Pine Snake
The bluffing burrower of the pines
Conservation Threats
Agricultural Expansion
Conversion of natural habitats to farmland and ranching operations
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Red Diamondback Rattlesnake
Red diamonds, silent strike
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Hear the rattle-respect the desert.
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Big diamonds. Bigger warning.
Aesculapian Snake
The healer's serpent of Europe
Arafura File Snake
Baggy-skinned fish-gripper
Egyptian Goose
Africa's bold, loud, territorial grazer
Congo Snake
Not a snake-an eel-shaped salamander
Mangrove Snake
Mangrove shadows, golden rings
Mexican Black Kingsnake
The glossy black king of snakes
Cinereous Vulture
Big, black, and built to clean
Boiga
Big-eyed night hunters in the trees
Lappet-faced Vulture
Big bill. Bare face. Nature's cleanup boss.
Eurasian Jay
Oak Forest Planter with a Blue Flash
Midget Faded Rattlesnake
Small snake. Serious rattle.
Junglefowl
Wild roots of the chicken
Bullsnake
Prairie's loudest look-alike
Atlantic Salmon
Born in rivers, grown at sea, home again
Whinchat
Meadow hunter, Africa-bound migrant
Savannah Sparrow
Buzzy song of the open fields
Eyelash Viper
Venomous lashes of the rainforest
Ghost Catfish
See-through swimmer, river-school ghost
Chipping Sparrow
Rufous cap, razor-crisp trill.
Steelhead Salmon
Sea-run rainbow, built to return