James Brickell / Waxy Monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) studio shot . Captive

James Brickell / Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis ) swimming in the Oliphants River, Houdspruit, South Africa

James Brickell / Blind Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus) and Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae) on Carnac Island, Perth, Western Australia. A proportion of the tiger snakes on the island (including this one)...

James Brickell / Sir David Attenborough approaching a Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) prior to having venom spat at his face, whilst filming for BBC television series Life in Cold Blood. Houdspruit, South...

James Brickell / Sir David Attenborough watching a Side blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) on rock, Santa Nella, California, USA. For BBC television series "Life in Cold Blood", April 2006

James Brickell / Sir David Attenborough watching a Side blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) on rock, Santa Nella, California, USA. For BBC television series "Life in Cold Blood", April 2006

James Brickell / Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) camouflaged against leaf litter, Mpumalanga, South Africa

James Brickell / Sir David Attenborough watching a Gidgee skink, (Egernia stokesi) performing a threat display in Adelaide, South Australia, whilst filming for BBC television series Life in Cold Blood. November 2006

James Brickell / Sir David Attenborough holding a Gidgee skink (Egernia stokesi) in Adelaide, South Australia whilst filming for BBC television series Life in Cold Blood. November 2006

James Brickell / Pygmy blue tongued skink (Tiliqua adelaidensis) at entrance to burrow, Burra, South Australia

James Brickell / Flat Rock Scorpion, (Hadogenes troglodytes), Houdspruit, South Africa

James Brickell / Timber rattlesnake {Crotalus horridus} amongst leaf litter with tongue exposed, New York, USA

James Brickell / Yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus ) in the Iberia Marshes of Northern Argentina.