This brief (31 page) book offers for the general public abundant of information about the biology and natural history of snakes. Coverage includes diversity, habitats, styles of locomotion, sense organs, food and feeding, venom, means of defense, reproduction (including egg-laying and live-bearing), highly unusual snakes, and human interactions with snakes. Pages are filled with multiple photograph- based illustrations, each of which is attractive and informative. I noticed no substantial errors, and judge the work to be largely (if not entirely) accurate. A pedantic point: biologists distinguish between animals that are "poisonous" (e.g., toxic to eat) vs "venomous" (able to produce venom for feeding or defense), under which distinction relevant snakes would be classified as venomous. ( )