author
Ray D. Burkett
b. 1938
A careful field naturalist and researcher, he is best known for a detailed study of the cottonmouth moccasin that has remained available to generations of readers through library and public-domain editions.
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About the author
Ray D. Burkett was born in 1938 and is known for Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia), a scientific work associated with the University of Kansas and later circulated through Project Gutenberg and library catalogs.
His writing centers on close observation of reptiles, especially the cottonmouth, and reflects the patient, descriptive style of a researcher documenting animal behavior and natural history rather than writing for sensation.
Public sources located for this overview confirm his authorship and birth year, but they provide only limited biographical detail. Because of that, it is best to remember him primarily through his published contribution to herpetology.