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Laurence M. Hardy
A herpetologist, museum founder, and field researcher, he wrote with the eye of someone who had spent years studying reptiles and amphibians up close. His books blend scientific knowledge, regional history, and a real affection for the natural world.
1 Audiobook
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, often called "Mac" Hardy, is an American biologist and herpetologist who served on the faculty of Louisiana State University Shreveport. Archival and book-source material describes him as an emeritus professor of biology, the first director of the Museum of Life Sciences at LSU Shreveport, and a researcher whose work focused on reptiles and amphibians.
His writing reflects that scientific background. In addition to technical work in herpetology, he wrote books for general readers, including Lizard on a String: Biologists Exploring Baja California del Sur -- A Half Century Ago and Freeman and Custis Red River Expedition of 1806: Two Hundred Years Later. Taken together, those titles suggest an author interested not only in field biology, but also in exploration, place, and the stories behind natural history.
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