U.S. Guide to Venomous Snakes and Their Mimics
Determining the differences between venomous snakes and their  harmless and beneficial look-alikes is now easier with the help of this  book. This is a quick, informative and reliable guide to assist you in  identifying the small percentage of snakes that pose a real threat. This is a carefully researched 160-pages of detailed information on the  natural history of each species and subspecies of venomous snakes.  Color-coded range and region maps and full-color photographs provide a  complete and accurate guide to all U.S. venomous snakes and their  non-venomous imposters. Within these pages you will find education and  information about snakes that dispel myths and misconceptions and offers a  great appreciation for these fascinating creatures. --Mike Roux, Outdoor Guide Magazine, Early Summer 2005Guide book teaches about venomous snakes and their mimics  Killing every snake that might cross your path is not a great idea. Killing  harmless snakes is hurting the environment. Now there is a great new book  from Stoeger Publishing Company that teaches you about the venomous species  and the harmless snakes that look like their dangerous cousins. U.S. GUIDE  TO VENOMOUS SNAKES AND THEIR MIMICS by Schott Shupe is a great addition to  your collection of identification books. --Jim Foster, South Padre Press, March 31, 2005New Guide to Poison Snakes Handy for Outdoor Enthusiasts Anyone who lives in a rural area or who ventures afield for hunting,  camping, fishing or other reasons needs to have basic knowledge about  venomous snakes, and a number of guides to them have appeared over the  years. Unfortunately, most directed at the general public tend to cite only  the four main groups: rattlers, corals, copperheads and water moccasins  ("Cottonmouths"). There is wide variety within these divisions, and many  non-venomous species superficially resemble some of the dangerous ones. The books that delve into much detail, particularly those with good color  photos, tend to appeal more to professional scientists and serious amateur  naturalists than they do to Joe and Susie Sixpack. (Maybe we'd better call  them Charlie and Claire Hunter here...)There has been a real need for a book easily used by hunters, campers,  anglers, Scout leaders, and others who aren't interested enough to spend  maybe $60 on a snake book, but who may need detailed photos and text to  enable them to identify snakes encountered in the field. If such a book  could also function as a really good field guide for the enthusiast, and  sell for a modest price, the world would be a better place.Well, the world just improved! Stoeger, famed for the Shooter's Bible gun  annual, has just released US Guide to Venomous Snakes and their Mimics. How  important is it? Considering that the broad category of rattlesnakes alone  contains some 62 known species and over 80 subspecies, one can see that it  is important to identify which one of them has bitten someone. This is  especially crucial when similar looking species differ significantly in  venom.The color photos are clear and profuse, adding greatly to the ease of  identifying the reptiles. The different geographic zones in which certain  species are found are well defined, and the author admits that there is  some overlap at the fringes.US Guide to Venomous Snakes and their Mimics is a profound new work that  will be of interest to outdoor enthusiasts of every kind, to doctors and  wildlife professionals. --Jim Williamson, The New Gun Week, April 10, 2005Shupe has spent much of his life "tracking" snakes to their  varying lairs, and passes that information on to readers. --Glenn Ayers, NC Times News, August 14, 2005--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.