Wetland

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Big diamonds. Bigger warning.

Mud Snake

Wetland phantom with a blazing belly

Arafura File Snake

Baggy-skinned fish-gripper

Egyptian Goose

Africa's bold, loud, territorial grazer

Congo Snake

Not a snake-an eel-shaped salamander

Mangrove Snake

Mangrove shadows, golden rings

Mexican Black Kingsnake

The glossy black king of snakes

Orange-Crowned Warbler

The warbler with the hidden crown

Boiga

Big-eyed night hunters in the trees

Sea Roach

Rock runners of the tide line

Junglefowl

Wild roots of the chicken

Whinchat

Meadow hunter, Africa-bound migrant

Savannah Sparrow

Buzzy song of the open fields

Tennessee Walking Horse

The Smooth Ride of Tennessee

Red-Billed Quelea Bird

The "feathered locust" weaverbird

Cobia Fish

The ray-riding runner of warm seas

Tire Track Eel

Tire-track camo, night-stalking hunter

Pipefish

Tube snouts. Bony armor. Dad does the brooding.

Blue Catfish

Forked tail. Big river muscle.

Steelhead Salmon

Sea-run rainbow, built to return

Black-Capped Chickadee

Big attitude in a tiny winter bird

Whiting

European whiting: NE Atlantic cod kin

Cat-Eyed Snake

Night eyes, frog hunters

Fire Eel

Not a true eel-pure river fire.