Carnivore

European Wildcat

Blunt tail. Bold rings. True wild Europe.

Banana Ball Python

Sunshine coils with a lavender glow

Eastern Rat Snake

Barn-Patrolling, Tree-Climbing Black Snake

White Ferret / Albino Ferrets

Little thief, big tunnel explorer

Freshwater Crocodile

Slim snout, freshwater stealth

Spider-Tailed Horned Viper

A viper with a spider on its tail.

Leopard Lizard

Spotted sprinters of the desert

Carpet Viper

Hear the hiss, heed the saw

Cinnamon Ferret

Cinnamon ferret: small hunter, big spark

Telescopefishes (Giganturids)

Built to see in the abyss

Blanket Octopus

The open-ocean octopus with a living cape

Sable Ferret

Small hunter, big curiosity.

Copperhead

Hourglass bands, hidden in plain sight

Western Hognose Snake

The prairie snake that plays dead best

Eastern Indigo Snake

Iridescent hunter of the longleaf

Timber Rattlesnake (Canebrake Rattlesnake)

The forest rattler: warn first, strike last

Brown Snake

Australia's swift, serious brown snakes

Texas Indigo Snake

South Texas' diurnal snake hunter

Black Mamba

Black mouth. Cool head. Keep distance.

Green Mamba

Mambas: the canopy's quick-strike elapids

Egyptian Cobra (Egyptian Asp)

Hood up: the classic "asp" of history

Queen Snake

Seven stripes, one stream specialist

Coachwhip Snake

Built for speed. No venom required.

Carpet Python

Australia's patterned backyard constrictor