Living With Rattlesnakes

Living With Rattlesnakes Tucson Herpetological Society: Living With Venomous Reptiles pdf California Department of Fish and Game: Rattlesnakes in California University of California: Rattlesnakes Management Guide Rattlesnake Bites California Poison Control System: Rattlesnake Bites University of Arizona: Rattlesnakes Justin Schwartz' Rattlesnake Bite Story and Pictures Sean Bush MD: Venom ER - When snakes strike! More Rattlesnake Information Rattlesnake Roundups Rattlesnake Sounds and Video Rattlesnake Signs
Harmless Gopher Snakes are often mistaken for dangerous rattlesnakes and killed unnecessarily. It is easy to avoid this mistake by learning to tell the difference between the two families of snakes as shown in these signs. If you do not have experience handling venomous snakes, you should never handle a snake unless you are absolutely sure that it is not dangerous.		Watch a short movie of a rattlesnake rattling
Books about Rattlesnakes Ernst, Carl. H. Venomous Reptiles of North America. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999. Hayes, William K., Kent R. Beaman, Michael D. Cardwell, and Sean P. Bush, editors. The Biology of Rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, 2009. Hubbs, Brian R., & Brendan O'Connor. A Guide to the Rattlesnakes of the United States. Tricolor Books, 2009. Klauber, Laurence M. Rattlesnakes. University of California Press. (Abridged from the 1956 two volume Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind.) University of California Press, 1982. Rubio, Manny. Rattlesnake - Portrait of a Predator. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998. Walls, Jerry G. Rattlesnakes: Their Natural History and Care. T. F. H. Publications, Inc., 1996.