Island

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

Sand Crab

Built for the backwash

Leech

Two suckers, many lifestyles.

Shrew

Tiny teeth, turbo metabolism.

Bushmaster Snake

Rainforest shadow with a heat-sense

Blood Python

Short tail. Heavy muscle. Red power.

Gaboon Viper

Leaf-litter ghost with 5-cm fangs

Indian Cobra

Hood up: the spectacled sentinel

Garter Snake

Stripes you can trust

Spitting Cobra

Front fangs, fast venom, fierce defense

Emerald Tree Monitor

Emerald agility in the treetops

Green Tree Python

Coiled like a leaf, strikes like lightning

Crested Gecko

The eyelash gecko of New Caledonia

Bush Viper

Spines, stealth, and forest strikes

Jackrabbit

Long ears. Longer legs. Lightning leaps.

Ox

Not a species-an ox is a job.

Whiptail Lizard

Speed, sun, and serious tails

White Ferret / Albino Ferrets

Little thief, big tunnel explorer

Sambar

Asia's heavyweight forest deer

Honey Buzzard

The wasp-nest excavator of Europe

Natterjack

The stripe-backed toad that runs and roars

Lazarus Lizard

The wall lizard that came back