Snakebit: Confessions of a Herpetologist

About this book

Snakebit traces author Leslie Anthonys journey from a childhood fascination with snakes and amphibians through academic flirtation to professional association with some of the worlds greatest herpetologists. In this book he leads the reader on a rollicking ride through desert swamp jungle and a few laboratories to reveal the strange world of these cryptic creatures and the often-stranger fraternity that pursues them. Detailing his travels to New Orleans Mexico Fiji Vietnam Armenia and Canada Anthony offers a headlong fun-for-all read packed with personalities history geography culture and adventure. Along the way readers are served a generous helping of saccharine-free science from modern evolutionary theory to uni-sexuality and biodiversity always seasoned with more than a dash of humor.