Nocturnal

Leech

Two suckers, many lifestyles.

Shrew

Tiny teeth, turbo metabolism.

Bushmaster Snake

Rainforest shadow with a heat-sense

Brown Water Snake

Big river snake, not a cottonmouth

Milk Snake

Bright bands, harmless bite-Milk Snake!

Blood Python

Short tail. Heavy muscle. Red power.

Gaboon Viper

Leaf-litter ghost with 5-cm fangs

Texas Rat Snake

Texas' climbing rodent patrol

Massasauga

Small rattle. Big wetland neighbor.

Scarlet Kingsnake

Coral look-kingsnake calm.

Indian Cobra

Hood up: the spectacled sentinel

Garter Snake

Stripes you can trust

Puff Adder

Stand still. Blend in. Puff loud.

Rock Python

Big. Silent. Africa's rock python.

Banded Water Snake

Wetland hunter-harmless, not a cottonmouth

Spitting Cobra

Front fangs, fast venom, fierce defense

Northern Water Snake

Not a cottonmouth-just a water snake.

Stiletto Snake

The snake that stabs sideways

Green Tree Python

Coiled like a leaf, strikes like lightning

Crested Gecko

The eyelash gecko of New Caledonia

Bush Viper

Spines, stealth, and forest strikes

Cottonmouth

Swamp guardian with a cotton-white warning

Rainbow Boa

Prism-scaled constrictor of the rainforest

Sand Viper

Horned master of the Saharan ambush