Devil's Coach Horse Beetle
The garden predator with a scorpion pose
Conservation Threats
Urbanization
Expansion of cities and human settlements into wildlife habitats
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Evening Bat
Beat the dusk-hunt like an evening bat
Fox Squirrel
Big squirrel, bold colors, buried acorns
Sand Crab
Built for the backwash
Venus Flytrap
Snaps fast, eats smarter.
Shrew
Tiny teeth, turbo metabolism.
Boomslang
Big eyes. Tree life. Serious venom.
Bushmaster Snake
Rainforest shadow with a heat-sense
Brown Water Snake
Big river snake, not a cottonmouth
Milk Snake
Bright bands, harmless bite-Milk Snake!
Gaboon Viper
Leaf-litter ghost with 5-cm fangs
Texas Rat Snake
Texas' climbing rodent patrol
Massasauga
Small rattle. Big wetland neighbor.
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.
Banded Water Snake
Wetland hunter-harmless, not a cottonmouth
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
Crested Gecko
The eyelash gecko of New Caledonia