What Existing Zoos need a Reptile House

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ZooArchitect

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I am a current architecture student and I am proposing a project for a retile house. I have been looking for established zoos that may not have a reptile and amphibian exhibit or may already have one that needs to be reimagined. Smaller or larger zoos anywhere in the world are on the table!

Thanks!
 
ZooTampa could really use one. The Manatee building doubles as a reptile house, but it is rather small (the reptile part) and really needs to be reimagined. Long term plans have it being remodeled, but right not it looks rather old and just not that great. The species are mostly local, but a global collection would be fantastic.
 
I think it may go against much of what facility was intended for, but I’ve always wanted to see a reptile house at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. They do have reptiles on display, at Nairobi Village. I know they have their BTS reptile conservation center at the Safari Park. But I have have thought maybe having some of the species bred there to be on display as well and any surplus from the zoo sent there.
 
I'm not necessarily a big fan of reptile house set-ups, but there are some zoos that I feel need larger reptile collections (whether that be a stand-alone reptile house or interspersed throughout the zoo). Roger Williams Park Zoo and Franklin Park Zoo come to mind for New England, as both are sizeable zoos with rather small reptile collections. Roger Williams Park Zoo has a reptile house in its 2016 masterplan, however it remains to be seen whether they follow through on that project or not.
 
If you're looking for smaller (but not tiny) zoos that lack one, two that I've visited that I felt could maybe use more herps are the Point Defiance Zoo in Washington (which focuses mainly on tropical Asian, tundra and aquatic species) and the Santa Ana Zoo in California (which focuses mainly on the tropical Americas).
 
Coelacanth18 said:
If you're looking for smaller (but not tiny) zoos that lack one, two that I've visited that I felt could maybe use more herps are the Point Defiance Zoo in Washington (which focuses mainly on tropical Asian, tundra and aquatic species) and the Santa Ana Zoo in California (which focuses mainly on the tropical Americas).
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For what it’s worth, the Santa Ana Zoo does have a reptile and amphibian station slated as one of their phases of the master plan :)
 
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