Herpetarium
This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2014) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/St_Louis_zoo_spectacled_caimans.jpg/220px-St_Louis_zoo_spectacled_caimans.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Elaphe_mandarina.jpg/220px-Elaphe_mandarina.jpg)
A herpetarium is a zoological exhibition space for reptiles and amphibians, most commonly a dedicated area of a larger zoo. A herpetarium which specializes in snakes is an ophidiarium or serpentarium, which are more common as stand-alone entities also known as snake farms. Many snake farms milk snakes for venom for medical and scientific research.
Notable herpetariums
[edit]- Alice Springs Reptile Centre in Alice Springs, Australia
- Armadale Reptile Centre in Perth, Australia
- Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, Australia
- Chennai Snake Park Trust in Chennai, India
- Crocodiles of the World in Brize Norton, UK
- Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia
- Clyde Peeling's Reptiland in Allenwood, Pennsylvania
- Kentucky Reptile Zoo in Slade, Kentucky
- The LAIR at the Los Angeles Zoo in Los Angeles, California
- Serpent Safari in Gurnee, Illinois
- Saint Louis Zoo Herpetarium in St. Louis, Missouri
- Staten Island Zoo Serpentarium in New York City, New York
- World of Reptiles at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, New York
See also
[edit]- Herpetoculture
- Bill Haast (founder of Miami Serpentarium)
References
[edit]- Murphy, James B., Herpetological History of the Zoo and Aquarium World, Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, 2007. ISBN 1-57524-285-0
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Serpentaria.