Writing for a general nonscientific audience, the authors catalogue and describe the snakes that can be found in the state of Virginia, offering information on appearance, range, habitat, appearance, behavior, food, natural predators, and locations of captive specimens. The material is introduced with a discussion of general attributes of snakes. This is a paperbound edition of a work first published in 1981. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)