Snakes of the World A: Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species by Van Wallach, Kenneth L. Williams & Jeff Boundy.
 
Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species—the first catalogue of its kind—covers all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012, comprising 3,509 living and 274 extinct species allocated to 539 living and 112 extinct genera. Also included are 54 genera and 302 species that are dubious or invalid, resulting in recognition of 705 genera and 4,085 species.
The listings are in alphabetical order by genus and species and have individual accounts for each genus and species. there is detailed data on type specimens and type localities. Also included are
all subspecies, synonyms, and proposed snake names, distribution of species by country, province, and elevation. The distribution of fossils by country and geological periods. There are major taxonomic references for each genus and species. The appendix has major references for each country and the bibliography is complete with all of the references cited in text and appendix and the index contains 12,500 primary snake names. The data on type specimens includes museum and catalog number, length and sex, and collector and date. The listed type localities include restrictions and corrections. The bibliography provides complete citations of all references cited in the text and appendix, and taxonomic comments are given in the remarks sections. This standard reference supplies a scientific, academic, and professional treatment of snakes—appealing to conservationists and herpetologists as well as zoologists, naturalists, hobbyists, researchers, and teachers.