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First of all let me say I'm new to Venomous snakes and by no means am just going to jump right in, but I just finished the book Venomous Snakes: Snakes in the Terrarium by Ludwig Trutnau,man I thought this book was very informative, can anyone else name some other good books and where i might be able to find them? I found the last book at Amazon...Also anyone in the KC metro aera that has venomous reptiles that i could talk to ask questions to and maybe learn from? Thanks for the info.

Depending on what particular hot snakes you are interested in, there are several good books. Some I list may be out of print, but worth looking for.

Snake Venom Poisoning by Findlay Russell, m.d, Phd

Coral Snakes of the Americas by Roze

Rattlesnake by Rubio

Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex by Gloyd & Conant

~~Greg~~

in Emporia Kansas. Have been keeping hots for 30 years or so. Have some but mostly do photographing in the wild these days. I'm just keeping several crotalus species now. I don't know how much longer we in Kansas can keep venomous with a proposed law coming down. Haven't really got any clairification if it will happen for sure or not at this time.

A book I picked up a couple years ago called "Venomous Snakes of the World" by WP Mara (I think), is so-so. I grabbed it without checking out the contents, and was quite surprised that it dealt so much with captive husbandry. I thought it was going to be mostly biological. It has a pretty good mix of both though. However, the writing here and there is a little lacking, and I found some of the information bothersome, such as the recommended enclosure sizes for various snake lengths...like a "55 gal" for a snake I think 8' or more. Can you imagine, an 8' mamba or eastern diamondback in a 55gal sized enclosure...whew. Anyway, other than the somewhat low-level writing and things like the above example, I found it a pretty good read.
-Chance
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Chance Duncan
1.1 Olive Pythons
1.1 Woma Pythons
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If you're into bushmasters, you can't possibly beat Dean Ripa's "The Bushmasters---Morphology in Evolution and Behavior"
in CD form. Granted, some of the medical terminology was over my head, but for sheer info and pics, it's awesome!

Bill Huseth

Hey guys thanks for the list. I'm already searching for the books, as for the medical info I find it pretty interesting as I work as a Firefighter/EMT so i understand most of it....and Mchambers maybe we can get together and photograph in the wild. Im not from from Emporia Im just on the other side of Olathea

thanks
Brad