Now I have never been to Edinburgh Zoo in the past, and from looking at the ZTL listing I can tell they're not that big on reptiles (like they were in the past). I have this book at home titled "Wildlife in Britain - Guide to Natural Habitats, Safari Parks and Zoos" which of course focuses on collections and native wildlife in the UK. It's a very old book from the 70's as it contains details of a lot of minor zoos (ones that have closed down in years gone by like Glasgow zoo or Windsor safari park).
When looking at Edinburgh Zoo's history (pages 326 - 331) it claims there used to be a Tropical Bird House and adjoining that was the zoo's Reptile house, where you could see crocodiles, alligators, monitors, geckos, skinks, lizards and iguanas as well a collection of the large constricting snakes (boas and pythons) and a few venomous species.
If you want I might take photos of different pages from this book to upload on here, after all I love looking back at the histories of zoos and wildlife parks. I know Edinburgh has kept beaded lizards, gila monsters, Komodo dragons and Dwarf crocodiles before (according to ZTL)... if anyone knows of any other Reptile species that have been kept feel free to list them down here if you can remember them.
When looking at Edinburgh Zoo's history (pages 326 - 331) it claims there used to be a Tropical Bird House and adjoining that was the zoo's Reptile house, where you could see crocodiles, alligators, monitors, geckos, skinks, lizards and iguanas as well a collection of the large constricting snakes (boas and pythons) and a few venomous species.
If you want I might take photos of different pages from this book to upload on here, after all I love looking back at the histories of zoos and wildlife parks. I know Edinburgh has kept beaded lizards, gila monsters, Komodo dragons and Dwarf crocodiles before (according to ZTL)... if anyone knows of any other Reptile species that have been kept feel free to list them down here if you can remember them.
