Tropics of the World: Reptile Building – The exhibits are nothing to write home about, and in fact some are far too small for their occupants, but I once again diligently photographed all the signs so that I could include a comprehensive species list for this review. There are exactly 49 exhibits in the Reptile Building, many constricting snakes, and other than about 8 invertebrate terrariums here is the entire species list: curl-crested aracari, vampire bat, carpet python, blood python, ball python, Stimson’s python, Burmese python, Amethystine python, Hog Island boa, Dumeril’s boa, rainbow boa, rosy boa, boa constrictor, green anaconda (2 exhibits), red tegu, spiny-tailed agama, flame belly armadillo lizard, Russian tortoise, Indian star tortoise, Arizona desert tortoise, pancake tortoise, radiated tortoise, blue-tongued skink, prehensile-tailed skink, common snapping turtle, alligator snapping turtle, snake-necked turtle, spotted turtle, Arizona mountain kingsnake, gray-banded kingsnake, Colorado river toad, day gecko, tokay gecko, white American alligator, Asian water monitor, black tree monitor, crocodile monitor, Timor monitor, western bearded dragon, sandfish and gila monster. There are also outdoor exhibits for juvenile American alligators; red-eared slider turtles; African spurred tortoises; rhinoceros iguanas; common water snakes and Galapagos tortoises; as well as a terribly small dwarf crocodile enclosure.
Surprisingly, two of the large (floor to ceiling) exhibits now house mammals! One has prevost squirrels and the other has red handed tamarins. The latter was a new species for me - not sure how common these are in the USA - but I have been to a lot of zoos and do not recall ever seeing them.
Not sure what used to be there, but I do know there is no longer a white alligator here (they still have another one in the aquarium).
Surprisingly, two of the large (floor to ceiling) exhibits now house mammals! One has prevost squirrels and the other has red handed tamarins. The latter was a new species for me - not sure how common these are in the USA - but I have been to a lot of zoos and do not recall ever seeing them.
Not sure what used to be there, but I do know there is no longer a white alligator here (they still have another one in the aquarium).
I'm happy to see a zoo holding the species! Red-handed tamarins, or midas tamarin, are quite common in the trade. Though I'm sure most are all in-bred. I can't remember when the last tamarin import came in. Or at least the last legal one.
Does anyone happen to have a picture of the Flame-bellied girdled lizard enclosure? I would be very interested to see its enclosure.
Here you go! If you click on the photo to enlarge it, and then click on the word "original" you can zoom in to see the exhibit that you requested is the one in the top left-hand corner. The name on the sign is Flame Belly Armadillo Lizard and all of the terrariums in the photo are fairly small.
Here you go! If you click on the photo to enlarge it, and then click on the word "original" you can zoom in to see the exhibit that you requested is the one in the top left-hand corner. The name on the sign is Flame Belly Armadillo Lizard and all of the terrariums in the photo are fairly small.
Tropics of the World: Reptile Building – The exhibits are nothing to write home about, and in fact some are far too small for their occupants, but I once again diligently photographed all the signs so that I could include a comprehensive species list for this review. There are exactly 49 exhibits in the Reptile Building, many constricting snakes, and other than about 8 invertebrate terrariums here is the entire species list: curl-crested aracari, vampire bat, carpet python, blood python, ball python, Stimson’s python, Burmese python, Amethystine python, Hog Island boa, Dumeril’s boa, rainbow boa, rosy boa, boa constrictor, green anaconda (2 exhibits), red tegu, spiny-tailed agama, flame belly armadillo lizard, Russian tortoise, Indian star tortoise, Arizona desert tortoise, pancake tortoise, radiated tortoise, blue-tongued skink, prehensile-tailed skink, common snapping turtle, alligator snapping turtle, snake-necked turtle, spotted turtle, Arizona mountain kingsnake, gray-banded kingsnake, Colorado river toad, day gecko, tokay gecko, white American alligator, Asian water monitor, black tree monitor, crocodile monitor, Timor monitor, western bearded dragon, sandfish and gila monster. There are also outdoor exhibits for juvenile American alligators; red-eared slider turtles; African spurred tortoises; rhinoceros iguanas; common water snakes and Galapagos tortoises; as well as a terribly small dwarf crocodile enclosure.
