Garter Snake
Stripes you can trust
Animal Habitats
Woodland
Open forests with widely spaced trees and significant understory vegetation
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Woodland Animals
Puff Adder
Stand still. Blend in. Puff loud.
Rock Python
Big. Silent. Africa's rock python.
Rough Green Snake
The leaf-green insect hunter of the treetops
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
Green Tree Python
Coiled like a leaf, strikes like lightning
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
Twig Snake
A branch that bites.
Rainbow Boa
Prism-scaled constrictor of the rainforest
Nyala
Striped shadows of the thicket
Eland
Big body, quiet steps, spiral horns
Snouted Cobra
Big hood. Bold snout. Serious venom.
Asp
The original "asp" of the Nile
Marmoset
Tiny primates, big teamwork.
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.