in the "wild", but it seems like it would be handy.
 
Peterson Field Guide

Hi,
This is a great reference book. Especially for us herpers here in the Eastern/North Eastern part of the United States. Hope this helps.
Jay :cool:

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This book covers the Eastern part of the U.S. & Canada

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There is also one for the Western part of the U.S. & Canada

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Source: Houghton Mifflin Company
 
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