Another animal blog

American Badger (Taxidea taxus), mother and pups, family Mustelidae, Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA

Philippine Pit Viper (Trimeresurus flavomaculatus), juvenile, family Viperidae, endemic to the Philippines

Venomous.

Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Ecuador

Pig Frogs (Lithobates grylio), family Ranidae, found in the SE United States

Listen to the pig like call.

Sonoran Desert Tortoise (Gopherus morafkai), family Testudinidae, , Arizona, USA

Vulnerable

This species was separated from the Desert Tortoise, G. agassizii, in 2011, based on genetic evidence. The population of “Desert Tortoises” found east of the Colorado River are now Sonoran Desert Tortoises, and those west of the river are G. agassizii.

By Luiz Lapa from Oeiras, Portugal - Bico-grossudo, Hawfinch, CC BY 2.0, Link