Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont and New York: Biology, History and the Fate of and Endangered Species.(Book review)

Endangered Species Update | July 1, 2007| | Copyright

Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont and New York: Biology, History and the Fate of and Endangered Species

Furman, Jon

The University Press of New England, Hanover and London

228 pages

This book is a fascinating account of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) in the most northerly portion if its range. The narrative explores the ecology, fears, politics, bounty systems, and modern efforts at conservation of this maligned species, which once inhabited one third of the area of the lower 48 states. Large portions are now unoccupied and other ...

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