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False Viper (Pseudagkistrodon rudis), family Colubridae, Hunan China

Red Spiny Rat Maxomys surifer

A rodent from southeast Asia including Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Indonesia. They live in primary forest and forest edge habitats. They are a nocturnal species that feed on roots, fallen fruit, insects, and small vertebrates.

Desert Sand Boa (Eryx miliaris), family Boidae, found across much of Central Asia

Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus a. alleganiensis), family Cryptobranchidae, found in freshwater streams in the eastern US

Northern Pocket Gopher Thomomys talpoides

A small gopher found in the western United States and Canada. Northern pocket gophers rarely appear above ground; when they do, they rarely venture more than 2.5 feet from a burrow entrance. Underground, however, they often have tunnels that extend hundreds of feet where they live, store food, and give birth to their young.

Oviedo Fire Salamander (Salamandra s. bernardezi), family Salamandridae, northern Spain

This subspecies of the Fire Salamander gives live birth to fully formed terrestrial offspring!!!

This subspecies is also highly variable in pattern and coloration.

Chapman's zebra Equus quagga chapmani

Carpentarian Rock-rat Zyzomys palatilis

A critically endangered rodent living on the Queensland / Northern Territory border in Australia. Their habitat consists of rainforest and vine thickets in rocky sandstone gorges and escarpments.