Description

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An interpretive naturalist, writer, educator and reptile specialist from Bend, Oregon, Alan St. John has crafted a richly photographed guide to the reptiles, snakes and turtles found in the Pacific Northwest. Each of the book's 44 accounts features photographs of the animal, as well as range maps and notes on identification, variation, distribution, habitat, behavior and similar species. The guide also has a strongly personal and accessible quality through St. John's field notes of his own encounters with each of the featured species.

About the Author

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A native of Bend, Oregon, Alan St. John is a freelance interpretive naturalist who uses writing, photography, pen-an-ink drawings and color paintings to teach about the natural world. He is the author of a book on eastern Oregon, and his work has also appeared in several Northwest regional magazines along with national publications such as National Geographic, Ranger Rick, Natural HIstory, Nature Conservatory and the New York Times. In the past, he has also worked as a reptile keeper at Portland's zoological park and conducted extensive reptile and amphibian field surveys for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and for the U.S. Forest Serivce and Bureau of Land Management.