Prompt 2 of 7
Name a mammal or reptile that lives in the desert
288 accepted answers across 6 rarity tiers.
100 ptsOne in a Krillion2 answers
The rarest possible answer — almost no player finds it.
- Marsupial mole— Blind and earless, it swims through Australian sand.
- Peringuey's adder— Sidewinds the Namib and drinks fog straight off its scales.
85 ptsDeep Cut211 answers
Genuinely obscure. Most players never think of it.
- Aardvark
- Aardwolf
- Ackie
- Addax
- Adder
- African wild ass
- African wildcat
- Agama
- Alligator lizard
- Andean cat
- Antechinus
- Antelope squirrel
- Aoudad
- Arabian oryx
- Argali
- Baboon
- Badger
- Bandicoot
- Bandy-bandy
- Beaded lizard
- Beaked snake
- Bear
- Beira
- Beisa
- Bettong
- Bison
- Black bear
- Black-footed cat
- Black-headed python
- Blackbuck
- Blind snake
- Blue-tongued skink
- Bolson tortoise
- Boomslang
- Bushbaby
- Cactus mouse
- Cape cobra
- Cape ground squirrel
- Cat
- Cat-eyed snake
- Cattle
- Cavy
- Chameleon
- Chinchilla
- Chinkara
- Chipmunk
- Chuckwalla
- Coachwhip
- Coati
- Collared lizard
- Coral snake
- Crocodile— West African crocodiles survive in Sahara rock pools called gueltas.
- Curl snake
- Dama gazelle
- Death adder
- Deer mouse
- Degu
- Desert black snake
- Desert box turtle
- Dibatag
- Dik-dik
- Dog
- Dorcas gazelle
- Dragon lizard
- Duiker
- Dunnart
- Earless lizard
- Echidna
- Egyptian cobra
- Egyptian tortoise
- Eland
- Elephant
- Elephant shrew
- Elk
- Fat sand rat
- Fringe-toed lizard
- Garter snake
- Gemsbok
- Genet
- Geoffroy's cat
- Gerenuk
- Giraffe
- Girdled lizard
- Glossy snake
- Gobi bear
- Goitered gazelle
- Golden mole
- Grasshopper mouse
- Greek tortoise
- Grey kangaroo
- Grison
- Ground snake
- Ground squirrel
- Guanaco
- Gundi
- Hartebeest
- Hognose snake
- Hook-nosed snake
- Hopping mouse
- Horned viper
- House snake
- Hyrax
- Jaguar
- Jaguarundi
- Jungle cat
- King brown snake
- Klipspringer
- Kowari
- Krait
- Kudu
- Kultarr
- Lava lizard
- Leaf-nosed snake
- Legless lizard
- Leopard lizard
- Leopard tortoise
- Long-eared jerboa
- Long-nosed snake
- Lynx
- Lyre snake
- Mamba
- Mara
- Marmot
- Mexican mole lizard
- Mole
- Mole snake
- Monkey
- Mulgara
- Naked mole-rat
- Namaqua chameleon
- Night lizard
- Night snake
- Nilgai
- Nine-banded armadillo
- Ningaui
- Nubian ibex
- Numbat
- Ocelot
- Onager
- Opossum
- Pallas's cat
- Pampas cat
- Pangolin
- Patch-nosed snake
- Perentie
- Phascogale
- Pika
- Pink fairy armadillo
- Planigale
- Pocket gopher
- Pocket mouse
- Polecat
- Porcupine
- Puff adder
- Quoll
- Raccoon
- Rat snake
- Rhinoceros
- Ring-necked snake
- Ringtail
- Rock hyrax
- Rosy boa
- Russian tortoise
- Saiga
- Sand boa
- Sand goanna
- Sand lizard
- Sand snake
- Sandfish
- Saw-scaled viper
- Scimitar oryx
- Shingleback
- Shovel-nosed snake
- Shrew
- Side-blotched lizard
- Skunk
- Snow leopard
- Sonoran mud turtle
- Spiny lizard
- Spiny mouse
- Spiny softshell
- Springhare
- Steenbok
- Stick-nest rat
- Stiletto snake
- Sulcata tortoise
- Tahr
- Tegu
- Toad-headed agama
- Trans-Pecos rat snake
- Tree lizard
- Tuco-tuco
- Urial
- Uromastyx
- Vervet monkey
- Vicuna
- Vizcacha
- Vole
- Wallaroo
- Warthog
- Water snake
- Weasel
- Whip snake
- Whiptail
- Wildebeest
- Woma python
- Wombat
- Woodrat
- Xerus
- Zebra
- Zebra-tailed lizard
60 ptsRare58 answers
Uncommon — only a minority of players land here.
- Antelope
- Armadillo
- Bat
- Bilby
- Boa
- Bobcat
- Brown snake
- Caracal
- Cheetah
- Cobra
- Deer
- Desert bighorn sheep
- Desert iguana
- Dingo
- Donkey
- Gazelle
- Gerbil
- Goat
- Gopher snake
- Hamster
- Hare
- Hedgehog
- Honey badger
- Horned lizard
- Horse
- Hyena
- Ibex
- Iguana
- Inland taipan
- Jackal
- Javelina
- Jerboa
- Kingsnake
- Kit fox
- Leopard
- Lion
- Mongoose
- Monitor lizard
- Mountain lion
- Mouse
- Mule deer
- Oryx
- Prairie dog
- Pronghorn
- Python
- Rabbit
- Rat
- Red kangaroo
- Sand cat
- Sheep
- Sidewinder
- Skink
- Springbok
- Thorny devil
- Turtle
- Viper
- Wallaby
- Wolf
30 ptsSchooler12 answers
A solid, middling pick shared with plenty of other players.
- Bearded dragon
- Coyote
- Desert tortoise
- Fennec fox
- Fox
- Gecko
- Gila monster
- Jackrabbit
- Kangaroo
- Kangaroo rat
- Meerkat
- Tortoise
15 ptsToo Clever1 answer
An overthought pick that scores below the middle of the board.
- Human— Bedouin, Tuareg and San have lived in deserts for millennia.
10 ptsPlankton4 answers
The most common answer on the board.
- Camel
- Lizard
- Rattlesnake
- Snake