Oreocryptophis porphyraceus coxi. Also known as: Thai Bamboo Ratsnake, Red bamboo ratsnake, Black-banded trinket snake, Red mountain racer, etc.
Reptile House.
For a number of years now, Roger Williams Park Zoo has been involved in conservation work for the timber rattlesnake, an endangered species native to New England. Recently, one of the zoo's herpetology keepers published some new research on the zoo's timber rattlesnake conservation projects, and...
Reptile houses are amongst the most common types of zoo exhibits, with the majority of major U.S. zoos (and I'd presume zoos abroad as well) having some-sort of reptile house. Many of these buildings are historic, but there are also numerous examples of zoos building new reptile houses in recent...