I visited the Virginia Zoo on my recent trip to Virginia Beach (I visited the aquarium on my May-June Trip, this was my August Trip). This is what I saw.
ZooFarm
African Crested Porcupine
Patagonian Cavy
Java Peafowl
Screaming Hairy Armadillo
Northern Tree Shrew
Binturong
Kenyan Crested Guineafowl
Kunekune Pig
Huacaya Alpaca
Zebu
Southdown Babydoll Sheep
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Dexter Cattle
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A very nice farm area, with rustic enclosures, none of them were actually poor exhibits. The Patagonian Cavy and the three indoor small mammal exhibits weren't naturalistic, but they looked adequate, had a lot of enrichment, and were accommodated to fit the animal's needs, so I think they were overall very nice. But there was some confusion, on the website it states that there are Demoiselle Cranes and Crested Screamers, although I could not find them anywhere in the farm (not even any signage!) , are they switched on and off with some other animals?
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World of Reptiles
King Cobra
Fiji Banded Iguana
Beaded Lizard
Smallwoods Anole
Green Tree Python
Angolan Python
Goliath Bird-Eater
Splendid Tree Frog
Giant Horned Lizard
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Red Bamboo Racer
Jeweled Lacerta
Hermann's Tortoise
New Caledonian Giant Gecko
Arboreal Alligator Lizard
Frilled Lizard
Monkey-Tailed Skink
Plumed Basilisk
Henkel's Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Green and Black Dart Frog
Annulated Boa
Emerald Tree Boa
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Utila Island Iguana
Mangrove Snake
Eastern Kingsnake
African Bullfrog
Tokay Gecko
McCord's Box Turtle
Eyelash Viper
Unidentified Snake (no signage)
Nursery-Solomon Island Leaf Frog, Bog Turtle, and Angolan Python
Gila Monster
Timor Python
Canebrake Rattlesnake
Cottonmouth
Ethiopian Mountain Adder
Rhino Viper
Panamanian Golden Frog
Guyana Caiman Lizard
Mata Mata
Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle
Siamese Crocodile
Sailfin Dragon
Bog Turtle
Tentacled Snake
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Surinam Toad
Iranian Newt
Rio Cauca Caecilian
Lined Seahorse
Peruvian Boa
Crocodile Monitor
Baron's Green Racer
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
Red Pygmy Rattlesnake
Cantil Viper
Jamaican Iguana
Aruba Island Rattlesnake
Jamaican Boa
Reticulated Python
Chinese Water Dragon
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Gray's Monitor
Blue Tree Monitor
Green Tree Monitor
Black Tree Monitor
Yellow Tree Monitor
Two-Toed Sloth
Bolivian Gray Titi
White-Faced Saki
Leopard Tortoise
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The new World of Reptiles! opened on June 4th, 2018 (on my May/June trip but I wasn't able to make it to the zoo). Anyways, this species list is by no means a species list with all the species on exhibit, a majority of this list was on exhibit, but there were a few that weren't on exhibit but still had signage. A very modern and amazing building, the Crocodile Marsh was my absolute favorite (my little cousin had started calling me her pet crocodile a few days before that, so that made me more interested in the Siamese Crocodiles), though the Venomous Gallery and the Monitor Forest follow closely behind. In fact, I even saw two Red Pygmy Rattlesnakes that were mating right in front of the window!Os
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North America
American Bison
Bald Eagle
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I really liked the yard for the bison, it was well landscaped! The Bald Eagle exhibit looked like a picnic shed that was overgrown with a yard around it, very well planted!
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Australia Walkabout
Bennett's Wallaby
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Emu
Southern Cassowary
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A nice exhibit! So I actually thought that cassowaries were actually in the walkabout (what a relief that they were fenced off to one side (inaccessible to zoogoers) ).
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Africa-Okavango Delta
Aldabra Tortoise
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
Watusi Cattle
Southern Ground Hornbill
Red River Hog
Ostrich
Reticulated Giraffe
Cheetah
Eastern Bongo
Egyptian Goose
Stanley Crane
Yellow-Backed Duiker
White-Headed Buffalo Weaver
Taveta Golden Weaver
Southern White Rhino
African Lion
Pancake Tortoise
Egyptian Uromastyx
Painted Agama
Fennec Fox
Meller's Chameleon
Radiated Tortoise
White-Throated Monitor
Rock Hyrax
Meerkat
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An amazing precinct! Many beautiful and large exhibits! Just amazing! I also fell in love with the Stanley Crane, which is now my favorite crane species!
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Asia-Trail of the Tiger
Malayan Tiger
White-Cheeked Gibbon
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Asiatic Black Bear
Malayan Tapir
Southern Cassowary
Binturong
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Red Panda
Sarus Crane
Bornean Orangutan
Bleeding Heart Dove
Azure-Winged Magpie
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Chestnut-Breasted Malkoha
Red Imperial Pigeon
Finch-Billed Bulbul
Crested Wood Partridge
Fairy Blue Bird
Nicobar Pigeon
Siamang
Malayan Sun Bear
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My favorite part of the zoo! Not only was everything spacious and beautiful, but there was a temple foot-washing basin that felt really good on a hot day (it also softened my feet and made the walking easier)!
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ZooLive! Show
Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
African Pygmy Hedgehog
Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine
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A nice show, but there was this little annoying girl (8-9ish) that kept talking up about her little pet hedgehog, and she also talked trash about the European Hedgehog (my favorite hedgehog, it really pissed me off)!
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A very good zoo, there were no bad exhibits, every exhibit was adequate or better for it's inhabitants. This was an amazing zoo, very beautiful planted paths (but not near as good as Cincinnati's plant aesthetics), the place was aesthetically pleasing! This has got to be one of my favorite zoos!
ZooFarm
African Crested Porcupine
Patagonian Cavy
Java Peafowl
Screaming Hairy Armadillo
Northern Tree Shrew
Binturong
Kenyan Crested Guineafowl
Kunekune Pig
Huacaya Alpaca
Zebu
Southdown Babydoll Sheep
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Dexter Cattle
------------------------------------
A very nice farm area, with rustic enclosures, none of them were actually poor exhibits. The Patagonian Cavy and the three indoor small mammal exhibits weren't naturalistic, but they looked adequate, had a lot of enrichment, and were accommodated to fit the animal's needs, so I think they were overall very nice. But there was some confusion, on the website it states that there are Demoiselle Cranes and Crested Screamers, although I could not find them anywhere in the farm (not even any signage!) , are they switched on and off with some other animals?
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World of Reptiles
King Cobra
Fiji Banded Iguana
Beaded Lizard
Smallwoods Anole
Green Tree Python
Angolan Python
Goliath Bird-Eater
Splendid Tree Frog
Giant Horned Lizard
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Red Bamboo Racer
Jeweled Lacerta
Hermann's Tortoise
New Caledonian Giant Gecko
Arboreal Alligator Lizard
Frilled Lizard
Monkey-Tailed Skink
Plumed Basilisk
Henkel's Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Green and Black Dart Frog
Annulated Boa
Emerald Tree Boa
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Utila Island Iguana
Mangrove Snake
Eastern Kingsnake
African Bullfrog
Tokay Gecko
McCord's Box Turtle
Eyelash Viper
Unidentified Snake (no signage)
Nursery-Solomon Island Leaf Frog, Bog Turtle, and Angolan Python
Gila Monster
Timor Python
Canebrake Rattlesnake
Cottonmouth
Ethiopian Mountain Adder
Rhino Viper
Panamanian Golden Frog
Guyana Caiman Lizard
Mata Mata
Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle
Siamese Crocodile
Sailfin Dragon
Bog Turtle
Tentacled Snake
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Surinam Toad
Iranian Newt
Rio Cauca Caecilian
Lined Seahorse
Peruvian Boa
Crocodile Monitor
Baron's Green Racer
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
Red Pygmy Rattlesnake
Cantil Viper
Jamaican Iguana
Aruba Island Rattlesnake
Jamaican Boa
Reticulated Python
Chinese Water Dragon
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Gray's Monitor
Blue Tree Monitor
Green Tree Monitor
Black Tree Monitor
Yellow Tree Monitor
Two-Toed Sloth
Bolivian Gray Titi
White-Faced Saki
Leopard Tortoise
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The new World of Reptiles! opened on June 4th, 2018 (on my May/June trip but I wasn't able to make it to the zoo). Anyways, this species list is by no means a species list with all the species on exhibit, a majority of this list was on exhibit, but there were a few that weren't on exhibit but still had signage. A very modern and amazing building, the Crocodile Marsh was my absolute favorite (my little cousin had started calling me her pet crocodile a few days before that, so that made me more interested in the Siamese Crocodiles), though the Venomous Gallery and the Monitor Forest follow closely behind. In fact, I even saw two Red Pygmy Rattlesnakes that were mating right in front of the window!Os
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North America
American Bison
Bald Eagle
---------------------------
I really liked the yard for the bison, it was well landscaped! The Bald Eagle exhibit looked like a picnic shed that was overgrown with a yard around it, very well planted!
--------------------------
Australia Walkabout
Bennett's Wallaby
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Emu
Southern Cassowary
-----------------------------------
A nice exhibit! So I actually thought that cassowaries were actually in the walkabout (what a relief that they were fenced off to one side (inaccessible to zoogoers) ).
----------------------------------
Africa-Okavango Delta
Aldabra Tortoise
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
Watusi Cattle
Southern Ground Hornbill
Red River Hog
Ostrich
Reticulated Giraffe
Cheetah
Eastern Bongo
Egyptian Goose
Stanley Crane
Yellow-Backed Duiker
White-Headed Buffalo Weaver
Taveta Golden Weaver
Southern White Rhino
African Lion
Pancake Tortoise
Egyptian Uromastyx
Painted Agama
Fennec Fox
Meller's Chameleon
Radiated Tortoise
White-Throated Monitor
Rock Hyrax
Meerkat
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An amazing precinct! Many beautiful and large exhibits! Just amazing! I also fell in love with the Stanley Crane, which is now my favorite crane species!
---------------------------------
Asia-Trail of the Tiger
Malayan Tiger
White-Cheeked Gibbon
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Asiatic Black Bear
Malayan Tapir
Southern Cassowary
Binturong
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Red Panda
Sarus Crane
Bornean Orangutan
Bleeding Heart Dove
Azure-Winged Magpie
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Chestnut-Breasted Malkoha
Red Imperial Pigeon
Finch-Billed Bulbul
Crested Wood Partridge
Fairy Blue Bird
Nicobar Pigeon
Siamang
Malayan Sun Bear
------------------------------------
My favorite part of the zoo! Not only was everything spacious and beautiful, but there was a temple foot-washing basin that felt really good on a hot day (it also softened my feet and made the walking easier)!
------------------------------------
ZooLive! Show
Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
African Pygmy Hedgehog
Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine
----------------------------------------
A nice show, but there was this little annoying girl (8-9ish) that kept talking up about her little pet hedgehog, and she also talked trash about the European Hedgehog (my favorite hedgehog, it really pissed me off)!
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A very good zoo, there were no bad exhibits, every exhibit was adequate or better for it's inhabitants. This was an amazing zoo, very beautiful planted paths (but not near as good as Cincinnati's plant aesthetics), the place was aesthetically pleasing! This has got to be one of my favorite zoos!
