Hey Melissa,
I thought the photography in Snakes: The evolution of mystery in nature was spectacular, and they cover fascinating factoids about a lot of different species. It's a great book that gives a broad introduction into the world of snakes. However, I thought they tried to cover too many species and ended up with an interesting book with little tidbits, but they didn't go into a lot of depth on anything, in particular.

The locomotion chapter, for example, had to cover gliding, burrowing, sidewinding, rectilinear, concertina travel, etc. I thought it was glossed over (as would be necessary when covering so many topics in a generalized book). Same thing for the reproduction chapter. Being a rattlesnake fan, I see how you would have appreciated it, but I thought it was lacking in specifics for garters; despite multiple references.

Does the watersnake book cover garters or specifically Nerodia spp?