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St. Vincent Snake Guide
03/03/2011
CNAH ANNOUNCEMENT
The Center for North American Herpetology
Lawrence, Kansas
http://www.cnah.org
4 March 2011
A POCKET GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF ST. VINCENT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FLORIDA
by Joseph T. Collins, Suzanne L. Collins & Travis W. Taggart
with photographs by Suzanne L. Collins
This pocket guide covers the 20 kinds of snakes found on the island wilderness of St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge in the panhandle of Florida, all illustrated with exquisite color images. Pocket guides are an important way to get people involved with wildlife conservation, because the more people become familiar with a group of animals, the more they have invested in them and their habitat. In this guide, the authors reveal the abundant snake fauna of St. Vincent Island, with information on size, description, and habits, as well as maps showing where these serpents are found on the refuge.
Contains information on all twenty species of snakes and organizes them in the Family Colubridae (Harmless Egg-laying Snakes), Family Dipsadidae (Harmless Rear-fanged Snakes), Family Natricidae (Harmless Live-bearing Snakes), and Family Crotalidae (Pitvipers).
Sponsored by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (U.S. Department of the Interior), Supporter's of St. Vincent NWR, and The Center for North American Herpetology.
For a complete modern checklist of all the amphibians, reptiles, turtles, and crocodilians of Florida, go to:
http://www.cnah.org/state_nameslist.asp?state_id=9
For greater accuracy, comprehension, and ease of use, this book adopted the traditional, standard common names for North American frogs and toads maintained by Collins & Taggart (2009. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians. Sixth Edition), published by The Center for North American Herpetology, and updated daily online.
Publisher: The Center for North American Herpetology
Date of Publication: 3 March 2011
ISBN 978-0-9721937-1-9
52 pages, 44 color images, 21 color dot maps, softbound
First printing: 10,000 copies
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Free copies of this pocket guide are available (pick up only) from:
USFWS Apalachicola Office
Harbor Master Building
479 Market Street
Apalachicola, Florida
USFWS St. Marks Office
1255 Lighthouse Road
St. Marks, Florida
USFWS Office
1601 Balboa Avenue
Panama City, Florida
Indian Pass Shuttle Service
690 Indian Pass Road
Port St. Joe, Florida
Port St. Joe Star
135 West Highway 98
Port St. Joe, Florida
Gulf County Public Library
110 Library Drive
Port St. Joe, Florida
Apalachicola Municipal Library
74 – 6th Street
Apalachicola, Florida
St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve
3915 County Road 30A
Port Saint Joe, Florida
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
350 Carroll Street
East Point, Florida
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For those not visiting the Florida panhandle in the near future, single copies of A POCKET GUIDE TO THE SNAKES OF ST. VINCENT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FLORIDA are available free by simply doing a self-addressed manila envelope (4 x 6 inches or larger) with $1.56 first class postage affixed and sending it to
CNAH
1502 Medinah Circle
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
Collins, Joseph T., Suzanne L. Collins & Travis W. Taggart. Publication of The Center for North American Herpetology. 52 pp.
ISBN 978-0-9721937-1-9. $gratis.
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