Carnivore

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

Emerald Tree Monitor

Emerald agility in the treetops

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

Bush Viper

Spines, stealth, and forest strikes

Cottonmouth

Swamp guardian with a cotton-white warning

Twig Snake

A branch that bites.

Rainbow Boa

Prism-scaled constrictor of the rainforest

Sand Viper

Horned master of the Saharan ambush

Horned Viper

Horns in the sand, strike from stillness

Snouted Cobra

Big hood. Bold snout. Serious venom.

Asp

The original "asp" of the Nile

Eurasian Lynx

Silent forest hunter with tufted ears

European Polecat

Masked hunter with a musky warning