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Rattlesnakes

Klauber, Laurence M. Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Reprint, University of California Press, 1982. Abridged version of a classic two-volume work originally published in 1956.

Mattison, Chris. Rattler! A Natural History of Rattlesnakes. Blandford, 1996. Basic information, descriptions of individual species, and excellent photographs.

Palmer, Thomas. Landscape with Reptile: Rattlesnakes in an Urban World. Ticknor & Fields, 1992. Addresses relationship between snakes and humans, as well as history, ecology, and evolution.

Snakes

Greene, Harry W. Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature. University of California Press, 1997. Snake natural history, diversity, evolution, and relation to humans.

Mattison, Christopher. The Encyclopedia of Snakes. Facts on File, 1995, 1999. Natural history, origin, and evolution of snakes for naturalists and amateur herpetologists.

McNamee, Gregory, ed. The Serpent's Tale: Snakes in Folklore and Literature. University of Georgia Press, 2000. Reviled throughout history, a cultural study of snakes.

Murphy, John C., and Robert W. Henderson. Tales of Giant Snakes: A Historical Natural History of Anacondas and Pythons. Krieger, 1997. Biology along with section on snake-human interaction.

Ricciuti, Edward R. The Snake Almanac. Globe Pequot, 2000. A reference guide to nature's legless wonders.

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