David Gallan / Death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) escapes a bushfire by taking shelter in a drainage pipe under the road. New South Wales, Australia.

Pete Oxford / Wagler's sipo (Chironius scurrulus) Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador. South America.

Pete Oxford / Prescribed burn in longleaf pine forest, The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve, Telfair County, Georgia, USA

Chien Lee / Fire-lipped Keelback (Rhabdophis murudensis) snake in leaf litter, Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fire-bellied Snake (Leimadophis epinephalus) swallowing a poisonous Harlequin Frog (Atelopus varius) cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fire-bellied Snake (Leimadophis epinephalus) harmless mimic of coral snake, defensive display, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Fire-bellied Snake (Leimadophis epinephalus) harmless mimic of Coral Snake, defensive display, cloud forest, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Fire snake (Chironius scurrulus) in rainforest, Rewa River, Iwokrama reserve, Guyana

Fernando Faciole / Volunteer holding dead snake found among vegetation during firefighters' attempt to control bushfire in Pantanal wetlands. Encontro das Aguas State Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Lucas Bustamante / Rusty whipsnake / Wagler's sipo (Chironius scurrulus) coiled up, close up, Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Rusty whipsnake / Wagler's sipo (Chironius scurrulus) scales, detail, Yasuni National Park, Orellana, Ecuador.

David Fleetham / Sand anemone / Branching tube anemone (Actinostephanus haeckeli) on sandy seabed, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean.