Snake books?

[J.huff23]

Any book recommendations for a beginning snake hobbyist? Preferable a large detailed book on a variety of snakes from colubrids to boas. Basically I'm looking for the "Tarantula Keepers Guide" of the snake keeping hobby.

 

[Shrike]

The best books I've got aren't really focused on captive care, but they're must haves for a serious snake enthusiast.

Snakes: the Evolution of Mystery in Nature, by Harry W. Greene

Snakes of the United States and Canada, by Carl Ernst

 

[J.huff23]

I'm looking for more of a captive care book.

 

[Shrike]

I'm not familiar with a "go to" book on par with the TKG. You might want to check out the authors John Coborn, Chris Mattison, or Philippe de Vosjoli. You might also want to pm Findi. He's an expert on herpetoculture and could probably recommend a book or two.

 

[PrettyHate]

Totally not helpful to the OP, but when browsing threads I keep reading the title of this thread as either "Snake Boots" or "Snake Boobs". I. Need. Sleep.

 

[Alex G]

Snake by Chris Mattison http://www.amazon.com/Snake-Chris-M...F8&qid=1345539051&sr=8-2&keywords=snake+chris

Briefly covers most of the popular snakes in the pet trade, and glances over some venomous too.

Firefly Encyclopedia of Vivarium http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Encyc...d=1345539124&sr=1-1&keywords=firefly+vivarium

Covers common pet snakes as well as other reptile groups and some inverts and gives a basic-intermediate understanding of both naturalistic and essential vivaria for all environment types.

The Art of Keeping Snakes by Phillipe de Vosjoli http://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Snake..._B001K7ZKTI_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1345539242&sr=1-4

THE book on vivariums.