With more than 1,000 photographs, Snakes of Australia illustrates and describes in detail all 240 of the continent鈥檚 species and subspecies鈥攆rom file snakes, pythons, colubrids, and natricids to elapids, marine elapids, homalopsids, and blind snakes.
- Features introductions to each family, species descriptions, type locations, distribution maps, and quick-identification keys to each family and genera
- Covers English and scientific names, appearance, range, ecology, disposition, danger level, and IUCN Red List Category
- Illustrates every species and has multiple images for some species to show variation
- Presents information on habitat types, snakes in the environment, and snake-bite prevention and first aid
- Includes a checklist of all the snakes, a glossary, and a table of venom toxicity
Tie Eipper and Scott Eipper are Australian wildlife authors, photographers, and consultants who have studied snakes and other reptiles for decades. Their books include A Naturalist’s Guide to the Snakes of Australia, Australasian Elapids, and A Naturalist’s Guide to the Lizards of Australia.
"Snakes of Australia is a well-researched, visually enriched, and user-oriented field guide and a vital resource for anyone interested in Australian herpetology and wildlife conservation or those seeking to deepen their understanding of these often-misunderstood creatures."鈥擫ydia Allison Fucsko, The Quarterly Review of Biology
"Tie Eipper and Scott Eipper’s Snakes of Australia is a must read for anyone studying snakes on the Australian continent. The guide is comprehensive and will no doubt be considered the world’s authority on the topic. As emphasized by the authors, snakes are to be respected, and with careful study and appreciation, this guide can easily be a vehicle for everyone to use in encouraging stewardship and conservation of our serpent friends."鈥擧oward O. Clark, Jr., Sonoran Herpetologist
"An excellent work, comprehensive in its coverage, and superbly illustrated. . . . Snakes of Australia takes its rightful place on the bookshelves of naturalists and herpetologists the world over. A job well done!"鈥擠avid M. Gascoigne, Travels with Birds
