The tiger salamander has an aquatic larval stage as do most amphibians. Larvae are often sold as water dogs or mud puppies and sold as fish bait. The skink has short legs and hard, shiny scales. The short legs don't interfere with moving through burrows or thick vegetation. The smooth scales help the lizard to slide along easier than rough scales would.
Kingsnakes are ophiophagous.
They eat other snakes, as well as lizards, rodents and occasional birds. While they don't track down and eat rattlesnakes exclusively, they will eat any that they encounter provided the size difference is not too great. The rattlesnake recognizes the kingsnake as a threat and uses a peculiar defense. Instead of biting the kingsnake they keep their head low to the ground and raise a loop of the body. This loop is used to hit at the kingsnake.