Reptile mixed exhibits

Buffalo Zoo mixed eastern Massasauga rattlesnakes and spotted turtles.

Cincinnati Zoo mixes boa constrictor, emerald tree boa, dyeing poison dart frogs, and green and black poison dart frogs.
 
Como Park Zoo & Conservatory has emerald Tree Boa mixed with Dyeing Poison Dart Frog & Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog

Lake Superior Zoo has Kookaburra mixed with Green Iguana

I think Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo had Red Tegu mixed with various birds.

Minnesota Zoo used to have an extravagant mix of species in its American Beaver exhibit that included Muskrat, Hooded Merganser, Redhead, Wood Duck, Green-Winged Teal, Common Loon, Snowy Egret, Bank Swallow, Spiny Softshell, Painted Turtle, Blanding's Turtle, Tiger Salamander, Leopard Frog, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Bullhead, Carp, & Fathead Minnow. This unfortunately had to end, as the exhibit was later switched to chlorinated water.
 
Cincinnati keeps a boa constrictor along with their poison dart frogs and Cleveland Metroparks has a similar setup but with an emerald tree boa instead.
 
In part because it was so small, the now-closed Reptile House at The Baltimore Zoo had a lot of mixed-species herp exhibits. Some of the most recent examples that I remember are:

Emerald Tree Boa, Blue Poison Dart Frog, Lemur Tree Frog
Panamanian Golden Frog and Annulated Boa
Frilled Lizard, Inland Bearded Dragon, White's Tree Frog
Madagascar Tree Boa, Madagascar Leaf-Nosed Snake, Tomato Frog
Chinese Crocodile Lizard, Emperor Newt, Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad, Oriental Fire-Bellied Newt
Gila Monster, Mexican Kingsnake, and Mexican Tree Frog
Shingleback Skink and Storr's Monitor Lizard
White-Eyed Python and Pacific Boa
Mata-Mata and Red-Headed Side-Necked Turtle
Puerto Rican Boa and Puerto Rican Crested Toad
Indian Tent Turtle and Spotted Pond Turtle
Pancake Tortoise, African Fat-Tailed Gecko, Warren's Armadillo Lizard

Today, the zoo has Leopard Tortoise and Spur-Thighed Tortoise, Slender-Snout Crocodile with African Mud Turtle (Nile Softshell Turtle was historically in the mix as well, but did not work out well), and Common Snapping Turtle with Bobcat (historically it was with Red Fox before that species was phased out). The Timber Rattlesnakes and Copperheads in the Maryland Wilderness Cave also used to be together.
 
It's not something I've seen very often, but off the top of my head I've seen:

- Safari Zoo Cumbria - during the Summer months they have their African spurred tortoises in the same enclosure as the giant anteaters and sloths, but move them to their own indoor enclosure in the colder months.
- Lakeland Wildlife Oasis - They have a Jamaican boa that shares its enclosure with Jamaican anole lizards and Caribbean hermit crabs. Their red-footed tortoises also share their enclosure with cane toads (though I couldn't spot the cane toads on my last visit).
 
I’ve seen a video of a mixed exhibit on WeChat, it’s in Guangzhou Zoo and it houses iguana, python, tortoise and turtles together.

I’ve seen a photo of an exhibit in Beijing Zoo puts green iguanas and Boa constrictor together, their natural range overlaps and in the wild BC preys on iguanas.
 
Cairns Aquarium cohabs a lot of their reptiles with other animals, both with other reptiles and nonreptiles.

Green Tree Python is mixed with Green Tree Frog, Eastern Rainbowfish and Redclaw Crayfish, and in another tank, Green Tree Python is mixed with Eastern Snakeneck Turtle.

Fly River Turtle is mixed with Jardine River Turtle, Stirling's Snapping Turtle, Eastern Snakeneck Turtle, Eastern Rainbowfish, Guppy and Redclaw Crayfish, and in another tank, Fly River Turtle is mixed with Rock Flagtail.

Freshwater Crocodile is mixed with Krefft's River Turtle, Coal Grunter, Forktail Catfish and Snakehead Gudgeon.

Bluetongue Skink is mixed with Frillneck Lizard.

Emerald Tree Monitor is mixed with some kind of skink.

Common Tree Frog is mixed with Stoney Creek Frog.

Some kind of snake (I think Keelback Snake) is mixed with Firetail Gudgeon.

juvenile Saltwater Crocodile with Striped Scat.

At one point there was a Krefft's River Turtle in the river monsters tank (which I only ever saw in there once, I don't know if it's still in there or not), which means it was mixed with Freshwater Whiptail Ray, Mangrove Jack, Barramundi, Gulf Saratoga, Sooty Grunter and Barcoo Grunter.

Hartleys Crocodile Adventures also has a few mixed reptile exhibits, including

Freshwater Crocodile + Kreffts River Turtle

Sawshell Turtle + Jabiru

Radiated Tortoise + Rhinoceros Iguana

juvenile Saltwater Crocodile + some species of aquatic snake + juvenile Barramundi + juvenile Indo-Pacific Tarpon

Reef HQ has a mix of juvenile Saltwater Crocodile with Barramundi and Strawberry Land Hermit Crab. they also mix some kind of freshwater turtle (Krefft's or Sawshell I believe) with rainbowfish and freshwater shrimp. they used to have Green Sea Turtle with a variety of sharks, rays, sawfish, large fish and small reef fish, but the sea turtles have since been taken off display.

AQWA has at one point mixed Flatback Sea Turtle with various sharks, rays and fish. I don't know of they still have this mix.
 
Here are some mixed reptile exhibits in zoos that I've been to.

Brandywine Zoo:
Brandywine has a couple of reptiles in mixed exhibits, most notable being Red-footed Tortoises with pudu and Toco Toucans. Eventually these species will be in the future South American Wetlands habitat, which will also include Chilean Flamingos, sloths, Snowy Egrets, Scarlet Ibises, and a few duck species.

Bronx Zoo:
The more interesting reptile mixes at the Bronx Zoo are:
Pancake Tortoises in a mixed bird exhibit in World of Birds.
Asian Forest Tortoise, Sulawesi Forest Turtle, Vietnamese Pond Turtle with tree kangaroo in JungleWorld.
Gharial with Asian Forest Tortoise, freshwater turtles, and fish. There are also free-flying birds and gibbons in the room.
Green Anaconda and Smooth-sided Toad in World of Reptiles.

Elmwood Park Zoo:
Their eagle exhibit, which houses both Bald and Golden Eagles, has a pond with Red-eared Sliders and Goldfish.
In the Wildlife Lodge building, a Green Iguana is mixed with Patagonian Maras and sakis.

Staten Island Zoo:
The large Sonoran Desert exhibit in the Reptile Wing has a mix of Nine-banded Armadillo, roadrunner, beaded lizard, and Colorado River Toad.

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore:
A somewhat recent addition to the Bobcat exhibit is a Common Snapping Turtle.

National Aquarium:
One of the tanks in Australia: Wild Extremes has an odd mix of Carpet Python, Olive Python, Water Python, Empire Gudgeon, Threadfin Rainbowfish, and Australian Red-claw Crayfish.
The Maryland natives gallery has Wood Turtles, bullfrogs, and a wide array of native fish.
 
Toronto Zoo has:
False gharial mixed with Painted terrapin
Burmese star tortoise mixed with Asian brown tortoise, Spiny turtle, Indochinese box turtle
Black pond turtle mixed with Lar gibbon
Chinese crocodile lizard mixed with Emperor newts
Aldabra tortoise mixed with Ring-tailed lemur, Grey-crowned crane (winter)
Cuvier's dwarf caiman mixed with Yellow-spotted river turtle
San Esteban chuckwalla mixed with Desert whiptail lizard

Common snapping turtle mixed with American beaver, Pumpkinseed, Largemouth bass
Midland painted turtle mixed with Blanding's turtle
Fiji banded Iguana mixed with Solomon Island leaf frog
Red-bellied short-necked turtle mixed with Black tree monitor

Reptilia has:
Madagascar giant day gecko mixed with Madagascar ground boa
Green anoles mixed with Brown anoles and Green-and-black dart frog
Giant legless lizard mixed with Fan-footed gecko
Mali uromastyx mixed with Moroccan uromastyx
Mexican West coast rattlesnake mixed with Neotropical rattlesnake
Spotted turtle mixed with Stinnkpot turtle
Wood turtle mixed with Blanding's turtle

Aquarium Berlin has:
Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink mixed with Frill-necked lizard, Eastern bluetongue skink, Central bearded lizard
Blue spiny lizard mixed with Gila monster
Ornate Mastigure mixed with Stellagama
Standing's day gecko mixed with Spider tortoise
Baja blue rock lizard mixed with Mexican beaded lizard
Green Iguana mixed with Caiman lizard
Gharial mixed with Fly river turtle
Spectacled Caiman mixed with Hilaire's toadhead turtle and Yellow-spotted river turtle

Cologne Zoo has:
Vietnamese golden gecko mixed with Sylvirana cubitalis
Vietnamese golden gecko mixed with Hong Kong whipping frog (different tank)
Chinese water skink mixed with Southwest China treefrog

Wuppertal Zoo has:
Egyptian tortoise mixed with Moroccan uromastyx and Stellagama
Fiji banded iguana mixed with Chinese box turtle
Thomas's mastigure mixed with infant Egyptian tortoise
Green tree python mixed with Australian green treefrog

Terrazoo Rheinberg has:
Mexican beaded lizard mixed with Cuvier's Madagascar swift
Central American Green Iguana mixed with Chinese stripe-necked turtle, Chinese box turtle, West African mud turtle, Common musk turtle, Asian water dragon and Smith's green-eyed gecko
Eastern Australian water dragon mixed with Chinese softshell turtle, Crane toad
Black-throated monitor mixed with Savannah monitor
Madagascar giant day gecko mixed with Amazon milk treefrog
Leopard tortoise mixed with Eastern Hermann's tortoise and Red-foot tortoise
Albino American alligator mixed with Alligator snapping turtle
Injured American alligator mixed with Florida red-bellied cooter
Sulcata tortoise mixed with Indian peacock and Ring-tailed lemur
Eastern Diamondback mixed with Western Diamondback
Mangrove snake mixed with Mexican red-leg tarantula
Reticulated python mixed with Green Anaconda
Madagascar tree boa mixed with Madagascar giant day gecko, Dumeril's boa
Ridley's racer mixed with Taiwan beauty rat snake, Amber wood cockroach, Giant prickly stick insect nymph

Landau Reptilium has:
Southern Pacific rattlesnake mixed with Prairie rattlesnake and Western diamonback
Asian water dragon mixed with Crane toad
Eastern casquehead Iguana mixed with Vietnamese golden gecko
Sulcata Tortoise mixed with Meerkat
 
In Chilean zoos I've seen red-eared and painted sliders mixed with at least one of these: Yacare caiman, Spectacled caiman, Dwarf crocodile, Indo-chinese water dragon and Green iguana.

I remember Buin Zoo historically mixing Leopard, red-footed and yellow-footed tortoises.
 
Scovill had tufted deer with some turtles (painteds and red eared sliders), I know this isn’t quite the right thread, but I wasn’t sure where else to put it.
 
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Antwerp Zoo keeps
- Brandershorst's snapping turtle, spectacled caiman, common green iguana, common spiny-tailed iguana and Cuban iguana
- African spurred tortoise, common green iguana, Madagascar fody, oriental magpie-robin and Gouldian finch
 
Pairi Daiza keeps Amethystine pythons, Parker's snake-necked turtles and Australian zebra finches in 1 enclosure.
Also in Pairi Daiza they keep American alligators along with pound sliders.
Philipine eagle said:
Antwerp Zoo keeps
- Brandershorst's snapping turtle, spectacled caiman, common green iguana, common spiny-tailed iguana and Cuban iguana
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Zoo Antwerp(en) has no longer spectacled caimans, they replaced them with American alligators in 2020.
 
Tiger said:
Pairi Daiza keeps Amethystine pythons, Parker's snake-necked turtles and Australian zebra finches in 1 enclosure.
Also in Pairi Daiza they keep American alligators along with pound sliders.

Zoo Antwerp(en) has no longer spectacled caimans, they replaced them with American alligators in 2020.
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Correct, my mistake.
 
birdsandbats said:
Do you have a photo of the exhibit then?
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Mar. 2018 - Entry Village Bathroom - Boelen's Python Exhibit - ZooChat
 
Aside from mixed turtle/tortoise exhibits, I would say Asian forest tortoise+saltwater crocodile in Taman Safari Bogor and reticulated python+Indochinese rat snake+gold-ringed cat snake+red-tailed green rat snake in Ragunan Zoo.
 
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