Harry W. Greene Photographs by Michael and Patricia Fogden 1997. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. I don't think so.
Life is short, but snakes are long.
I can't recall the last time I saw a book on snakes featured in the Times review section. Maybe this is a first. Providing solid evidence for the non-ophidiophile that snakes are not only tolerable creatures but worthy of admiration and fascination is a monumental task, but I think Dr. Greene has pulled it off. Snakes is a large, beautifully assembled volume which will not be easily lost on your bookshelf. The colorful dust jacket features striking photos of a Sumatran tree pitviper and a satiny parrotsnake, posed in natural settings.