Diurnal

Eastern Rat Snake

Barn-Patrolling, Tree-Climbing Black Snake

Honey Buzzard

The wasp-nest excavator of Europe

Leopard Lizard

Spotted sprinters of the desert

Basilisk Lizard

Kings of the riverbank sprint

Carpet Viper

Hear the hiss, heed the saw

Armadillo Lizard

The lizard that becomes a ring of armor

Texas Spiny Lizard

Spiky scales, Texas trails.

Natterjack

The stripe-backed toad that runs and roars

Lazarus Lizard

The wall lizard that came back

Copperhead

Hourglass bands, hidden in plain sight

Agama Lizard

Colorful rock sentinels of Africa

Western Hognose Snake

The prairie snake that plays dead best

King Vulture

Color-crowned cleaner of the rainforest

Eastern Indigo Snake

Iridescent hunter of the longleaf

Timber Rattlesnake (Canebrake Rattlesnake)

The forest rattler: warn first, strike last

Bearded Vulture

The Bone-Breaking Mountain Vulture

Brown Snake

Australia's swift, serious brown snakes

Texas Indigo Snake

South Texas' diurnal snake hunter

Black Mamba

Black mouth. Cool head. Keep distance.

Green Mamba

Mambas: the canopy's quick-strike elapids

Egyptian Cobra (Egyptian Asp)

Hood up: the classic "asp" of history

Queen Snake

Seven stripes, one stream specialist

Coachwhip Snake

Built for speed. No venom required.

Grass Snake

The wetland snake that plays dead