Texas Snakes: Identification, Distribution, and Natural History Book

	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	1
	Conservation	1
	Myths and Other Misinformation	2
	The Snakebite Hazard	3
	Texas Herpetology	6
	Biotic Provinces of Texas	8
	Snake Classification and Identification	13
	Taxonomic Issues	17
	Checklist of Texas Snakes	21
	Key to the Species of Texas Snakes	25
	Organization of Species and Subspecies Accounts	39
	Species Accounts	45
	Blind Snakes	45
	Family Leptotyphlopidae	45
	Plains Blind Snake	47
	New Mexico Blind Snake	51
	Trans-Pecos Blind Snake	53
	Colubrids	57
	Family Colubridae	57
	Kansas Glossy Snake	59
	Texas Glossy Snake	61
	Painted Desert Glossy Snake	63
	Trans-Pecos Rat Snake	64
	Western Worm Snake	67
	Northern Scarlet Snake	69
	Texas Scarlet Snake	73
	Buttermilk Racer	74
	Tan Racer	76
	Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer	78
	Mexican Racer	84
	Southern Black Racer	86
	Black-striped Snake	88
	Prairie Ring-necked Snake	90
	Regal Ring-necked Snake	94
	Mississippi Ring-necked Snake	96
	Texas Indigo Snake	98
	Speckled Racer	102
	Baird's Rat Snake	104
	Corn Snake	107
	Great Plains Rat Snake	111
	Southwestern Rat Snake	113
	Texas Rat Snake	116
	Western Mud Snake	122
	Mexican Hook-nosed Snake	125
	Western Hook-nosed Snake	127
	Plains Hog-nosed Snake	129
	Dusty Hog-nosed Snake	131
	Mexican Hog-nosed Snake	137
	Eastern Hog-nosed Snake	139
	Texas Night Snake	144
	Gray-banded King Snake	148
	Prairie King Snake	152
	Speckled King Snake	154
	Desert King Snake	159
	Louisiana Milk Snake	162
	Mexican Milk Snake	164
	New Mexico Milk Snake	167
	Central Plains Milk Snake	168
	Northern Cat-eyed Snake	171
	Western Smooth Green Snake	174
	Eastern Coachwhip	177
	Western Coachwhip	179
	Schott's Whipsnake	184
	Ruthven's Whipsnake	187
	Central Texas Whipsnake	188
	Gulf Salt Marsh Snake	192
	Mississippi Green Water Snake	194
	Yellow-bellied Water Snake	197
	Blotched Water Snake	201
	Broad-banded Water Snake	203
	Florida Water Snake	205
	Brazos Water Snake	207
	Concho Water Snake	209
	Diamond-backed Water Snake	217
	Midland Water Snake	220
	Rough Green Snake	222
	Sonoran Gopher Snake	229
	Bull Snake	231
	Louisiana Pine Snake	236
	Graham's Crayfish Snake	239
	Gulf Crayfish Snake	244
	Texas Long-nosed Snake	246
	Big Bend Patch-nosed Snake	249
	Mountain Patch-nosed Snake	252
	Texas Patch-nosed Snake	254
	Great Plains Ground Snake	256
	Taylor's Ground Snake	260
	Marsh Brown Snake	261
	Texas Brown Snake	263
	Florida Red-bellied Snake	267
	Mexican Black-headed Snake	270
	Trans-Pecos Black-headed Snake	272
	Flat-headed Snake	275
	Southwestern Black-headed Snake	278
	Plains Black-headed Snake	280
	Western Black-necked Garter Snake	282
	Eastern Black-necked Garter Snake	287
	Checkered Garter Snake	289
	Western Ribbon Snake	293
	Arid Land Ribbon Snake	297
	Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake	298
	Red-striped Ribbon Snake	301
	Western Plains Garter Snake	304
	Eastern Garter Snake	307
	Texas Garter Snake	314
	Red-sided Garter Snake	316
	Texas Lyre Snake	320
	Lined Snake	323
	Rough Earth Snake	326
	Western Earth Snake	329
	Coral Snakes and Their Allies	333
	Family Elapidae	333
	Texas Coral Snake	335
	Vipers	343
	Family Viperidae	343
	Southern Copperhead	345
	Broad-banded Copperhead	350
	Trans-Pecos Copperhead	353
	Western Cottonmouth	356
	Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake	365
	Canebrake Rattlesnake	378
	Mottled Rock Rattlesnake	382
	Banded Rock Rattlesnake	386
	Northern Black-tailed Rattlesnake	389
	Mojave Rattlesnake	393
	Prairie Rattlesnake	396
	Desert Massasauga	402
	Western Massasauga	404
	Western Pygmy Rattlesnake	409
	Glossary	413
	References	417
	Index of Common Names	431
	Index of Scientific Names	435