Best Reptile Houses

1. M.O.L.A. - Los Angeles Zoo
2. Herpetarium - St. Louis Zoo
3. Reptile Discovery Center - Smithsonian National Zoo
4. Scaly, Slimy, Spectacular - Zoo Atlanta
5. World of Reptiles - Bronx Zoo
6. Herpetarium - Dallas Zoo
7. L.A.I.R. - Los Angeles Zoo
8. World of Reptiles - Virginia Zoo
9. Reptile and Amphibian House - Philadelphia Zoo
10. Herpetarium - Cameron Park Zoo

Honorable Mentions:
Staten Island Zoo
Chattanooga Zoo
 
hudson111 said:
1. M.O.L.A. - Los Angeles Zoo
2. Herpetarium - St. Louis Zoo
3. Reptile Discovery Center - Smithsonian National Zoo
4. Scaly, Slimy, Spectacular - Zoo Atlanta
5. World of Reptiles - Bronx Zoo
6. Herpetarium - Dallas Zoo
7. L.A.I.R. - Los Angeles Zoo
8. World of Reptiles - Virginia Zoo
9. Reptile and Amphibian House - Philadelphia Zoo
10. Herpetarium - Cameron Park Zoo

Honorable Mentions:
Staten Island Zoo
Chattanooga Zoo
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Looks good to me, but I haven't been to many of these. I think that Dallas's should be moved up, maybe.
 
1. M.O.L.A. - Los Angeles Zoo
2. Herpetarium - St. Louis Zoo
3. Reptile Discovery Center - Smithsonian National Zoo
4. Scaly, Slimy, Spectacular - Zoo Atlanta
5. Herpetarium - Dallas Zoo
6. World of Reptiles - Bronx Zoo
7. L.A.I.R. - Los Angeles Zoo
8. World of Reptiles - Virginia Zoo
9. Reptile and Amphibian House - Philadelphia Zoo
10. Herpetarium - Cameron Park Zoo

Honorable Mentions:
Staten Island Zoo
Chattanooga Zoo
 
hudson111 said:
1. M.O.L.A. - Los Angeles Zoo
2. Herpetarium - St. Louis Zoo
3. Reptile Discovery Center - Smithsonian National Zoo
4. Scaly, Slimy, Spectacular - Zoo Atlanta
5. Herpetarium - Dallas Zoo
6. World of Reptiles - Bronx Zoo
7. L.A.I.R. - Los Angeles Zoo
8. World of Reptiles - Virginia Zoo
9. Reptile and Amphibian House - Philadelphia Zoo
10. Herpetarium - Cameron Park Zoo

Honorable Mentions:
Staten Island Zoo
Chattanooga Zoo
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M.O.L.A is at Fort Worth not Los Angeles
also I think the LAIR should be a bit higher on account of it's beauty
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Also it wasn't made completely obvious earlier but the LAIR consists of two buildings (and two Tomistoma exhibits in the front) and six different themed areas.
 
hudson111 said:
We are focusing on ones in the US and what do you guys think is better Dallas or MOLA
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I like both of them a lot.
MOLA is much newer and so it does feel a bit more polished, and most of the exhibits are really great, particularly some of the larger habitats which are tremendous. There is a very bad Ring-Tailed Lemur exhibit though, which is weird and out of place in such a good complex.

Dallas's house surprised me a lot, it was one of the highlights of the zoo for me. The exhibits can be hit-or-miss, but the collection is tremendous, particularly in Snakes. Also, any reptile house with Tuataras is automatically great:D.
 
I think that the Audubon Zoo's reptile house needs to be added to this list. In my personal opinion it was better than the Bronx Zoo's reptile house and on par with the Dallas Zoo's. Objectively speaking it at least is on par with the Bronx Zoo's, if you are to take my bias out of it. The exhibitory is fantastic and incredibly naturalistic (at least recently as they have been updating their exhibits), the design is fairly unique, and the species collection rivals both of the other zoos. Unfortunately there do not appear to be images representing this reptile house on zoochat so you will have to take my word and hopefully others who have been there's word for it.
 
Westcoastperson said:
M.O.L.A is at Fort Worth not Los Angeles
also I think the LAIR should be a bit higher on account of it's beauty
lair-4.jpg

images
LAIR_5.jpg

Also it wasn't made completely obvious earlier but the LAIR consists of two buildings (and two Tomistoma exhibits in the front) and six different themed areas.
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Wow this is truly a beautiful complex and I agree with you after seeing these pictures
 
d1am0ndback said:
I think that the Audubon Zoo's reptile house needs to be added to this list. In my personal opinion it was better than the Bronx Zoo's reptile house and on par with the Dallas Zoo's. Objectively speaking it at least is on par with the Bronx Zoo's, if you are to take my bias out of it. The exhibitory is fantastic and incredibly naturalistic (at least recently as they have been updating their exhibits), the design is fairly unique, and the species collection rivals both of the other zoos. Unfortunately there do not appear to be images representing this reptile house on zoochat so you will have to take my word and hopefully others who have been there's word for it.
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put some pictures of it in the chat and I will look at It I have never seen it before
 
hudson111 said:
1. M.O.L.A. - Los Angeles Zoo
2. Herpetarium - St. Louis Zoo
3. Reptile Discovery Center - Smithsonian National Zoo
4. Scaly, Slimy, Spectacular - Zoo Atlanta
5. Herpetarium - Dallas Zoo
6. World of Reptiles - Bronx Zoo
7. L.A.I.R. - Los Angeles Zoo
8. World of Reptiles - Virginia Zoo
9. Reptile and Amphibian House - Philadelphia Zoo
10. Herpetarium - Cameron Park Zoo

Honorable Mentions:
Staten Island Zoo
Chattanooga Zoo
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What makes you put St. Louis so high? I was relatively unimpressed by their reptile house and found it to be overcrowded and pretty ugly. It did have some cool species, but National Zoo has a better collection with fantastic crocodilian habitats.
 
Neil chace said:
What makes you put St. Louis so high? I was relatively unimpressed by their reptile house and found it to be overcrowded and pretty ugly. It did have some cool species, but National Zoo has a better collection with fantastic crocodilian habitats.
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Saint Louis is by far the best reptile house I have seen. The collection is great, the architecture is beautiful, and most of the enclosures were good.
 
Neil chace said:
What makes you put St. Louis so high? I was relatively unimpressed by their reptile house and found it to be overcrowded and pretty ugly. It did have some cool species, but National Zoo has a better collection with fantastic crocodilian habitats.
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From everything Ive seen it looks to have a very good species collection and the history of the building is great. It also look like a beautiful building. aside from your comment I have never heard bad things
 
birdsandbats said:
Saint Louis is by far the best reptile house I have seen. The collection is great, the architecture is beautiful, and most of the enclosures were good.
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Aug. 2019 - 1927 Herpetarium - Pig-nosed Turtle/Long's Forest Dragon Exhibit (Bottom Part) - ZooChat
Aug. 2019 - 1927 Herpetarium - Green Anaconda Exhibit (2 Stories - Bottom Part) - ZooChat
This is not my idea of a reptile enclosure worthy of being second in the country. Is there anything bad about it? Not necessarily. But nowhere near as good as the National Zoo.
 
Neil chace said:
Aug. 2019 - 1927 Herpetarium - Pig-nosed Turtle/Long's Forest Dragon Exhibit (Bottom Part) - ZooChat
Aug. 2019 - 1927 Herpetarium - Green Anaconda Exhibit (2 Stories - Bottom Part) - ZooChat
This is not my idea of a reptile enclosure worthy of being second in the country. Is there anything bad about it? Not necessarily. But nowhere near as good as the National Zoo.
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The anaconda exhibit is gone. I actually love the other enclosure, though. It's awesome that it is visible from two floors.
 
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