Snakes of the United States and Canada by Carl H. Ernst and Evelyn M. Ernst, Smithsonian Institution Press, $70/£54, ISBN 1588340198 Reviewed by Debora Mackenzie
WILDLIFE books are usually either a pocket guide for the amateur or a scholarly tome for the expert. Snakes of the United States and Canada is somewhere in between – the consultant biologist will find everything she needs to know about whatever snakes may be involved in a project, while the amateur – well, now I know why the smooth green snake my daughter found in Canada last summer smelled so bad. Great book…
