Aesculapian Snake
The healer's serpent of Europe
Conservation Threats
Infrastructure
Roads, dams, power lines, and buildings causing mortality or habitat fragmentation
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Infrastructure Animals
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
Arizona Black Rattlesnake
Dark. Mountain-born. Don't tread close.
Orange-Crowned Warbler
The warbler with the hidden crown
Cinereous Vulture
Big, black, and built to clean
Griffon Vulture
Nature's high-altitude clean-up crew
Boiga
Big-eyed night hunters in the trees
Lappet-faced Vulture
Big bill. Bare face. Nature's cleanup boss.
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
Hear the rattle-give it space.
Eurasian Jay
Oak Forest Planter with a Blue Flash
Tiger Rattlesnake
Tiny rattle. Big desert danger.
Midget Faded Rattlesnake
Small snake. Serious rattle.
Aruba Rattlesnake
Aruba's arid-island rattler
Sea Roach
Rock runners of the tide line
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
Goshawk
White-browed shadow of the woods
Red-Billed Quelea Bird
The "feathered locust" weaverbird