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Black Ghost Knifefish
The Black Ghost Knifefish, also known as the Ghost Knife or Feather Knife, gets its name from its unusual shape and entirely jet-black body. It hunts with extreme speed and swims nimbly, which is one of its distinguishing features.
Pictus Catfish
The Pictus Catfish (Pimelodus pictus), also known as the Pearl High-Fin Catfish, is native to Colombia. It prefers soft acidic water and is nocturnal, often hiding in rock crevices during the day. Its silver-white body is densely speckled with fine black spots, giving the species its name.
Australian Spotted Arowana
The Australian spotted arowana (Scleropages leichardti) — also called the spotted barramundi or northern saratoga — is a large, nocturnal, fiercely aggressive arowana from eastern and northern Australia. A carnivorous tank boss that needs a big aquarium, soft acidic-to-neutral water, and careful, varied feeding.
Oriental Garden Lizard (Changeable Lizard)
The 'horse-mane' agamid of southern China - a small, hardy, common lizard that changes colour and drops its tail when grabbed.
Red-eyed Tree Frog
The iconic big-eyed, green-and-orange hylid of Central American rainforests - fully nocturnal and a live-food specialist. An amphibian, not a reptile.
Florida Snapping Turtle
The most heavily-spined of the four Chelydra subspecies - a fierce, heat-loving carnivore from Florida and Georgia. Adults are aggressive; a meat or farm turtle more than a pet.
White-lipped Mud Turtle
A strikingly pretty mud-turtle relative - the 'mango-head' morph can flush yellow onto limbs and shell. Friendly and mid-priced, but it cannot brumate and must be kept heated year-round.
Himalayan Burrowing Viper
A rare, secretive, highly venomous montane viper from the Himalayas - one of the few front-fanged vipers kept only by specialist venom programmes.
White-lipped Pit Viper
The white-lipped pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris) is a slender, arboreal venomous pit viper of southern China and Southeast Asia, recognised by the white line running from its body to its lower lip.
Asian Black-spined Toad
The Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) is a large, warty bufonid toad of South and Southeast Asia, famously familiar as the common 'toad' near human settlements, and one that secretes a defensive white venom when alarmed.