Unless you are a serious student of herpetology, do not buy this book. It does not contain photos or descriptions intended for the use of the general public, but tables and numbers that mean nothing to me. If you don't know what you are looking for, you are certainly not going to find it here.

This was an expensive lesson for me to learn. I hope this prevents someone else from doing the same.

This book is for you if you're a friend of the German school of unbelief. Or if you're a fan of the Jesus seminar. According to these authors, Jesus wasn't sure of his role, the gospels weren't written by the Apostles, the church inserted words in Jesus's mouth, and so on. Taken to its logical conclusion, one would have to believe that Jesus was a raving lunatic and the "authors" of the false gospels were liars ranking alongside the the recent star of the New York Times. No thanks. I'd rather believe the accounts of those living within 100 years of these events, not this work from disbelieving scholars of the 20th century. Thankfully, I bought this book used!

This is actually a very good, informative book in many ways. The problem is in one respect that it's not what its title purports it to be, and it also failed to include photographs--a feature that would be an invaluable addition to a work of this quality. I reside in Brown County--definitely in north-central Texas, but this book's jurisdiction doesn't even come close to where I live. Rather, this book focuses on the Metroplex (DFW) and surrounding environs. Any real Texan knows that the Metroplex isn't even in Central Texas; it's in North Texas. Had this book been properly entitled to indicate that it covers North Texas, and had pictures been included, I would've given it a rating of five stars, despite the fact that it's inappropriate for my locale. As matters stand, I wasted my valuable time and money.