Fabio Pupin / Peringuey's desert adder, (Bitis peringueyi), sidewinding on dune, Namib desert, Namibia, February . Non-ex.

Tony Heald / Elephant (Loxodonta africana) babies playing, Etosha National Park,Namibia.

Pedro Narra / Black erget (Egretta gularis) displaying, Joao Vieira Poillo , Bijagos Archipellago. Guinea Bissau

Pedro Narra / West African mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus) Joao Vieira Poillo , Bijagos Archipellago. Guinea Bissau

Lucas Bustamante / African lion (Panthera leo) resting, Etosha National Park, Harare Province, Namibia.

Lucas Bustamante / Female African lion (Panthera leo) face portrait, Etosha National Park, Harare Province, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Ostriches (Struthio camelus) running in the distance in a mirage, Sossusvlei, Namib-Nauckluft National Park, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Ingo Arndt / African chameleon {Chamaeleo africanus} portrait, captive, from north-west Africa

Ralf Kistowski/ BIA / Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) female landing, Gambia

Peter Hering/ BIA / Scissor-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii) flying, Senegal

Christophe Courteau / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) swimming across Chobe River, trunks raised above surface for breathing, Chobe National Park, border between Botswana and Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) small herd at waterhole at sunset, Etosha National Park, Namibia