Ebook: Snakes of North America: eastern and central regions

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Evolution of snakes -- Snake venom poisoning -- Venom potency table -- Species accounts -- Bibliography -- Index -- Species Accounts -- Typhlopidae -- Blind snakes -- Ramphotyphlops -- Brahminy blind snake -- Slender blind snakes -- Leptotyphlops -- Plains blind snake -- New Mexico blind snake -- Trans-Pecos blind snake -- Colubridae -- Small Burrowing Snakes -- Crowned, flat, and black-headed snakes -- Tantilla -- Southeastern crowned snake -- Peninsula crowned snake -- Central Florida crowned snake -- Coastal dunes crowned snake -- Rim rock crowned snake -- Flat-headed snake -- Plains black-headed snake -- Southwestern black-headed snake -- Mexican black-headed snake -- Black-hooded snake -- Red-Bellied And Brown Snakes -- Storeria -- Northern red-bellied snake -- Florida red-bellied snake -- Black Hills red-bellied snake -- Northern brown snake -- Florida brown snake -- Midland brown snake -- Texas brown snake -- Marsh brown snake -- Earth Snakes -- Virginia -- Eastern earth snake -- Mountain earth snake -- Western earth snake -- Rough earth snake -- Ring-Necked Snakes -- Diadophis -- Southern ring-necked snake -- Northern ring-necked snake -- Key ring-necked snake -- Mississippi ring-necked snake -- Prairie ring-necked snake -- Regal ring-necked snake -- Ground Snake -- Sonora -- Ground snake -- Worm Snakes -- Carphophis -- Eastern worm snake -- Midwestern worm snake -- Western worm snake -- Pine Woods Snakes -- Rhadinaea -- Pine woods snake -- Short-Tailed Snakes -- Stilosoma -- Short-tailed snake -- Lined, Garter, And Ribbon Snakes -- Lined snake -- Tropidoclonion -- Lined snake -- Garter and ribbon snakes -- Thamnophis -- Eastern garter snake -- Maritime garter snake -- Blue-striped garter snake -- Chicago garter snake -- Red-sided garter snake -- Texas garter snake -- Short-headed garter snake -- Butler's garter snake -- Wandering garter snake -- Eastern plains garter snake -- Western plains garter snake -- Checkered garter snake -- Western black-necked garter snake -- Eastern black-necked garter snake -- Eastern ribbon snake -- Northern ribbon snake -- Peninsula ribbon snake -- Blue-striped ribbon snake -- Western ribbon snake -- Red-striped ribbon snake -- Gulf coast ribbon snake -- Arid land ribbon snake -- Aquatic Snakes -- Water and salt marsh snakes -- Nerodia -- Northern water snake -- Lake Erie water snake -- Midland water snake -- Carolina water snake -- Red-bellied water snake -- Copper-bellied water snake -- Yellow-bellied water snake -- Blotched water snake -- Banded water snake -- Broad-banded water snake -- Florida water snake -- Gulf salt marsh snake -- Atlantic salt marsh snake -- Mangrove salt marsh snake -- Florida green water snake -- Mississippi green water snake -- Brown water snake -- Diamond-backed water snake -- Brazo water snake -- Concho water snake -- Swamp Snakes -- Seminatrix -- North Florida swamp snake -- South Florida swamp snake -- Carolina swamp snake -- Crayfish Snakes -- Regina -- Striped crayfish snake -- Glossy crayfish snake -- Delta crayfish snake -- Gulf crayfish snake -- Queen snake -- Graham's crayfish snake -- Mud And Rainbow Snakes -- Farancia -- Eastern mud snake -- Western mud snake -- Rainbow snake -- South Florida rainbow snake -- Kirtland's Snakes -- Clonophis -- Kirtland's snake -- Patch-Nosed Snakes -- Salvadora -- Mountain patch-nosed snake -- Texas patch-nosed snake -- Big bend patch-nosed snake -- Green Snakes -- Liochlorophis and Opheodrys -- Smooth green snake -- Rough green snake -- Whipsnakes, Racers, And Indigo Snakes -- Whipsnakes -- Masticophis -- Eastern coachwhip -- Western coachwhip -- Desert striped whipsnake -- Central Texas whipsnake -- Schott's whipsnake -- Ruthven's whipsnake -- Racers -- Coluber -- Northern black racer -- Southern black racer -- Blue racer -- Everglades racer -- Brown-chinned racer -- Black-masked racer -- Buttermilk racer -- Tan racer -- Eastern yellow-bellied racer -- Mexican racer -- Indigo Snakes -- Drymarchon -- Eastern indigo snake -- Texas indigo snake -- Speckled Racer -- Drymobius -- Central America speckled racer -- Brown-Blotched Terrestrial Snakes -- Hog-nosed snakes -- Heterodon -- Eastern hog-nosed snake -- Southern hog-nosed snake -- Plains hog-nosed snake -- Dusty hog-nosed snake -- Mexican hog-nosed snake -- Pine, Gopher, And Bullsnakes -- Pituophis -- Northern pine snake -- Florida pine snake -- Black pine snake -- Louisiana pine snake -- Bullsnake -- Sonoran gopher snake -- Glossy Snakes -- Arizona -- Kansas glossy snake -- Texas glossy snake -- Painted desert glossy snake -- Rat And Fox Snakes -- Elaphe -- Black rat snake -- Yellow rat snake -- Everglades rat snake -- Gray rat snake -- Texas rat snake -- Baird's rat snake -- Corn snake -- Great plains rat snake -- Eastern fox snake -- Western fox snake -- Trans-Pecos Rat Snake -- Bogertophis -- Trans-Pecos rat snake -- Mexican Hook-Nosed Snake -- Ficimia -- Mexican hook-nosed snake -- Western Hook-Nosed Snake -- Gyalopion -- Western hook-nosed snake -- Kingsnakes, Milk, And Scarlet Snakes -- Lampropeltis -- Prairie kingsnake -- Mole kingsnake -- South Florida mole kingsnake -- Eastern kingsnake -- Florida kingsnake -- Black kingsnake -- Speckled kingsnake -- Desert kingsnake -- Eastern milk snake -- Scarlet kingsnake -- Red milk snake -- Louisiana milk snake -- Mexican milk snake -- New Mexico milk snake -- Central plains milk snake -- Pale milk snake -- Gray-banded kingsnake -- Scarlet Snakes -- Cemophora -- Florida scarlet snake -- Northern scarlet snake -- Texas scarlet snake -- Long-Nosed Snakes -- Rhinocheilus -- Texas long-nosed snake -- Mildly Venomous Rear-Fanged Snakes -- Night snakes -- Hypsiglena -- Texas night snake -- Cat-Eyed Snakes -- Leptodeira -- Northern cat-eyed snake -- Black-Striped Snakes -- Coniophanes -- Black-striped snake -- Lyre Snake -- Timorphodon -- Texas lyre snake -- Elapidae -- Coral snake -- Micrurus -- Eastern coral snake -- Texas coral snake -- Viperidae -- Copperheads and cottonmouths -- Agkistrodon -- Southern copperhead -- Northern copperhead -- Osage copperhead -- Broad-banded copperhead -- Trans-Pecos copperhead -- Eastern cottonmouth -- Florida cottonmouth -- Western cottonmouth -- Rattlesnakes -- Pigmy rattlesnakes and Massasaugas -- Sistrurus -- Carolina pigmy rattlesnake -- Dusky pigmy rattlesnake -- Western pigmy rattlesnake -- Eastern Massasauga -- Western Massasuga -- Desert Massasauga -- Rattlesnakes -- Crotalus -- Timber rattlesnake -- Canebrake rattlesnake -- Eastern Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake -- Western Diamond-Backed Rattlesnake -- Northern Black-tailed rattlesnake -- Prairie rattlesnake -- Mojave rattlesnake -- Mottled rock rattlesnake -- Banded rock rattlesnake -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.