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Laurence M. Hardy
A herpetologist and natural history writer, he brought field science to life with books that blend research, travel, and firsthand experience. His work ranges from reptiles and amphibians of the American Southwest and Mexico to regional history and biography.
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Morphological Variation in a Population of the Snake, Tantilla gracilis Baird and Girard
by Laurence M. Hardy, Charles J. Cole
About the author
Laurence M. Hardy is an American herpetologist and author whose writing grows out of a long career in biological science. Information available from publisher and library listings shows that he earned a Ph.D. in biological sciences from the University of New Mexico and joined the faculty of Louisiana State University in Shreveport in 1968.
He became the first director of the Museum of Life Sciences in 1973 and has been listed as a research associate in herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History. His published work includes scientific studies on snakes, lizards, and amphibians, along with books such as Lizard on a String, a memoir-like account of a 1963 research expedition in Baja California del Sur.
His books also show a broader curiosity beyond zoology. In addition to natural history, he has written about exploration history and about artist Florence McNeil Hardy, giving his nonfiction a personal, reflective side as well as a scientific one.