Temperate Forest

Shrew

Tiny teeth, turbo metabolism.

Brown Water Snake

Big river snake, not a cottonmouth

Milk Snake

Bright bands, harmless bite-Milk Snake!

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

Banded Water Snake

Wetland hunter-harmless, not a cottonmouth

Rough Green Snake

The leaf-green insect hunter of the treetops

Red-Eared Slider

Red patch, big splash-slider power!

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

Olive Baboon

Africa's adaptable troop strategist

Cottonmouth

Swamp guardian with a cotton-white warning

Twig Snake

A branch that bites.

Uinta Ground Squirrel

Whistle, burrow, hibernate-repeat.

Dwarf Hamster

Small hamsters, big steppe survival

Jackrabbit

Long ears. Longer legs. Lightning leaps.

Eurasian Beaver

Nature's wetland engineer

Eastern Chipmunk

Striped burrower, master food hoarder.

Eurasian Lynx

Silent forest hunter with tufted ears

Ox

Not a species-an ox is a job.