Solvin Zankl / Shovel-nosed lizard / Namib Sanddiver (Aporosaura anchietae) Namib desert, Namibia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / A traditional Selkup shovel for removing pieces of ice from the water while checking fishing nets in a frozen river, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gennadiy Kubolev, using a traditional Selkup shovel to remove pieces of ice from the water while checking a fishing net in a frozen river, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Onne van der Wal / Man shovelling snow on pavement outside shop. Montreal, Canada, 2008.

Onne van der Wal / Man shovelling snow on pavement outside shop. Montreal, Canada, 2008.

Barry Mansell / Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake (Chionactis occipitalis klauberi) flicking tongue, Arizona, USA

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's Shovel-snout snake (Prosyma sundevalli) DeHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's Shovel-snout snake (prosyma sundevalli) close up of head, DeHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's shovel-snout snake (Prosyma sundevalli) DeHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossils of Burrowing trilobites (Homalonotus / Trimerus linares) (Salter) from the Middle Devonian period, Patacamaya, Bolivia. The cylindrical body shape plus shovel nose headshield possibly indicate...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Fossil of a Trilobite (Clymenella / Eohomalonotus sp) from the Ordovician period, Uppermost Llanvirn Series, Rehamna, Morocco. The expanded axial segments and shovel nose snout indicate a burrowing mo...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Bicycle, shovel and skis outside traditional wooden building, Dovrefjell National Park, Norway, April 2009

Juan Carlos Munoz / Shovel snouted lizard (Meroles anchietae) on sand dune, Namib desert, Namibia, August 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Shovel snouted lizard (Meroles anchietae) on dry cracked desert ground, Namib desert, Namibia, August 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Shovel snouted lizard (Meroles anchietae) on sand dune, Namib desert, Namibia, August 2008

Piotr Naskrecki / Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog (Hemisus marmoratus) has narrow pointed head that helps them bury themsleves with a great speed, they feed mostly on termites and other small insects, Mamang River Forest Res...

Tony Phelps / Shovel-snout snake (Prosyma sundevalli) neonates from same litter showing pattern variation. DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Shovel-snout snake (Prosyma sundevalli) neonate, DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Robert Valentic / Unbanded shovel-nosed snake {Brachyurophis incinctus} female, nocturnal burrower that specialises in eating reptile eggs, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Robert Valentic / Northern shovel-nosed snake {Brachyurophis roperi} male, burrower that specialises in eating reptile eggs, Lake Argyle, Western Australia

Robert Valentic / Unbanded shovel-nosed snake {Brachyurophis incinctus} male, nocturnal burrower that specialises in eating reptile eggs, Boulia, Queensland, Australia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog (Hemisus marmoratus), South Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog (Hemisus marmoratus) burrowing into ground, South Africa

Solvin Zankl / Shovel-nosed lizard / Namib Sanddiver (Aporosaura anchietae) on sand dune, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Shovel nosed lizard (Aporosaura anchieta) in the dunes, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Shovel nosed lizard (Aporosaura anchieta) in the dunes, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Robert Valentic / Northern shovel nosed snake {Brachyurophis roperi} male, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, october

Robert Valentic / Narrow banded shovel nosed snake {Brachyurophis fasciolatus fasciatus} male, a rare burrowing species, South Australia

PREMAPHOTOS / Shovel nosed lizard {Aporosaura anchietae} climbing onto twig to avoid the hot sand, Namib Desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog (Hemisus marmoratus) inflating itself to make itself more difficult to be swallowed by predators, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Jim Brandenburg / Shovel Point with ice, Lake Superior, Minnesota

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's shovel snout snake {Prosyma sundevalli} juvenile, DeHoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa.

Martin Gabriel / Shovel nosed lizard walking on sand {Aporosaura anchietae} Namib NP, Namibia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Two-striped Shovel-snout (Prosymna bivittata) adult and young, southern Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Two-striped Shovel-snout (Prosymna bivittata) close-up, southern Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Peringuey's Sidewinding Adder (Bitis peringueyi) swallowing a Shovel-snouted Lizard, Namib Desert, Namibia

Jan Vermeer / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) on spade handle, Europe

Jabruson / Shovel nosed / burrowing frog burrowing in sand {Hemisus sp} Tsavo East NP, Kenya

Jabruson / Shovel nosed / burrowing frog {Hemisus sp} Tsavo East NP, Keny

Jabruson / Shovel nosed / burrowing frog burrowing in sand {Hemisus sp} Tsavo East NP, Kenya

Jabruson / Shovel nosed / burrowing frog {Hemisus sp} Tsavo East NP, Keny

Robert Valentic / Australian coral snake {Brachyurophis australis} Queensland, Australia, october

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's shovel-snout Snake (Prosyma sundevalli) tightly coiled, Western Cape, South Africa.

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's shovel-nosed snake {Prosyma sundevalli} baby coiled on palm of hand, Dehoop NR, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Sundevall's shovel-snout Snake (Prosyma sundevalli) tightly coiled, Western Cape, South Africa.

Tony Phelps / Shovel-snout Snake {Prosyma sundevalli} DeHoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa

Jim Brandenburg / Ice and crashing wave along Shovel Point, Lake Superior, Minnesota