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Texas Horned Lizard
A flat, spiny 'horny toad' with prominent head horns, able to squirt blood from its eyes to deter predators.
Slow Worm (Legless Lizard)
A legless lizard resembling a snake, but with eyelids and a detachable tail, shiny brown-gray, harmless.
Plumed Basilisk
A green lizard famous for running on water with its fringed hind feet, called the 'Jesus Christ lizard'.
Leopard Gecko
A ground-dwelling gecko with a thick tail, spotted pattern and distinct movable eyelids, one of the most popul…
Green Sea Turtle
The most widespread sea turtle, named for the green colour of its fat rather than its shell.
Ostrich
The largest living bird, flightless with long bare neck and legs, powerful runner reaching 70 km/h, farmed for…
Syrian Hamster
The most popular pet hamster in the world and the largest of the five domesticated species (body 13–18 cm, 110…
Netherland Dwarf
One of the smallest rabbit breeds, with a compact cobby body, short upright ears and a round face.
American Shorthair
A sturdy, medium-to-large working cat descended from European settlers' cats, with a dense short coat and a ca…
Australian Shepherd
A medium, agile herding dog with a lush merle coat, equally at home on the ranch and in the agility ring.
Striped Glass Frog
A small glass frog with transparent belly and fine side stripes, found in mountain streams.
Indian Bullfrog
A large frog of South Asia, males turn bright yellow-green during breeding season.
African Dwarf Frog
A tiny fully aquatic frog, popular in home aquariums, with small clawed feet and a peaceful nature.
Surinam Horned Frog
A large horned frog with prominent head horns and vivid green-brown patterning, aggressive and powerful.
European Common Toad
A plump warty toad of Europe and western Asia, brown with dark spots, secretes bufotoxin from glands.
Golden Poison Frog
One of the most toxic animals on Earth, a bright yellow-and-black frog of Colombian rainforests.
Wallace's Flying Frog
A large tree frog with enormous webbed feet used to glide between trees in Borneo and Sumatra.
American Green Tree Frog
A small bright-green tree frog with white side stripes, common in the southeastern US.
African Bullfrog
One of the largest frogs, aggressive and powerful, with a voracious appetite, native to Africa.
California Kingsnake
A glossy black-and-white banded snake, immune to venom, an excellent constrictor and pet.
Indian Cobra
A classic cobra with a spectacles-shaped hood mark, one of India's 'big four' venomous snakes.
Saharan Horned Viper
A desert viper with horn-like scales above each eye, sidewinding across sand.
Sunbeam Snake
A burrowing snake with an iridescent rainbow sheen over its scales, from Southeast Asia.
Ball Python
A popular, docile constrictor that coils into a ball when threatened, bred in hundreds of morphs.
