Looking for book recommendations

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good book about either snakes or reptiles/amphibians in general to get as a present for my 9year old? It doesn't need to be a kids book, but the reading level shouldn't be too technical. He really enjoys science books, especially ones with nice photography, so I was hoping to find one for his snake obsession. Thanks for the help!

Very few are actually aimed at young readers, but they aren't overly technical anyway. Check your local city library or give them a call. I know mine has a LOT of snake/reptile books and are mostly centered around pictures. That would be a good place to start.

Real live librarian here! :D

I actually made a snake book list for our website, and there were a few kid-appropriate books on there. My favorite children's book about snakes is this one - http://www.amazon.com/Verdi-Janell-C...keywords=verdi - but it's an actual children's book aimed more at the 4-6 year old category. So for a 9 year-old I'd go more with something like these:

http://www.amazon.com/Awesome-Snake-...+snake+science (perfect for a science lover, but more of a science project book)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Encycloped...pd_sim_sbs_b_8
http://www.amazon.com/Snake-Chris-Ma...ref=pd_sim_b_1
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Big-Book...book+of+snakes (I have this one myself - it's huge and full of photos)

I'll let you know if I think of any more!

Oh, and here's a link to that list I made: http://sccl.bibliocommons.com/list/s..._care_-_snakes (hope the link works)