Reptiles > Viperids & Squamata
The Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), historically revered in early American history as the iconic coiled serpent featured on the famous ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ Gadsden flag, is a heavy-bodied, venomous pit viper belonging to the subfamily...
Amphibians > Bombinatorids & Anura
The Oriental Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina orientalis) is a small, semi-aquatic, toxic anuran amphibian belonging to the archaic fire-bellied toad family Bombinatoridae within the order Anura. Indigenous to the temperate mixed forests, montane stream corridors, and river...
Amphibians > Salamandrids & Urodela
The Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris), historically known across Britain as the common newt or northern smooth newt, is a charming, slender, semi-aquatic caudate amphibian belonging to the true salamander and newt family Salamandridae within the order Urodela....
Fish > Osphronemids & Anabantiformes
The Giant Gourami (Osphronemus goramy), celebrated across Southeast Asia as the gurami or ikan gurame, is a massive, highly intelligent, herbivorous freshwater anabantiform fish belonging to the gourami family Osphronemidae within the suborder Anabantoidei. Indigenous...
Fish > Cyclopterids & Scorpaeniformes
The Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), universally known across the British Isles and maritime Scandinavia as the lumpsucker, is an extraordinary, heavily built, globose marine teleost fish and the sole member of the genus Cyclopterus within the lumpsucker family...
