Plateau

Lappet-faced Vulture

Big bill. Bare face. Nature's cleanup boss.

Eurasian Jay

Oak Forest Planter with a Blue Flash

Tiger Rattlesnake

Tiny rattle. Big desert danger.

Midget Faded Rattlesnake

Small snake. Serious rattle.

Junglefowl

Wild roots of the chicken

Bullsnake

Prairie's loudest look-alike

Whinchat

Meadow hunter, Africa-bound migrant

Goshawk

White-browed shadow of the woods

Red-Billed Quelea Bird

The "feathered locust" weaverbird

Chipping Sparrow

Rufous cap, razor-crisp trill.

Black-Capped Chickadee

Big attitude in a tiny winter bird

Cat-Eyed Snake

Night eyes, frog hunters

Rhombic Egg-Eater Snake

Cracks eggs-never bites.

Wolf Snake

Gecko hunters, not kraits

Yarara

Lanceheads: silent heat-seeking ambushers

Rinkhals Snake

Spit. Bluff. Survive.

Night Adder

Rhombus-marked frog hunter of the night

Bull Trout

Big char, cold water, connected rivers.

Urutu Snake

Urutu-cruzeiro: the cross-marked ambusher

Mole Snake

Big bite, no venom-rodent remover

Zebra Snake

Zebra stripes, venomous sights

Black Rat Snake

Barn-climbing rodent patrol

Ground Snake

Small snake, big desert hide-and-seek

King Rat Snake

Keeled, bold, and rodent-controlled