Hilly

Eurasian Nuthatch

The headfirst trunk-climber

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

The garden predator with a scorpion pose

Common Furniture Beetle

Small beetle, big holes in history

Evening Bat

Beat the dusk-hunt like an evening bat

Hellbender

Wrinkles that breathe-rivers that live.

Fox Squirrel

Big squirrel, bold colors, buried acorns

Shrew

Tiny teeth, turbo metabolism.

Boomslang

Big eyes. Tree life. Serious venom.

Bushmaster Snake

Rainforest shadow with a heat-sense

Milk Snake

Bright bands, harmless bite-Milk Snake!

Gaboon Viper

Leaf-litter ghost with 5-cm fangs

Texas Rat Snake

Texas' climbing rodent patrol

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.

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