Schematic overview of the content of each terrarium in the Big Hall (April 2024). This is the "Warmer" part of the reptile house which is next to the former lion enclosure.
Click HERE for the previous schematic overview from 2021.
GZ1: Green keel-bellied lizards (Gastropholis prasina).
GZ2: Juvenile Radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) and Common chuckwallas (Sauromalus ater), previously housed Central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps).
GZ3: Hispaniolan rhinoceros iguanas (Cyclura cornuta cornuta) and adult Radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata).
GZ4: Fiji banded iguanas (Brachylophus fasciatus).
GZ5: Reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus).
GZ6: Empty, used to house Frill-necked lizards (Chlamydosaurus kingii).
GZ7: Philippine sailfin lizard (Hydrosaurus pustulatus) and McCord's snake-necked turtles (Chelodina mccordi). The McCord's snake-necked turtles swapped enclosures with the Chinese three-striped box turtles (Cuora trifasciata).
GZ8: Royal pythons (Python regius).
GZ9: Pancake tortoises (Malacochersus tornieri) and one Algerian orange-tailed skink (Eumeces algeriensis).
GZ10: Fiji banded iguanas (Brachylophus fasciatus).
GZ11: Chinese three-striped box turtles (Cuora trifasciata). Previously housed McCord's snake-necked turtles (Chelodina mccordi) and one Chinese water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus).
GZ12: Two separate terrariums with Speckled cape tortoises (Chersobius signatus), this used to be the reptile nursery. The speckled cape tortoises used to be kept in the Gorilla house next to the Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea gigantea).
GZ13: Green tree python (Morelia viridis).
GZ14: False gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) and free flying Red-whiskered bulbuls (Pycnonotus jocosus).
GZ15: Empty, this used to have multiple separate terrariums with juvenile Tokay geckos (Gekko gecko), one Common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) and one Greater Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma grandis).
Not that much has changed.
GZ1 now houses a new species, a few species have left mainly because the small terrariums in GZ15 have been removed. The reptile nursery has also been replaced for two terrariums.
