Foreword / Edward O. Wilson
The Eastern Diamondback: Gentle Ben of rattlesnakes
River of May: New World's first snake
Diamonds in the rough: afternoon delight
Herpetophobia: roundups or festivals?
Herpetophilia: Apalachicola Kingsnake
Blue Indigo: forest ruler
Phaeognathus: secrets in the Red Hills
The feared cottonmouth: is it aggressive?
Cotton Rat: base of the food web
Alligator snapping turtle: leviathan of Southern rivers
Ouachita earthworms: a glowing story
Bushmasters and the volcano: silent death, violent death
Is Tzabcan Kukulcan? Stalking the plumed serpent
Island treasures: Nosy Mangabe
Treefrog dines on bats: prey turns predator
Wonambi: quest for the Rainbow Serpent
Black Tiger Snake: glutton of Chappell
Hunt for the Roughie: rare Kimberley relict
The fiercey: world's deadliest
Coastal Taipans: a dream realized
Greenies and the Cape York Python trove
Okefenokee alligators: congratulatory bellows.
