Trebaruna
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The second reptile zoo in Delft is a relative young one; Sauria. The organization was founded in 2002. Since 2007 they relocated to the building where they are right now (before that they have animals scattered over 4 locations in Delft and Wateringen (a small village in the area). Their current location is also easy to reach, about a 5 minute walk from the central train station. ( their internet site; Stichting Sauria). When planning a visit, beware of limited opening hours! Check the site -> “expo” -> “openingstijden”.
Sauria is focussing on becoming a nationally and internationally leading institute in breeding reptiles. They also try to increase the knowledge about the animals. It’s all about quality.
They have a shop where you can by animals, snakes, lizards etc, food like mice, crickets etc, enclosures, lamps, etc. and then there is the exhibition.
I’ll go through the exhibition like I presented serpo earlier.
The outside of the building looks somewhat like a gym;
The exhibition (“expo”) is dived into a couple of themes. We start with “new life”. Newly hatched snakes, geckos, turtles, frogs, etc. All in very colourful enclosures
On the other side of the path there are little holes in the wall with the smallest species like geckos;
The interior of such an enclosure;
The species on display in this area are;
Anolis carolinensis – Roodkeelanolis Carolina anole - Rotkehlanolis
Anolis sagrei – Oranjekeelanolis - Cuban Brown Anole - Bahama Anolis
Rhacodactylus ciliatus – Wimpergekko - Crested Gecko - Kronengeckos
Phelsuma dubia - Daggekko - Day Gecko - Tag Gecko
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides – Blauwtong skink - Blue-Tongued Skink - Blauzungen-Skink
Lamprophis fuliginosus – Afrikaanse huisslang - Brown house snake - Afrikanische Braune Hausschlange
Pituophis catenifer annectans – Stierslang - San Diego Gopher Snake - Gophernatter
Lampropeltis (triangulum) hondurensis – hondurese melkslang - Tangerine Honduran Milksnake - honduras königsnatter
Testudo hermanni – Griekse landschildpad - Hermann's Tortoise - Griechischen Landschildkröte
Kinixys belliana – Scharnierschildpad - Bell's hinge backed tortoise - Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröte
Pogona vitticeps – Baardagame - bearded dragon - Bartagame
Laudakia stellio brachydactyla – Clown agame - Giant Painted Agama - Schleuderschwanzagamen
Uromastyx aegypticus – Egyptische doornstaartagame - Egyptian Uromastyx - Afrikanischer Dornschwanz
Cordylus tropidosternum – Gordelstaarthagedis - Tropical Girdled Lizard - Zwerggürtelschweif
Sauria is focussing on becoming a nationally and internationally leading institute in breeding reptiles. They also try to increase the knowledge about the animals. It’s all about quality.
They have a shop where you can by animals, snakes, lizards etc, food like mice, crickets etc, enclosures, lamps, etc. and then there is the exhibition.
I’ll go through the exhibition like I presented serpo earlier.
The outside of the building looks somewhat like a gym;
The exhibition (“expo”) is dived into a couple of themes. We start with “new life”. Newly hatched snakes, geckos, turtles, frogs, etc. All in very colourful enclosures
On the other side of the path there are little holes in the wall with the smallest species like geckos;
The interior of such an enclosure;
The species on display in this area are;
Anolis carolinensis – Roodkeelanolis Carolina anole - Rotkehlanolis
Anolis sagrei – Oranjekeelanolis - Cuban Brown Anole - Bahama Anolis
Rhacodactylus ciliatus – Wimpergekko - Crested Gecko - Kronengeckos
Phelsuma dubia - Daggekko - Day Gecko - Tag Gecko
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides – Blauwtong skink - Blue-Tongued Skink - Blauzungen-Skink
Lamprophis fuliginosus – Afrikaanse huisslang - Brown house snake - Afrikanische Braune Hausschlange
Pituophis catenifer annectans – Stierslang - San Diego Gopher Snake - Gophernatter
Lampropeltis (triangulum) hondurensis – hondurese melkslang - Tangerine Honduran Milksnake - honduras königsnatter
Testudo hermanni – Griekse landschildpad - Hermann's Tortoise - Griechischen Landschildkröte
Kinixys belliana – Scharnierschildpad - Bell's hinge backed tortoise - Glattrand-Gelenkschildkröte
Pogona vitticeps – Baardagame - bearded dragon - Bartagame
Laudakia stellio brachydactyla – Clown agame - Giant Painted Agama - Schleuderschwanzagamen
Uromastyx aegypticus – Egyptische doornstaartagame - Egyptian Uromastyx - Afrikanischer Dornschwanz
Cordylus tropidosternum – Gordelstaarthagedis - Tropical Girdled Lizard - Zwerggürtelschweif
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