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New Reptile House Theming

Pt.1 S.E. Asia Buddha exhibit

New Reptile House Theming
Caparu, 27 Jun 2011
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    • Caparu
      Pt.1 S.E. Asia Buddha exhibit
    • snowleopard
      What reptile species is located here?
    • Caparu
      Nothing as yet, letting the plants bed in and the pH balance in the pond area. Ultimately temple vipers but possibly a young pair of cumingi will go in there first.

      Hope you like it?
    • zooboy28
      I think it looks really good, but (and knowing not much about snakes) why would you put Temple Vipers, apparently a nocturnal, arboreal species (according to wikipedia) in such a well-lit exhibit, with so much water? I can see that they fit the whole temple theme, but wouldn't a semi-aquatic lizard/snake, or terrestrial lizard/snake + turtles be better?

      Again, I could be completely wrong, and temple vipers might love water, and therefore be an ideal choice.

      And when you say cumingi do you mean the snake species Ramphotyphlops cumingii, or something else?
    • Caparu
      With all due respect, a little bit more thought has gone into this exhibit than can can learned from a glance at Wikipedia. Did you Wiki the snake you mentioned by any chance though??

      We keep many arboreal forest snakes over water, it helps maintain good humidity, in combination with adequate ventilation. The exhibit is a generic SE Asian one that we will use for many species, fish and invertebrates included. That was the very reason I hesitated to reply to you or Snowleopard.

      Also think about theming. We may use the pond area, we may not. Again, was just illustrating what the exhibit could look like. The short term occupants are Varanus cumingi, and these will utilise both water and the land. Oh and we have numerous lighting options in there, but I picked that one so you could see things clearly for the photo.



      Hope that helps.
    • zooboy28
      Thanks for your reply, that all makes sense.

      Re. the snake, I just wiki'd 'cumingi', and that was the only reptile I initially found, which had the following (extremely brief) entry:

      Having now looked up that family, I see how completely ridiculous exhibiting that species in this exhibit would be :D
    • Jabiru96
      It would make sense for an Asian turtle species being mixed with the snakes, it would then utilise the whole exhibit rather than just the land part.
    • Caparu
      There are a lot of issues with mixing turtles and lizards together in the same exhibit from a health perspective. Not saying it won't happen but again with all due respect, alot of thought goes into these long term plans, so I think we have all bases covered.

      All the best
    • MikeG
      Acrochordus javanicus would look good in that pool:)
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