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Article: Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont and New York: Biology, History and the Fate of and Endangered Species.(Book review)
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- Endangered Species Update
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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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 portions are now isolated dots on a map. In spite of over a century of persecution, the species is ...