Brown

Fox Squirrel

Big squirrel, bold colors, buried acorns

Sand Crab

Built for the backwash

Leech

Two suckers, many lifestyles.

Shrew

Tiny teeth, turbo metabolism.

Boomslang

Big eyes. Tree life. Serious venom.

Bushmaster Snake

Rainforest shadow with a heat-sense

Brown Water Snake

Big river snake, not a cottonmouth

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.

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

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

Crested Gecko

The eyelash gecko of New Caledonia

Olive Baboon

Africa's adaptable troop strategist

Bush Viper

Spines, stealth, and forest strikes

Cottonmouth

Swamp guardian with a cotton-white warning