Quote Originally Posted by Captain Panda View Post
Giant poisonous snakes are at least on par with wolves, and honestly usually just head and shoulders better.

They have higher AC, strong damage without the poison, crazy damage with the poison, blindsight, and 10 ft. of reach. The only serious drawback is that for a shepherd druid you may want to pick something with more hit dice to make better use of your level 6 feature. Owls and giant bats are good at lasting a long time, with that in mind.
Thanks for the comment. I guess I have a soft spot for wolves. Changed Poisonous Snakes to blue.