Bush Viper
Spines, stealth, and forest strikes
Conservation Threats
Urbanization
Expansion of cities and human settlements into wildlife habitats
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Cottonmouth
Swamp guardian with a cotton-white warning
Twig Snake
A branch that bites.
Rainbow Boa
Prism-scaled constrictor of the rainforest
Sand Viper
Horned master of the Saharan ambush
Horned Viper
Horns in the sand, strike from stillness
Snouted Cobra
Big hood. Bold snout. Serious venom.
Asp
The original "asp" of the Nile
Marmoset
Tiny primates, big teamwork.
Jackrabbit
Long ears. Longer legs. Lightning leaps.
Eastern Chipmunk
Striped burrower, master food hoarder.
Kit Fox
Big ears. Cool survival.
Eastern Glass Lizard
Not a snake-meet the glass lizard
European Polecat
Masked hunter with a musky warning
European Wildcat
Blunt tail. Bold rings. True wild Europe.
Whiptail Lizard
Speed, sun, and serious tails
Eastern Rat Snake
Barn-Patrolling, Tree-Climbing Black Snake
Honey Buzzard
The wasp-nest excavator of Europe
Leopard Lizard
Spotted sprinters of the desert
Basilisk Lizard
Kings of the riverbank sprint
Carpet Viper
Hear the hiss, heed the saw
Armadillo Lizard
The lizard that becomes a ring of armor
Texas Spiny Lizard
Spiky scales, Texas trails.
Unau (Linnaeus's Two-Toed Sloth)
Two claws, night life, rainforest slow