Reptile Gardens - South Dakota

[snowleopard]

This establishment, founded in 1937, claims to have more species and subspecies of venomous reptiles than any other zoo or park in the world. Bold statement, but they do have the only inland taipans in North America, St. Lucian + Brazilian lanceheads, and a large variety of other reptiles. I only wish that their website had a complete list of the collection, but there is a 4 minute video that is fairly entertaining and provides a glimpse of what to expect at the park.

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[Sun Wukong]

I was there some years ago. Indeed, a very interesting collection of venomous snakes, but otherwise rather unremarkable with some substandard exhibits. Wonder whether they still have the baseball playing chicken there..

 

[loxodonta]

This establishment, founded in 1937, claims to have more species and subspecies of venomous reptiles than any other zoo or park in the world. Bold statement, but they do have the only inland taipans in North America, St. Lucian + Brazilian lanceheads, and a large variety of other reptiles. I only wish that their website had a complete list of the collection, but there is a 4 minute video that is fairly entertaining and provides a glimpse of what to expect at the park.

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Their old website did have a comprehensive list. I remember at least 15 crocodilian species, a large collection of Australian venomous and a ton of venomous in general, a komodo dragon, a good number of turtles and tortoises and more. Pictures I have seen of the facility don't impress me but the collection alone makes me want to visit.